Catalog Module?
RoloDMonkey - January 15, 2007 - 21:40
I have just been told that I need to add a product catalog to a site. They don't want to sell anything, just search and display products based on certain classifications, i.e. manufacturer, industry, product category/sub-category, etc. Drupal would appear to be ideal for this but, I have searched all over and I can't seem to find a module or an example of this being done before. Is there an established catalog module, or has anyone done anything like this before?
If you aren't willing to
If you aren't willing to develop a custom module, you can use the existing modules to get most of the job done.
The category module would seem like a good match.
Have a look at the handbooks
Have a look at the handbooks for an explanation of the Taxonomy system.
Here you can find a sample
Here you can find a sample of basic catalog:
http://www.cal-fachaux.com
I done that with taxonomy.
Ronan
That's perfectly what I need.
Can you teach me how to make catalog like that and how to make index block by category?
I associated taxonomy terms
I associated taxonomy terms to pages that concerned the catalog. I installed the module 'taxonomy menu' to make them available in a block menu that I display on the left.
That's all.
Ronan
Taxonomy
Hi
Could you give me a hint in how to use the taxonomy module to build a catalog?
I am a Drupal newbie, I have recently migrate from XOOPS so I am a little confused.
Thanks!
http://www.fernandocosso.com.ar
Did you progress? That is
Did you progress?
That is not so difficult to use.
Go to categories. Create a new vocabulary and select page in Types. Now you can add any terms you want to your vocabulary.
After that, you can associate terms in pages you want. Edit pages and ...
If you want a taxonomy menu like me, install the module (http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_menu). You can create a new menu change the parent of the taxonomy menu to that menu. You may select expand and disable the parent (taxonomy vocabulary name) like me.
Ronan
Catalog - Solved
Hi
Thanks for your answers, I have already solved the problem. I used taxonomy and a custom module with a block that works as a menu.
Each day I spend learning Drupal is a day I realize How wonderful it is.
Best regards
http://www.fernandocosso.com.ar
Try a store module
Try a store module like Ubercart or e-Commerce, just without a shopping cart.
Nancy W.
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Is that easy to do?
I'm in just this position too - I'm setting up a "product catalog" and I've taken your suggestion of using Ubercart to do it. I don't need to be able to sell the products online, so I don't need the "Add to cart" button, and some of the items don't have a price - or have more than once price - so my question is, do you know of an easy way to remove the "Price" display, and "Add to cart" button, at the bottom of every product? And the "Price" display next to each product as you browse the catalog?
I will eventually be handing this over to a non-technical person, which is why I want to use Ubercart rather than just taxonomy, as Ubercart makes it very easy to enter product details and upload images.
Many thanks if you (or anyone else) can help!
Phil
CSS?
Check if those pieces have a separate class on them. If they do, add "display: none" to your CSS.
Nancy W.
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Just started pounding this out.
Hi,
I just started by creating a product taxonomy.
I have already developed a product taxonomy manager for my website, www.copious-systems.com
I create a C++ version and a version in Revolution.
Products are stored in MYSQL.
I came to the conclusion that I have created a cumbersome set of tools, but they worked to put the products in the DB
and they provide XML like output for generating web pages by use of a C++ program which assembles web pages based on the taxonomy text files.
So, I got something which will generate a heirarchical set of pages from page templates and populates a search DB. It processes thousands of products in seconds.
But, the hand management of the products, pictures etc. is nearly impossible - hence, bad looking web pages in my store. So, enters Drupal on the scene.
The next module I make will take a previously created product taxonomy in an XML like format and generate a Drupal taxonomy. (Perhaps based on taxonomy_batch_operations.
Then, I have created a node type, called PRODUCT. And, these will have CCK fields based on the product taxonomy, probably using taxonomy_fields.
After that, I may need to integrate DRUPAL search with simplified searching (fast) searching for products and the listing system I already have.
One last thing may be to alter the forms for node definition so that taxonomy terms can be selected from a DHTML control. Perhpas somebody knows of something already done.
I have this web page, www.classydex.com. This is for placing classified ads. (Not being used much.) But, it strikes me that it has most of what is needed for puting products in a taxonomy.
Perhaps a variation can be done on this with users being directed to a Drupal product node editor for deep product description and the generation of product details page.
(Fire away)