Geoff
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| Posted: 05/10/2004, 4:55 PM |
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Hi,
New to CCS.
I'm trying to use Directory & Path components and I can't figure out how to make the lowest sub-directory level to be linked to the actual products.
Dir/path example on http://examples.codecharge.com/ doesn't have this information.
I have 2 tables:
Groupings with id, parent id categories and Products table related to Groupings by group_id field.
Please, help!
Thank you
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peterr
Posts: 5971
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| Posted: 05/10/2004, 5:08 PM |
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This would need to work similar to the Search and Grid. The Search form allows users to enter or select something (for example category_id) and then the Grid reads that value and displays matching records. In the same way the Directory is used only to let users select the Category, for example at http://examples.codecharge.com/ExamplePack/Directory/Di...?category_id=31 you can see in the URL "category_id=31". This is the same as if you had a search form and users entered "31" into the category_id field. And this is it in terms of the Directory component - it does its job by allowing users to select the category in a visual way.
Then you only need to worry about the Grid, by configuring it to retrieve the URL parameter "category_id" (in the Grid's Data Source) and use it to display only the records that match the selected category.
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Geoff
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| Posted: 05/11/2004, 10:03 AM |
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Thank you Peter,
I got it to work.
another problem:
I have to display main categories on the left side and sub-categories & details Grid in the center of the page. Directory component would be very good for displaying sub-categories only because I have to keep main categories displayed all the time.
At this moment I have a grid with "main categories" links on the left and directory component in the center of the page.
When this page loads without parameters I'd like to hide Directory component so it does not repete main categories that are already displayed on the left side. I want to have a pricture and a short article on this palce. If "id" param is present - sub categories should be visible and the article w/picture are not.
How can I do this?
I'm using PHP & ASP.
Thank you.
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peterr
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| Posted: 05/12/2004, 1:34 AM |
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You can refer to the "Hiding Components" section of CCS documentation.
Related topics were probably discussed in these forums. One exampleis at http://forums.codecharge.com/posts.php?post_id=46745
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