alphabetical listing

**dannyd** · 14 Oct 2007, 06:40 AM

is there a way to have clickable letters from a-z at the top that select products according to their first letter.

like the site: famousdiscoveries.com

Thanks.

**Ajeh** · 14 Oct 2007, 06:54 AM

You could turn it on in the Product Listing ... this is available on the Category links, Manufacturers' links and the Search Links ...

**dannyd** · 14 Oct 2007, 11:11 PM

I checked product listing. I dont see how any of those options activate a clickable alphabet at the top of the page or anywhere. Is there any where else to look ?

THanks.

**Ajeh** · 15 Oct 2007, 05:27 AM

In the Configuration ... Product Listing ...

Include Product Listing Alpha Sorter Dropdown
Do you want to include an Alpha Filter dropdown on the Product Listing?

true
false

That would give you a dropdown of the alphabet ...

**dannyd** · 17 Oct 2007, 10:29 PM

any way to not have a dropdown but just clickable letters ?

**Ajeh** · 18 Oct 2007, 06:34 AM

You'd have to do some re-writting of the code but it could be done ...

**littlegdesigns2004** · 17 Jan 2008, 05:19 AM

Has anybody done it? I see a lot of questions about it on the forum, but it seems nobody has done it yet. I don't know enough about programming to do it myself. I wanted to put the letters in a sidebox where they could be clicked on.

I was going to give it a try myself and start by putting the drop down list in a sidebox, but I can't even find the code for the original drop down list. Can anyone point me to the correct file?

Thanks.

**littlegdesigns2004** · 17 Jan 2008, 06:02 AM

I was able to locate the file includes/modules/product_listing_alpha_sorter.php and that gave me the code for the drop down box. I was able to place the drop down list into a sidebox (using the Blank Sidebox download).

However, the drop down list does not change the product listing when a letter is chosen. Also, I get the word "Array" at the bottom of my sidebox.

And, of course, I still have a drop down list rather than a table setup of the alphabet links. I am gaining progress, but I am quickly reaching my knowledge limit.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**MickeyM** · 29 Jan 2008, 09:28 PM

I am looking for a similar solution - a list of alphabet letters across the top instead of the product categories. Clicking on a letter generates a page with only products beginning with that letter

However, my situation is even more complex. It's for a nursery selling plants and other items online, so "Plants" is only one of several top-level categories.

I want an alpha menu that will only pull product names from the Plants category.

And I'm very new to PHP so I need really specific suggestions.

Many thanks in advance.