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10/11/2010 11:08 AM
 

ok I will send this into programming for them to look into. Thanks for reporting it.

-Scott


Scott Kelly
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DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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10/11/2010 11:10 AM
 

great, thank you!

 
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10/11/2010 11:20 AM
 

This patch will be be released in the latest cart version 3.85 so you may want to download and install 3.85 on a test dnn install. In Smith Cart v3.85 the product details page has been split out as a separate module that enables SEO friendly URLs. For example, if you have a product titled Halo4 and in the product setup screen SEO setup section you add Halo4 as your product page name the product detail page name would be the following:


www.yourdomain.com/halo4.aspx


In the buynow module there is a new dropdown list titled "Product Detail Page" where you need to select the page where you have added the product detail module. This tells the BuyNow module which page to navigate to when the user clicks a product from the product listing.

In the product detail module there is a new dropdown list titled "BuyNow Page Name" where you need to select the page where you have added the BuyNow module. This tells the Product Detail module which page to navigate to when the user clicks continue shopping or add to cart.

I recommend installing 3.85 on a test site first to ramp up on the new settings so you dont have any downtime on your live site.

-Scott


Scott Kelly
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DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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10/14/2010 12:34 PM
 

I've upgraded to 3.86 and I'm still having this problem with the category module not filtering correctly when it's on a separate page than the Buy Now Module...

What in the world am I doing wrong???

CategoryModule: HomePage (Settings have the correct BuyNow Module page selected)

BuyNowModule: Store Page

If I click on a category on the home page, it goes to the store page.. but lists every product.

I need this fixed as soon as possible.

 
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10/14/2010 1:22 PM
 

Until 3.8.6, I haven't had any issues with the category module.

Here's a caveat, though. Before there was the ability to have a single product in multiple categories, you could only have a product in a single category. That category was chosen on the main product detail page in the store management section.

HOWEVER... now that you can have a single product in multiple categories, the category choice on the main product screen (where you upload the main picture for the product is no longer used. It has been depreciated.

NOW, you must click on the "Categories" menu choice at the top, and put the item into the categories from there. Once again, the category choice on the main product setup screen is ignored. Only the categories under the category tab/menu choice are the ones used.

If you have NOT put your products into the categories THERE (they are checkboxes instead of a drop-down), your items, by default, will show up in all categories. This is by design; it's better to show the customers SOMETHING than a blank screen, or a message saying "This category is empty."

 
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10/14/2010 2:37 PM
 

Thank you for your reply.

Actually the category selection works fine.. and as long as the category module is on the same page as the products the filtering works perfectly. The issue is my category on the home page doesn't lead to the products page with correct filtering. . It just displays all the products.


Maybe I misunderstood your reply.

 
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10/15/2010 11:36 AM
 

We tested this on the www7 test portal and its working on the latest version 3.86 please see the following forum post:

https://www.smith-consulting.com/foru...

-Scott


Scott Kelly
Project Manager
DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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10/17/2010 7:09 PM
 

__doPostBack('dnn$ctr420$CategoryMenu$tvCatMenu','s63\\25') <----- This is link information from clicking on category from the home page

From Home: __doPostBack('dnn$ctr381$CategoryMenu$tvCatMenu','s63\\25') <----- This is from the store page

It's still not working for me and I'm running the latest version.. Scott do you have any more suggestions? Has anyone faced this even with 3.86 and found a fix? I'm not sure what I could be doing wrong..

 
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10/18/2010 1:24 AM
 

Its not working for you on both your home page and store page?


At your service,
Dave Smith
DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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10/18/2010 7:46 AM
 
It's not working on our site. I don't know how your www7.smith-consulting.com test site is working as it does.

If I leave the category menu setting, BuyNow Page, blank on the instance of the module placed on the BuyNow Page, then nothing shows. When I set the page name, the menu shows but doesn't select the categories.

On other pages, it still doesn't work.

In all, the category menu module does not work. We have taken it off most of the pages on our website. We are running 3.86.
 
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10/18/2010 9:54 AM
 

I would try the following:

  • Install the latest cart 3.86
  • Test it with the default dnn skin that comes with dnn their might be a conflict in your skin
  • Delete the module and re adding it to the page

On the www7 test portal we just installed the latest version of the cart and configured the settings we didnt do anything special to make it work.

-Scott


Scott Kelly
Project Manager
DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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10/18/2010 1:22 PM
 
You added a new instance of the Category Menu module to each page. Right? In other words, you did not have both pages use the same instance.

Also, did you put the BuyNow pagename in both of your module settings?
 
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10/18/2010 1:57 PM
 

Yes we added the category module to each page individually and did not use dnn to copy the module. Since all the smith cart modules have settings that need to be saved with the tab id (page) they are on you wont be able to copy them using dnn. You can login to the www7 test portal and see how its configured there.

-Scott


Scott Kelly
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DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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10/19/2010 9:08 AM
 
Sure enough, when we put the category menu in on the content pane above the product list it works fine.

How can a skin interfere with the category menu? How can I fix the skin so it doesn't? We would like to style the category menu so our client doesn't have to modify links (as suggested in the howto forum).

Thank you.

 
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10/21/2010 10:49 AM
 

you can style the category menu in your skin.css. Since skin.css overrides module.css your style changes will remain intact after upgrades.

-Scott


Scott Kelly
Project Manager
DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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