Filter by Color/features

Store Builder Questions
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Hi,



I want to have, besides the regular categories i show on the website, a “Shop By” filter that will divide the products by color, animal type (this is a toy store), etc.

I read previous threads but couldnt figure this out.

I managed to have a filter by price, but the only other options I have for filtering are free shipping and in stock which doesnt really help.



Any ideas?



I am currently using 2.0.6 but will move to 2.0.11 soon, so answers for both versions are appreciated.



Thanks.

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  1. Create product features for color and animal type in Catalog->Product features.
  2. Assign the feature value for each product on the Features tab in Catalog->Product (you can use the bulk edit to change multiple products at once).
  3. Create product filters for color and animal type - you will find these listed as options in “filter by”.



    Bob
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Thanks Bob.



I did all that, but when I come to the third step where I an supposed to create product filters for color and animal type (should be listed as options in “filter by”) - I get a dropdown list with only “Price”, “Free Shipping” and “In Stock” values (see attachment). I havent managed to figure out how to add more values to this drop down list (such as “color” and “animal type”). Any idea?

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here’s the attachment again in better quality.

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What do you have as “Type” for your filter? I just noticed that the filters do not allow selection of single checkbox or other: text type. Try using a text selectbox.



Bob

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That was it!

Thanks again.