Layered Navigation block with complex attribute values

[BartC]

Hi,

 

We're a new store an we've chosen PS (v1.5.2) since it's flexibility. The shop has been modified to meet our requirements and a theme has been created and added. So far, so good, but now we have a 'problem' with the layered navigation block.

 

Scenario:

 

We will sell children's clothes from 5 different manufacturers. The 'size' attribute however has different values per manufacturer.

 

Example:

Manufacturer 1's size values: '50/56', '62/68', '74/80',...

Manufacturer 2's size values: '50', '56', '62', '68',...

Manufacturer 3's size values: '3-6 months', '6-9 months', '1 year',...

 

We've given these values to the attribute 'size' and used the combination generator to associate products with value of attribute 'size'.

 

Everything is OK until the point were we would like to have a user-friendly layered navigation search utility.

 

We would like to have the 'size' attribute in the layered navigation to show up like:

 

50

56

62

68

74

80

...

 

And not as

 

50

50/56

56

62

62/68

68

74

74/80

80

3-6 months

6-9 months

1 year

 

Since this is not user-friendly.

 

So what we are basically looking for is a way to map values in the layered navigation to attribute values for products.

 

Layered Nav Value ----mapped to---> Product Attribute Value

'50' ----mapped to---> '50/56', '50' and '3-6 months'

'56' ----mapped to---> '50/56', '56' and '3-6 months'

'62' ----mapped to---> '62/68', '62' and '3-6 months'

'68' ----mapped to---> '62/68', '68' and '3-6 months'

...

 

I've played around for 2 days but I can't figure out a way to become this.

 

Can this be done without rewriting the layered navigation module?

 

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Bart