Sort Order

[naturalolive]

Does anyone know of a way to manage the sort order of a product that is cross linked in multiple categories. Ultimately I would like to control the absolute sort order in all of my categories.

tia

[spigot]

naturalolive - Did you ever find the answer to this? I'd like to know the same thing.

[motor]

If I remember correctly, there is something in the Admin, products adding/ editing.

I will also be doing that in the near future, as soon as I've solved other problems, if I find it, will let you guys know.

[Redcinamn]

I too am now having the exact problem only I didn't realize this until I was three hours in changing sorts orders and now have screwed up the whole store ..lol If you find the answer post it I will continue to look as well.
~Renee

[spigot]

Here is how I fixed my issue. This worked for me because I have relatively few items that are referenced in more than one place.

Say I have two categories, each with 10 products. Product #5 in Category 1 is the same product as Product #8 in Cat 2. I'll house the product in Category 1, and reference it from there in Cat 2.

Since its product #8 in Cat 2, I will give it a sort order number of 7 (as 0 is the starting point) in Cat 1. The products following it will then increment from there. Products in Cat 2 will have a normal sort order.

Products in Cat 1 will have a sort order as such:

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 7
6. 8
7. 9
8. 10
9. 11
10. 12

This is not an ideal solution, especially if you have a lot of referenced products, or if they are in many categories, but it worked for my small issue.

Bryan