We were looking at the left column Manufacturers Drop down. Not the new DD, but the one from <%drawmanufacture%> or whatever that code is. Thing is, it shows a list of the products, not the main page for the manufacturer. How do I get the list to go to the manufacturers page?



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Hi Ken-

The browse by manufacturers will display a list of products assigned to that particular manufacturer. The page you are highlighting to a browse by category page, which is a product list view of all the products assigned to the category. The default functions can not be altered to do what you want, but you could custom html code a dropdown box to do this.

Thanks

Brian

Brian, the sentence I highlighted doesn't make much sense to me. But I get the jest of the reply is that it's doing what it's designed to do. On the custom html, can I code it so it works where the Manufacturers list is? And can you clue me in on starting that?

Hi Ken-

Sorry about that let me try again-

The page you are highlighting (your 3rd pic) is a "browse by category" page, which is a product "list view" of all the products assigned to the category. The "browse by manufacturer" page is a different page.

Does this help?

Brian

Brian,

I just wasn't sure what you meant. Yes, that helps clarify.

But what we want that Manufacturer's Search to do is go to the Manufacturer's page where we have an overview of what that manufacturer offers. Or better, what we offer from that Manufacturer. Don't see the use of having a "Select Manufacturer" and having it go to page after page of just the products when we already have them displayed on another page by grouped/like items. In our mind, that is what the Catalog is for. (Which is a whole 'nother issue). So, I changed the list to make it do what we want. Now, when someone hits one of the Manufacturers, it goes to that Manufacturer and the customer can choose what line of product to go to from there. I just wasn't sure how to do that at first, and you kinda pointed me in the right direction. Yes, it's very similar to the Categories list; but it's what the shop owner wants. So I made it do it. Thanks for the jump start.

Hi Ken-

I do apologize that feature didn't work out for you, but the change you made looks good. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Thanks

Brian