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[christofferl Friend christofferlJoin date: January 2011Posts: 233Downloads:30Uploads:101 Thanks: 21 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#884303

I would like to know if I can automatically generate a menu from the categories so that the filtering is correctly done by this fine component. Possible?

I will have at least 50 categories and I might change the names on them … so that’s why I am asking 😉

[Adam M Moderator Adam MJoin date: May 2014Posts: 5159Downloads:33Uploads:66 Thanks: 95 Thanked: 1271 times in 1235 posts]

#885012

Hi @christofferl,

Could you please clarify a little bit so I can assist you better ? I’m not sure why you want to generate a category based menu in order to make the JA K2 Filter work.

[christofferl Friend christofferlJoin date: January 2011Posts: 233Downloads:30Uploads:101 Thanks: 21 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#885065

As this component can not generate a static expanded display of all (or at a certain level) categories … I must then generate a new menu of each branch corresponding to the K2 category (using your component again in the menu creating procedure).

This is a manual process and I would like to know if there are any more easy ways?

Let me know if you need more visual explanation.

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#886077

Hi @christofferl,

Please edit the thread (first post), choose Require Help From Staff + Mod/Admin? then provide your site url with temporary admin account there so I can check this matter for you.

In addition, please kindly provide a mockup screenshot about the problem and your desire result so I can assist you better.

[christofferl Friend christofferlJoin date: January 2011Posts: 233Downloads:30Uploads:101 Thanks: 21 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#886633

I would like to be able to show all the K2 categories in the fron-end which you see if you use this component in the dropdown function (which displays all the K2 categories available). Displaying ALL categories in the front-end is, as far as I have understood, not possile to achieve in present version.

Therefore, I need to be able to create a menu item in the main menu which displays all the K2 categories, each being a menu item. So, when createing a menu item based on your compoent I must create a new menu item, select your component function to create the K2 category menu item. This is time consuming and not a good solution if you are doing updates on a regular basis.

Therefore I would like to know if it is possile to auto-generate a menu like this, as I will have between 50 – 100 K2 categories in my solution.

I have added admin details for backend-login

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[Adam M Moderator Adam MJoin date: May 2014Posts: 5159Downloads:33Uploads:66 Thanks: 95 Thanked: 1271 times in 1235 posts]

#888298

Hi @christofferl,

First, navigate to backend >>> Extensions >>> Module Manager >>> Sök & Filtrera här (JAK2 Extra fields Filter and Search module) >>> in Select categories >>> remove all >>> then choose only All Categories >>> go back to frontend then recheck.

[christofferl Friend christofferlJoin date: January 2011Posts: 233Downloads:30Uploads:101 Thanks: 21 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#890838

This is not good enough unfortunately. The reason is that I have root categories I do not want to be displayed in this dropdown. To fix this it would be nice to be able to to select a base category and then in some way mark it to select ALL CHILD categories.

I have seen this feature in other modules so it should be feasible.

Hope you understand that this is a major feature if your are wanting to do serious listings.

Looking forward to your comments.

[Adam M Moderator Adam MJoin date: May 2014Posts: 5159Downloads:33Uploads:66 Thanks: 95 Thanked: 1271 times in 1235 posts]

#892211

Hi @christofferl,

Ok, I got your idea. Unfortunately, it’s out of what the module can do now but I raised an issue here so our development team can check this matter, hope that we will see it in next version.

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