Navigation menu with products

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Last Post: September 1, 2010   (RSS)

By davebee - August 27, 2010

Hello I have started using cms builder having previously used article manager a few years ago.

Very please with the product so far. Just have a question regarding navigation.

I have had a look on the forum and not found anything so far, whats the best way to set up navigation on the site.

I have created my static navigation, however some pages have products, so what would be the best way for me to set up a navigation in the backend and for me to automatically show the products in a navigation tree.



My code is like this



<h3 class="headerbar"><a href="Books</a></h3>


<ul class="submenu">
<li><a href="#" >Books 1</a></li>

<li><a href="#" >Books 2</a></li>

</ul>

Thanks



David

Re: [Jason] Navigation menu with products

By davebee - August 28, 2010

Hi Jason

Thank you for youre reply,

[font "Verdana"]- Do you want to display all of your products, or only some of them? [/#000000]

[font "Verdana"]I want to show all my products, however the products have been put into categories.
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- Are you dividing your products into categories? How is this stored inside CMS Builder? [/#000000]

I have set up 4 categories, each with a name, say books, posters, cards, diaries. Then all the products are added via the backend.

So when someone hovers over the title of the side navigation say books, it will show all the products for books., and so on.



Many Thanks



David

Re: [davebee] Navigation menu with products

By Chris - August 30, 2010

Hi David,

One last question: do you have a section managing your categories or have you hard-coded them into the list field in your Products section?
All the best,
Chris

Re: [chris] Navigation menu with products

By davebee - August 30, 2010

Hello

The Categories I have set up in the backend, using the pre created products editor, and I added the products into there. I did this four times for four categories.

If thats what you mean?

Many Thanks



David

Re: [chris] Navigation menu with products

By davebee - August 31, 2010

Hello Chris

Just wondering if there is any update on how I add the products per category into the side navigation :-)

Thank you



Dave

Re: [chris] Navigation menu with products

By davebee - August 31, 2010

Hello Chris

Just wondering if there is any update on how I add the products per category into the side navigation :-)

Thank you



Dave

Re: [chris] Navigation menu with products

By davebee - August 31, 2010

Hello Chris

Just wondering if there is any update on how I add the products per category into the side navigation :-)

Thank you



Dave

Re: [davebee] Navigation menu with products

By Chris - August 31, 2010

Hi David,

Do you mean that you've created 4 separate Multi Record sections for your products?

Could you please use the Code Generator to generate a list viewer for one of your products sections and post the code here so I can see your field names? Creating a navigation menu usually involves modifying a list viewer, so I can take you through the process. :)
All the best,
Chris

Re: [chris] Navigation menu with products

By davebee - September 1, 2010

Hello Chris Think im getting confused.

In cms backend I have created say four menus which are Multi Records.

The 4 multi records mysql names are called.
colouring_books
childrens_diaries
notebooks
products

I have then added products into the relevant categories (multi records)

All im trying to work out is:

How I create a navigation tree which we show the following multi records navigation on the site. so when new products are added is saves me from having to manual update the navigational structure that I have.

Im not sure what generator I use to create a navigation structure.

Many Thanks

David