I have a category called accessory and one called clothing. Is it OK to have a category like “clothing///accessory” along with just an “accessory” category or a “footwear///accessory” category?being able to have the same categories appear at different points of the category tree would be very useful but could it screw up the logic of CS-Cart? Would it considered OK, a no no, or something that should be done by experts?
Thanks.
I'm not 100% sure if I understand correctly, but it sounds like you want to use a category name multiple times. If this is the case, that is totally cool to do, but there is a catch.
I'll use my store as an example. I sell aquarium supplies, which include light bulbs. So I have categories like:
Lighting///Fluorescent///28 Inch
Lighting///Metal Halide///28 Inch
Lighting///T5///28 Inch
This all works totally great. The problem is with the SEO names. With this version (soon to change in 4.2), the SEO names for 28 Inch would be:
28-inch
28-inch-en
28-inch-1
That is because you can't have the same SEO name for multiple categories. The work around that I did is to make the SEO names like:
28-inch-fluorescent-bulbs
28-inch-metal-halide-bulbs
28-inch-t5-bulbs
This makes each name unique and it also is better for SEO.
It does get a little confusing in the admin though. I use http://webshopaddons.com/cs-cart-show-full-category-names-path.html#.U0c1Sle9ZaA to help me with the admin so that I have the full path of the categories so that I don't get confused.
I hope this is what you were asking about and I hope it helps.
Thanks,
Brandon
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I'm not 100% sure if I understand correctly, but it sounds like you want to use a category name multiple times. If this is the case, that is totally cool to do, but there is a catch.
I'll use my store as an example. I sell aquarium supplies, which include light bulbs. So I have categories like:
Lighting///Fluorescent///28 Inch
Lighting///Metal Halide///28 Inch
Lighting///T5///28 Inch
This all works totally great. The problem is with the SEO names. With this version (soon to change in 4.2), the SEO names for 28 Inch would be:
28-inch
28-inch-en
28-inch-1
That is because you can't have the same SEO name for multiple categories. The work around that I did is to make the SEO names like:
28-inch-fluorescent-bulbs
28-inch-metal-halide-bulbs
28-inch-t5-bulbs
This makes each name unique and it also is better for SEO.
It does get a little confusing in the admin though. I use http://webshopaddons…ml#.U0c1Sle9ZaA to help me with the admin so that I have the full path of the categories so that I don't get confused.
I hope this is what you were asking about and I hope it helps.
Thanks,
Brandon
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Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for.