[SOLVED]Adding categories and manufacturers to a drop down?

[Accounts]

So this is what I want to do.

There will be several categories that serve as the button you hover over to activate the drop down.

Woman | Hand bags | Jewelery | Etcetc

And in the drop downs contain the sub categories within Woman, or Hand bag or whatever. It will also include a second list of manufacturers.

Is it possible to add some kind of sql command for this dropdown so that is automatically generates the list for you? And when you click it will lead you to the sub categories stuff?
And is it possible when you click on a manufacturer, it goes to the list of products for that manu(like if I click Manu A in Woman, it goes to a list of Manu A's product in the Womans range)?

I have done this before in another shop system (not saying which) and could do it quite fine with a series of SQL statements.

Thanks.

[rocky]

You may be interested in using the Top Horizontal Menu. It lets you add category and manufacturer dropdowns.

[Accounts]

That's pretty cool, I'll check it out later, thanks.

When you say you can add manufacturers also, does that mean added manufacturers to a category (i.e. so if I hover over Women, it shows two lists, one manufacturers and one for subcategories)?

Also, can I alter it so that I use my own buttons for the drop down? They all require different images for the buttons. Thanks.

[rocky]

No, it doesn't do that. It just lets you display the categories in one dropdown and manufacturers in another dropdown. You can change the menu images though.

[Accounts]

I guess it doesn't suit me then, thanks.

Which leads onto a final question:

How can I view all the products in a category from a certain Manufacturer?

e.g.

Woman
>Dresses
>>Shirt 1 by Manu A
>>Shirt 2 by Manu A
>Skirts
>>Skirt 1 by Manu A
>>Skirt 2 by Manu B

Hand Bags
>Leather
>>Leather bag by Manu A

Say I want to view Manu A's Woman section. It will list Shirt 1, Shirt 2 and Skirt 1.

Many thanks again

[rocky]

The only way I know of is to use a filter module the one here or here.

[Accounts]

Thanks, I managed to complete this now.

What I did was a mixture of my own drop down menu, with the filter search thing.

I added several SQL commands to bring up the list of manufacturers and sub categories and linked each manufacturer to the page with it already filtered.

[rocky]

If your issue is resolved, please edit your first post and add [sOLVED] to the front of the title.

[XAMelleOH]

Thanks, I managed to complete this now.

What I did was a mixture of my own drop down menu, with the filter search thing.

I added several SQL commands to bring up the list of manufacturers and sub categories and linked each manufacturer to the page with it already filtered.

Hi!

Can you explain how to move this module from the left side to center (above products list) ?

Thanks in advance!

[cedrickb]

hi,
I'm looking for doing the same thing, can you explain how you achieve this feature?

Thanks in advance

Regards