Moving Products

Is there a way for me to move a batch of products from one category to another category at one time? Or, do I have to move each product individually?

TurtleDove:

Is there a way for me to move a batch of products from one category to another category at one time? Or, do I have to move each product individually?

If all the products you want to move are within a certain category, you can move the whole category to the new category. You can also use the quick updates mod to make changes to more than one product at a time:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_41&products_id=101

No, I actually want to take all the products out of one category and put them into another category. I don't want the current category to become a sub-category for another category.

Is there a way to do this?

TurtleDove:

No, I actually want to take all the products out of one category and put them into another category. I don't want the current category to become a sub-category for another category.

Is there a way to do this?

Not that I can think of. I'm assuming the category you want to move them to already has products in it? Cause if not, you could move the category to the "top" then rename it.

If you have a ton of products to change, the quick updates would be your best bet. Its also helpful for editing prices of lots of products at once, their model, their sort order, their quantity, name, etc. Its very useful. :smartalec:

Thanks, will take a look at the updater.

If anyone does have a solution to my first answer, do share :D

TurtleDove:

Thanks, will take a look at the updater.

If anyone does have a solution to my first answer, do share :D

Well, there's no other way to do in the admin than the ways I mentioned, LOL, but if you're comfortable messing with phpmyadmin, you can go into the database and change it there. But unless you know how to create a query which basically says "where categories_id= (category id # of category you want to change) change to categories_id= (category id # you want it to be in)", you'd have to do it one by one there as well, which wouldn't save much time.

Well that sucks! I guess I have to move these individually. I also took a look at the quick updater you mentioned, and installed it, but am having problems installing the SQL patch. sigh I should take a break from working on the site for awhile.

Thanks for you help though!