Re: Product URI and product catalogs. Get product from different catalog

Posted by rohit on Aug 13, 2006; 6:54am
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Product-URI-and-product-catalogs-Get-product-from-different-catalogs-tp141340p141344.html

You are right, Chris it does not really hurt to do so. But what, it helps me to do is customize the interface and product pages, for different line of products. For e.g. i use template path prefix to create new flt file product pages in different catalogs.

The URLS however, do not really support this. For e.g. even if i include the catalog_id in the URL, though i am able to get the product from different catalogs, the correct flt are not used. This is probably because the session cookie does not have the catalog_id in it yet.


This looks pretty messed up, when u use product links at various places like, ads etc.

I wonder how other have been using it.

Rohit

Rohit

cjhowe wrote

Products can exists in multiple categories.
Categories can exist in multiple catalogs.  So,
products can exist in multiple catalogs. It
shouldn't/doesn't AFAIK hurt ecommerce or ordermgr to
have the products in multiple places.

--- rohit2006 <[e-mail]> wrote:

>
> i am not sure if putting all the products in one
> catalog is a solution.  
>
>
>
> cjhowe wrote:
> >
> > roll your own or put all of the products in one
> > catalog
> >
> > --- rohit2006 <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> How do we get full product links, to get products
> >> from different catalogs.
> >> For eg. a link to a product in a catalog, other
> than
> >> the first catalog,
> >> returns a product not found error.
> >>  
> >>
> >
>
http://www.mysite.com/ecommerce/control/product/~category_id=10090/~product_id=8178085739
> >>
> >> I guess the catalogworker.java file is used to
> call
> >> products. It only works
> >> if the catalog ID is included in the URI,
> >>
> >>
> >
>
http://www.mysite.com/ecommerce/control/product/~category_id=10090/~product_id=8178085739/~CURRENT_CATALOG_ID=MARKETPLACE
> >>
> >>
> >> In the catalogworker.java it is mentioned as:
> >>
> >>  /**
> >>      * Retrieves the current prodCatalogId.
> First
> >> it will attempt to find
> >> it from a special
> >>      * request parameter or session attribute
> named
> >> CURRENT_CATALOG_ID.
> >> Failing that, it will
> >>      * get the first catalog from the database as
> >> specified in
> >> getCatalogIdsAvailable().  
> >>      * If this behavior is undesired, give the
> user
> >> a selectable list of
> >> catalogs.
> >>      */
> >>
> >> I am not sure if this logic is correct. Should it
> >> not get catalod ID for the
> >> product instead of getting the first catalod ID
> from
> >> the database. I am not
> >> aware if there are any other reasons for doing
> this.
> >>
> >> But this also causes the link in the last
> products
> >> viewed box to break, when
> >> a browser views product from different catalogs.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions on can we get this fixed.
> >>
> >> Rohit
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