Sort by price with column display....

I am displaying my items in columns, and I want to create a drop-down box so the user can sort by price etc.

So far I have the following code in tpl_index_product_list.php:

How can I make it so that the sorter will work for any category, ie. dynamically choose which category?

Thanks in advance.

Also looking for this solution but not by using pop-up menu. All I need is two links in a product listing header: "Price asc" and "Price desc". Anyone knows how I can accomplish this?

Adam

Change the + and - to asc and desc in the Configuration ... Product Listing ... :smile:

Ajeh:

Change the + and - to asc and desc in the Configuration ... Product Listing ... :smile:

Yes Ajeh, but in a columanar display there is no clickable "-" or "+" like was in row listing (row listing has a sorter on "Model", "Item Name" and "price -(+)".

Adam

Manada, thanks for raising this again. This is probably the feature I want more than any other for my inline store - the option to sort by price under column view... and I'm sure other zenners would like it too. I have tried to make my own workaround, but no success yet...

Any pointers Ajeh?

Cheers

OK, i just look on this problem closely. I think we could go around like this:

At the beggining of tpl_modules_product_listing.php I entered as follow:

For ascending sorting link

echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT , "cPath=$cPath") . "&sort=2a" . '">' . "Sort By Price (Asc)" . '</a><br>';

For descending sort. link;

echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT , "cPath=$cPath") . "&sort=2d" . '">' . "Sort By Price (Asc)" . '</a><br>';

I know , its a little bit "off-zen" but it works.

Adam

Hi ! I was also trying to add a combo in this page to sort on the various columns. But without success... Probably because I have never developed with php before tonight :/

I tried to include "tpl_modules_listing_display_order" as done in the header_php of the product_all page:

require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_LISTING_DISPLAY_ORDER));

But it does not even display the combo...

As I would like to avoid learning php (and everything about ZenCart) in one night... just to add this combo in one page. Someone can help me ?

Should I include more than just the "require(...)" ???

O.

If you want to sort by price can't you just set the sort order on the Product Listing to your Price column?

Click on the title above it and it will tell you the sort setting in the URL ...

I believe the point is that that function doesn't exist in the column grid view. Would finding the sort number before installing the grid mod be relevant after the mod is installed?

I don't use that add-on so perhaps someone who does can better answer this for you ...

I my case, I would like to show a combo, so the customers know immediately that they can sort on the various column. Otherwise, some of them does not find the trick (click on the column title).

And indeed, I find the New Listing and All Listing clearer.

O.

It creates simply link "Sort By Price" like in:

http://www.slbwhatnot.com/zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=22&sort=2a

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On this site for example, they have a "combobox" : http://www.moreaudistribution.be/index.php?main_page=products_all

See "Classement par" (= "Sort by").

It is more "sexy" than links...

O.

So that's what you mean by "combo"! The name for it is a dropdown menu.

You might look at the product info page attributes files to see how they display the dropdowns. The code ought to be transferable for a different purpose.

OgeGOon:

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On this site for example, they have a "combobox" : http://www.moreaudistribution.be/index.php?main_page=products_all

See "Classement par" (= "Sort by").

It is more "sexy" than links...

O.

You have the same thing on your All Product page too ... :smile:

All my intention was to do this in "columnar listing". Didn't see on all forum that someone did that before for "columnar display". As a non-PHP programmer just figured out I can live with links :-). And yes, "All products", "Featured Products" and "New Products" have a dropdown menu with "sort by Price" but the the products listed on those are in row view.

Adam

Yup, see... this is the whole problem... no drop down box on columnar view. Surely it must be fairly simple to do - just copy / modify some code somewhere, since it's already standard on row view?

Anyone know how to do it? I tried and failed miserably :shocking: lol

Thx for your answer gjh42
And sorry for the wrong term... I am more confortable with the names used for the Microsoft's "fat" controls :blush:

I already tried to copy the code from "All Product". But as you advice, I will have a look on the attribute set to display/hide this dropdown and search how it is used...

O.

I'm guessing this thread's died with no solution eh...?:unsure:

Indeed, I was too lazy to try again... :blush:

O.