• Added option to load category tree from custom xml file.

Hey guys, just saw in the latest release notes the above. What added functionality will this be able to accomplish? I'm really interested to learn everything I can about this feature, as the category menu module has always been a huge hassle in developing my store (I'm not even using the module currently).

Holy crap Dave, this is awesome!

When you say "define custom categories", what do you mean? Can you give some example text of how a "custom category" would look in the XML?

Lets say I have a category. It's category name is "Guitars". It's category ID # is "20". It's custom URL keywords are "awesome-electric-guitar".

How can I implement this category into an XML node? I see that there is an option for Node Text=" ", does this mean that I can name the node link something other than the category name?

Kevin -

Thanks again for your help with this. I know that the smith cart user manual has not yet been updated to include documentation on how to use this feature yet.

I'm curious if you could expand a little bit on how to use this module, as there is no documentation yet.

1. How one would accomplish "define custom product filtering options like price range etc" through the external xml file method? Could you type up a quick example? Do mean simple filtering like "low to high" or can we do ranges, such as "$399 to $699"?

2. I'm assuming the "Cat1" would specify the name of the category, and the "4" denotes the category ID? Can you confirm this? I have tried putting in these values, and checking the corresponding box does nothing.

3. Are there any other cool things that this XML file can accomplish?

Thanks!