I've noticed something while rearranging the categories of my store. Here's the thing: I can't use the same SEO name on two subcategories which are inside different categories. I understand that SEO names must be unique, however I was expecting that I could do that since they were on different levels.
To make it clear, here is the current setup, with Home Products being a root category:
Home Products (SEO name 'home-products') > Mouse Pads (SEO name 'mouse-pads')
Home Products (SEO name 'home-products') > Mugs (SEO name 'mugs')
Then I added another root category, 'Creative Ideas' and the same subcategories:
Creative Ideas (SEO name 'creative-ideas') > Mouse Pads (here I can't use the SEO name 'mouse-pads' due to it being used in the above category)
Creative Ideas (SEO name 'creative-ideas') > Mugs (same thing)
Even though the SEO name wouldn't be unique for these two categories (mouse pads and mugs), the URL to them would be unique, ie.:
/home-products/mouse-pads
/home-products/mugs
/creative-ideas/mouse-pads
/creative-ideas/mugs
Is it possible to configure the store for such setup?
There is no way to do this by default with CS-Cart. Maybe something custom, I don't know.
One solution is to do something like:
/creative-ideas/creative-mouse-pads
/creative-ideas/creative-mugs
This is what I did for my site anyways.
I hope that helps,
Brandon
Thanks for the tip brandonvd, it's not the ideal solution but seems better than other things I was considering, ie. mouse-pads-2, etc.