Filter by category and tags

[oscar-endphasys]

Hi, I need my Prestashop 1.6 can filter both categories and tags. The faceted navigation module does not include the tags to filter, so not worth it. I need that once filtered by tags, the resulting products can also filter your view by category.

 

I also tried to see if through the URL grabbed me, type:

http://miprestashop.com/buscar?tag=outlet&category=12 does not work

 

Can anybody help me?

 

Thank you.

[Paul C]

The simplest way would be to rename all the text references for Brand/Manufacturer to "Outlet", store the "outlet" as the brand and store the "brand/manufacturer" as a tag (again appropriately named in the theme) - that way you can use the built-in layered navigation.

 

EDIT: The only downside is that you can have only 1 "outlet" value which may not work for you.

Edited August 14, 2015 by Paul C (see edit history)

[oscar-endphasys]

No, that is not the solution. I need to filter by tag and category, without change any information of the products. I think that this function is a very logical function. I am very surprised why Prestashop does not include it. 

[Paul C]

Hmm. I obviously misunderstood. To be honest since you can have multiple categories for a product I don't really see how this feature would be that useful in most cases. You're in danger of using tags as just a second, separate category structure.

 

Another way could be by using features - I've used these before and filtered with them. They are actually quite powerful in their own right and often overlooked.

[oscar-endphasys]

For example, why does not run a simple URL like this: www.myshop.com/search?tag=christmas&category=20? I think that this function is simple, but Prestashop does not set it. Anybody can helps me?

[vekia]

this looks simple only from the url, behind this is whole search controller...

[NemoPS]

You'd have to modify the search class for that, "find" method, and add the category filter to the query (as I did with my search by category module)