Separate Product Listing by Category

[cinbou]

I'm working on a Jewelry site and I would like to separate the product listing page by category. For instance, I have "Gemstones" listed as a category, when someone clicks on a gemstone, I'd like to divide the page into three categories:

Bracelet
Earrings
Necklace

Here is an example of what I'm trying to do:

http://www.stonehinged.com/amethyst_jewelry.html

Here is the site I'm working on: http://twistjewelrydesign.com/shoppi...php?main_page=

Is this possible? What do I need to change? Would it mess up my other categories? I'm currently using the add-on that shows subcategories all the time.

Thanks,
Cindy

[gjh42]

It would not be a big deal to sort the products by type and then start a new row and add a heading above the first item in each type; but if you only want three of each type per page, that will require some involved coding or perhaps very picky sorting.

[cinbou]

gjh42,

Sorting the products by type and then starting a new row and adding a heading above the first item in each type would work fine.

How would I go about doing that?

Thanks,
Cindy

[gjh42]

The Main Category - sub heading sort - is it possible? thread discusses this.
We got it working for the category/subcategory page, but I think the code as first given will work for the product listing page.
Try it and let me know.

[cinbou]

Hi Glenn,

I tried it, but it didn't work. Nothing changed on my site. Any ideas?

[cinbou]

Here is my code:

// Following code will be executed only if Column Layout (Grid Layout) option is chosen
if (PRODUCT_LISTING_LAYOUT_STYLE == 'columns') {
$section_check = $listing->fields['products_name'];
$section_header = '';
if (in_array($section_check,explode(",",'Bracelets,Earrings,Necklaces'))) {
$column = -1;
$rows ++;
switch ($section_check) {
case "First Name":
$section_header = 'First Section';
break;
case "Second Name":
$section_header = 'Second Section';
break;
case "Third Name":
$section_header = 'Third Section';
break;
} //switch
$section_header = '<div class="sectionHeader">' . $section_header . '</div>';
} //if
$lc_text = $section_header . implode('<br />', $product_contents);
$list_box_contents[$rows][$column] = array('params' => 'class="centerBoxContentsProducts centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
'text' => $lc_text);
$column ++;
if ($column >= PRODUCT_LISTING_COLUMNS_PER_ROW) {
$column = 0;
$rows ++;
}
}
// End of Code fragment for Column Layout (Grid Layout) option in add on module