posted on May 17, 2012 05:34:29 AM new
I am trying to figure out how to code the content/category page to view subcategories vs items contained within the subcategory...and obviously if there are no subcategories (children) then display the items.
I can't seem to figure out how to make it work, I did look at the module/categorytree used for the left-nav, but my skills are lacking.
I'm not sure that I am understanding the question correctly. Do you mean that when your buyer goes to a category there are images of the subcategories that show up, without any items, in the center area of your Store? And then if there are no items in the subcategories the items that are in the main category would show instead? If so, while this is something that you might be able to do using your own HTML code, the specifics are unfortunately beyond the scope of what we would be able to help you with here.
If this is not what you are trying to do, please clarify, as we might be able to help you make the change.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to set up different shipping weights for variations within the same item.
What might work would be to put one version of the item in the main category and the appropriate subcategory. And then the other versions of that same item in just the subcategory. That way you would have only one of each item show up when the buyers are viewing the main category, but still have all of the variations appear when the buyer picks the appropriate subcategory.
I apologize, you are right that it isn't working as I expected. I am checking with our engineers to see if they have a solution, and we will let you know once we hear back from them.
I have heard back from the engineers, and unfortunately it is not possible to do what you are trying to do. The only suggestion that I have is to use variations, and add the cost of extra shipping into the price of the variations that have more expensive shipping (as the price of the different variations can be different from each other).
