Category/Product Listing Mix/Hybrid View

[metroman]

Hi

I would like to set up a store, for which the main page is laid out as a list of all products available (with the individual quantity boxes and the single add multiple products to cart button as per the standard listing view) BUT with the products seperated by category (still within one global page).

In other words, the main page view would be:

CATEGORY 1

Product 1 Description Weight Add:[qty box]
Product 2 Description Weight Add:[qty box]
Product 3 Description Weight Add:[qty box]

CATEGORY 2

Product 1 Description Weight Add:[qty box]
Product 2 Description Weight Add:[qty box]
Product 3 Description Weight Add:[qty box]

etc

[Add Selected Products to Cart button]


I can't see a way of doing this through the admin. I have tried editing tpl_index_category_row.php but I'm afraid my PHP skills aren't up to it.

Can anyone help please?

Thank you
MM

[veedz]

just reviving this thread because id like to know too!

[ctopher]

This thread has been around a long time with still no love. I too would like to have multiple products on the main page with multiple quantity boxes and a single "Add-to-cart" button.

These forums have been invaluable to me in setting up our site. We have an established web site and we wanted to make just a couple of our products available via the web. We installed Zen-Cart and customized it to look like our regular site, with our regular site navigation in the left and right side boxes. Without these forums, that part would never have happened.

Now we're adding the products and we want to make it really simple to buy one or both together from the main page.

I appreciate any help.

[Ajeh]

Product Listing already does this ... as does New Listing, All Listing and Featured Listing ...

How are you setting up your Products that none of these are able to work for you?

[ctopher]

No, my new products listing does not look like this. It shows the products, with picture when available, and the price. You have to click on the product which generates a page just for that product. It's on this page that you can add a quantity of that product to the cart.

But if you want to order the other product, you have to click keep shopping or use the back button.

I did find a thread that seemed to be about what I need.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29403

This is about putting TWO buttons on the same page. I only have two products, so one will suffice. The thread shows a Zen-Cart store where the person has been successful.

http://hotbeadbox.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_12_23

That's what I need a "Add Selected Products to Cart" and reading the thread, it seems that yes, this SHOULD be the default behavior. And maybe it is and I just need to figure out how to get it to use the "product_listing.php" code on the front page.

I appreciate your comments, it feels like I'm close :)

Chris

[Ajeh]

Your site is locked with a login/password so I cannot see what you have ...

[ctopher]

My site? Where did you go?

I'm hacking on it as we speak/post.

http://www.color-helper.com/SiteTry/store/

[Ajeh]

I tried the link you posted ...

[Ajeh]

You have 2 products in separate categories ...

There isn't a listing or anything to allow for the products to be ordered at one time ...

I am not sure how to even navigate your site to get to the products other than to hit HOME then the image ...

What are you really wanting to accomplish?

If just to have a quick method to slam them into the cart at the same time ... add the 2 products to the same category and make a link to it or something so you can get to them at the same time to make a one button add to cart ...

You have me a little lost on what exactly you are looking for ...

[ctopher]

OK - So you see what I mean?

The products on the main page are "new" but on my test server. I turned off the "new" products and instead made them "featured" products and the behavior was the same...

So I guess I need to... what? I'm not sure...

But I hope to find out soon....