[1.6.0.11] Generating a link to all other products having the same feature value.

[Rulian]

Hi guys,

Here's a (maybe not so) simple issue I can't figure out how to deal with:

Currently, my products have 2 features: 'artist' and 'label'.

I already display these features in the product list, thanks to this great tutorial:
http://nemops.com/features-to-product-list-prestashop-16/#.VZ-CyPlmzuO

Now, I need to go deeper:
I'd like these displayed features to be hyperlinks to all the products with the same feature value.

Example of what I'd like to display for each product:

Exodus (title)
artist: Bob Marley <== link to all Bob Marley's records
label: Tuff Gong <== link to all the Tuff Gong records

Is there a simple way to do this, by passing a value as an URL argument to the produt list, for example ?
Something like:

http://www.my-site.com/productlist.php?feature_id=2&feature_value_id=34

If not, what would be the best way to go?

 

In my wildest dreams, the final URL would be SEO friendly, something like:

http://www.my-site.com/artist/bob_marley

Thank you,
have a nice day !



 

Edited July 10, 2015 by Ruliane (see edit history)

[musicmaster]

You can get all products with a certain feature with layered navigation. Unfortunately layered navigation doesn't create url's that can be re-used. 

 

The alternative - that I am using - is to have a matrix structure of categories in which a record might be both in the subcategory artists->Bob Marley and labels->Tuff Gong. To link to the other category you will still need a little extra coding: but that is rather easy to do.

 

As an alternative you could use the "manufacturer" field for labels. 

[Rulian]

You can get all products with a certain feature with layered navigation. Unfortunately layered navigation doesn't create url's that can be re-used. 

 

The alternative - that I am using - is to have a matrix structure of categories in which a record might be both in the subcategory artists->Bob Marley and labels->Tuff Gong. To link to the other category you will still need a little extra coding: but that is rather easy to do.

 

As an alternative you could use the "manufacturer" field for labels. 

 

Hey, thank you for your quick reply.

 

I already use the layered navigation, just because it's the only simple way to display products from sub categories (*sigh*).

And I already use a matrix structure of categories for the format (CD, single, LP, mixtape) and style (ska, reggae, ragga, dubstep...).

Right now, I don't want my customer to add a new category each time a new artist/label launch a new record.

 

There's new artists/labels almost everyday, so a feature is perfect to store this info (at least, from my point of view).

 

> As an alternative you could use the "manufacturer" field for labels.

Yeah I started with this option: manufacturers for labels and suppliers for artists but it's still kind of a quirky approach to me (no offense).

 

Once again, thank you for your help, and for contributing to the community.

 

Right now, the solution I'm working on is creating a new kind of page, based on this tutorial:

http://nemops.com/creating-new-pages-in-prestashop/#.VZ_lSvlmzuN

 

That being said, I'm currently a little bit disappointed by this CMS...

Edited July 10, 2015 by Ruliane (see edit history)