https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:35:30 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:12:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3328 https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ https://forum.productcart.com/searching-apparel-products_topic3328_post12532.html#12532 Author: paul
Subject: 3328
Posted: 06-January-2010 at 11:12am

Thanks for the feedback.  I imagine custom code will have to be the way to go.  I like to avoid that as much as possible just to keep updates and conversions clean.  Your idea of description is intriguing.  Is there a way to use the description field for apparel products?  From what I can tell, the PC interface only interacts with the description at the parent level.  I could go into the database and update the child products with size info in the description field.  Is that field searched and returned?  If that's possible, it could be a good work-around solution.

Thanks again,
Paul

]]> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:12:57 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/searching-apparel-products_topic3328_post12532.html#12532 https://forum.productcart.com/searching-apparel-products_topic3328_post12523.html#12523 Author: Matt
Subject: 3328
Posted: 05-January-2010 at 12:03am

Sure, it is possible, but not without custom coding.  You may be able to do it with a work around.   If the size was in the description or sku then it would be returned in a keyword search. Therefore, you could add some links to the header or footer with pre-defined searches containing the size parameters. 

ex.

/showsearchresults.asp?keyword=lg&withstock=-1

I hope the helps.
]]> Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:03:22 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/searching-apparel-products_topic3328_post12523.html#12523 https://forum.productcart.com/searching-apparel-products_topic3328_post12519.html#12519 Author: paul
Subject: 3328
Posted: 04-January-2010 at 8:52am

I asked about this a year or two ago with no luck, but thought I'd ask again in case someone came up with a good approach.

Is it possible to create a search function allowing a shopper to search on specific sub-product options?  I have a clothing store using PC with Apparel Add-on.  A garment is shown at the parent level, and the sub-products represent the various size and color options.  A shopper must open each parent product to check on whether I have their particular size in stock.  It would be great to allow them to do a search on a particular category (or categories) and also stipulate their size.  If PC finds sub-products in stock that match that size option, it returns the parent product in the search.

Another approach might be to show the product in a sub-category based on size, but only if there is a sub-product with a stock level > 0.  I think this one is less-likely to be possible but would actually be preferrable from a shopper's perspective.

Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Paul


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