ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums : Hiding a Specific Category from Search https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:44:21 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3304 <![CDATA[ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums]]> https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : Disregard previous posting...we...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12459.html#12459 Author: hollehock
Subject: 3304
Posted: 23-December-2009 at 11:28am

Disregard previous posting...we have it all figured out!  Thank you all so much!  Merry Christmas!

]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:28:56 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12459.html#12459 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : I&#039;ve looked at http://www...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12456.html#12456 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 3304
Posted: 23-December-2009 at 11:02am

I've looked at http://www.thelifeguardstore.com/productcart/pc/home.asp in IE8, FF3 and Safari (on XP).  I can view the site just fine.  Perhaps if you were to get a screen capture that would help us understand what you are looking at.  Just to be clear, you are saying that nothing whatsoever appears?  Is this Win7 by any chance?]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:02:57 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12456.html#12456 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : Greetings. We got everything...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12455.html#12455 Author: hollehock
Subject: 3304
Posted: 23-December-2009 at 10:43am

Greetings.
We got everything to work, preview...etc.  Thank you!
Last issue....I have this tested in 3 browsers on the Macintosh and the preview works fine. I have it tested in 5 browsers on my PC on the desktop and the preveiw works fine.  BUT on my laptop, NOTHING previews.  I know it's now computer related but at the office who the site is being built for has the same issues.  One computer can see it in IE and one computer can't.  all are on IE8...history cleaned out...etc.
Thoughts?
]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:43:53 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12455.html#12455 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : We updated the code in the WIKI....]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12454.html#12454 Author: ProductCart
Subject: 3304
Posted: 23-December-2009 at 3:20am

We updated the code in the WIKI. There was an "end if" missing at the end of the last block of code. http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/how_to/links_to_hidden_products#productcart_v4]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:20:53 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12454.html#12454 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : Well, somewhere in the page you...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12445.html#12445 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 3304
Posted: 22-December-2009 at 10:26pm

Well, somewhere in the page you have a mis-matched if/end if pair.  Without seeing the code, it's not possible to determine exactly where, but that's what you need to be looking for.
 
Hopefully you have the prior version of the page as a backup.  I'd suggest you use something like www.compareandmerge.com (other such tools are also available) to compare the current and altered versions of the page - then try to identify where an "end if" was lost.
 
BTW, if you are new to PC, you will find that it is helpful to your client's SEO potential by renaming the "productcart" folder to some word (or words) that would be the most important keyword in the store.  
]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:26:11 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12445.html#12445 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : When we add the code referenced...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12444.html#12444 Author: stsomeware
Subject: 3304
Posted: 22-December-2009 at 10:10pm

When we add the code referenced in the link: http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/how_to/links_to_hidden_products
 
but now get an error on all products:
Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a03f6'

Expected 'End'

D:\WEB\THELIFEGUARDSTORE.COM\PRODUCTCART\PC\../../productcart/pc/inc_footer.asp, line 48

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:10:14 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12444.html#12444 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : A - check your advanced browser...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12440.html#12440 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 3304
Posted: 22-December-2009 at 7:40pm

A - check your advanced browser settings and uncheck "show friendly http error messages"
B - commented out the first "on error resume next" in /includes/opendb.asp
 
Do the above and you may have better information as to what the real error is.
]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:40:55 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12440.html#12440 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : Thank you - that is about what...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12439.html#12439 Author: hollehock
Subject: 3304
Posted: 22-December-2009 at 7:34pm

Thank you - that is about what we need to do.  I did as the code/link indicated and now I'm getting a "500 internal error" because the links won't display at all for anything in the hidden category.  It seems like a simple fix ~ however I followed step by step...did I over look something that may not have been in the instructions?]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:34:38 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12439.html#12439 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : This can be accomplished with...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12434.html#12434 Author: ProductCart
Subject: 3304
Posted: 22-December-2009 at 6:12pm

This can be accomplished with a small code change. For details, please see the ProductCart documentation at: http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/how_to/links_to_hidden_products]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:12:14 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12434.html#12434 <![CDATA[Hiding a Specific Category from Search : I have a unique issue that worked...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/hiding-a-specific-category-from-search_topic3304_post12433.html#12433 Author: hollehock
Subject: 3304
Posted: 22-December-2009 at 4:23pm

I have a unique issue that worked when the cart was simple back about 4 versions ago.  I am happy with all the revisions but now something that was simple is much harder to do.

I need to HIDE a SPECIFIC Category and ALL of the sub category PRODUCTS from being SEARCHED on.  I have the category hidden from the public (wholesale only) so I can't have the category viewed at all either.
 
So I need:
  1. To NOT see a specific Category in the navigation
  2. To NOT have anything within that specific Category be able to be found with a search
  3. BUT to HAVE all the products in that category visble by links.  So if I had a direct link to that product it would show.
If I simply hide a catgory it also hides the products. 
 
Is this possible with version 4.0?
 
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