Search by attributes option!!

Sorry and huge apologies if other people have answered this question, but have been trawling the forum since this morning and can not find an answer :no:

I would like people to be able to search by attribute options. I have a number of colour attributes: red, green, orange etc etc and would like people to be able to search for products by JUST this option and nothing else.

I feel pretty sure it's out there somewhere, but I sure as hell can't find it, and I thought it might be easier to ask :smile:

I've seen the question asked many times, but never seen a positive answer.

Looking at the code, I wouldnt say it's impossible, but you will have to write the whole search logic for it.

I've found a copy that do a paid plugin called XAttrib search:

http://www.zencartconsulting.com/ind...d=20&Itemid=32

Does anyone know anything about this?? Is it any good and does it work well???

I'm no coder, but I think there must be a way to add an &attrib=green to the search string, or whatever the variable is for attributes?

I know I've probably oversimplified it, but would adding the attribute bit on the end work?

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Originally Posted by pharqall

I've found a copy that do a paid plugin called XAttrib search:

http://www.zencartconsulting.com/ind...d=20&Itemid=32

Does anyone know anything about this?? Is it any good and does it work well???

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I don't have experience of this specific module, but recognize the company as that which has registered itself with SourceForge as the "Zen Cart Team" available for Zen Cart work, despite having absolutely nothing to do with the Zen Cart project. I'll let you judge for yourself how trustworthy they are. Attachment 3355

I'm looking for the same option...

Since nobody was able to help me, or even to reply me, about my multi part products, I'm planning to place different generic products as the base, and have the attributes available for them. But the search will be a problem...

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Originally Posted by pharqall

I've found a copy that do a paid plugin called XAttrib search:

http://www.zencartconsulting.com/ind...d=20&Itemid=32

Does anyone know anything about this?? Is it any good and does it work well???

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I just bought and installed this mod but I have 2 problems with it. Maybe someone will be able to help me out to resolve these issues:

1: The attribute dropdowns are dynamic which means after selecting the first dropdown option, the second dropdown gets relatively populated. This causes the entire page to reload which is kind of annoying if you have a long page.

2: If you've installed any kind of "SEO URL" modules, you will get an error: "404 page not found".
Here is an example of a URL before selecting an attribute dropdown:

domain-example.com/shirts/vneck-c1.html

and here is the same URL after selecting the first attribute dropdown option which causes the error:

domain-example.com/shirts/vneck-c1.htmlindex.php?&att_name_id=4

The 2nd issue is resolved when I disable the SEO URL add-on but I for sure want to keep the SEO URL mod.

Other than that, it seems to be working fine.. Any inputs as to how resolve these issues would be grately appreciated.

Fireflyz, can I see your site with the module installed? My company is thinking about buying the same one, we are curious how it looks/works...

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Originally Posted by emptywalls

Fireflyz, can I see your site with the module installed? My company is thinking about buying the same one, we are curious how it looks/works...

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emptywalls, I uninstalled it because the same issues I mentioned above. They refunded my money quickly and said it would not work with any SEO URL mods. Here is the screenshot on the site where I bought the mod:

http://xmodules.com/index.php?main_p...products_id=18

I have written a module called attribute filter which let you filter the products in certain category by multi attributes (say: color, year, model, make,....)

But since it was written for someone, Im not sure if he wants me to post it ^_^