https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:29:24 +0000 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:45:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3252 https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12828.html#12828 Author: imagineds
Subject: 3252
Posted: 04-February-2010 at 10:45am

Hamish, thank you for your reply. What I am trying to replicate is something like what I have here: http://www.fastcap.com/builder/partnumberbuilder.asp. The main addition would be that I would need to have a button to buy the product after the filters have been applied. Currently that sample page is from our old site and exist from a separate database from the store. However, I have already used Custom Search Fields in our store, so I would think that it should be possible to replicate something similar within the store.]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:45:19 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12828.html#12828 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12826.html#12826 Author: Hamish
Subject: 3252
Posted: 03-February-2010 at 8:02pm

Hi Imagineds,
  Can you provide more details and/or a link to an example?
I think it would be quite a project to add the filters to a product and not what they are designed for really - they are there to help identify a particular product not filter "within" a product - but I suspect I've misunderstood what your after.
]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:02:48 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12826.html#12826 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12821.html#12821 Author: imagineds
Subject: 3252
Posted: 03-February-2010 at 2:27pm

Is there a way to set up a filter for an individual product that has custom fields? For example, we sell widgets, and there are number of variables filter levels to get to a product. Essentially I'd like take the search fields option at the bottom of search.asp and put it on a product page for a particular product. Thank you.]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:27:26 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12821.html#12821 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12183.html#12183 Author: blackey
Subject: 3252
Posted: 29-November-2009 at 11:32am

OK, Thanks.  Good to know.

Bill
www.lpiracing.com
]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:32:53 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12183.html#12183 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12175.html#12175 Author: ProductCart
Subject: 3252
Posted: 28-November-2009 at 7:56pm

blackey wrote: I'd like to have a category with several thousand products [..]

This is currently a feature limitation. The feature (Drill Down Navigation) does not perform well when you have a large amount of products assigned to a category that uses Custom Search Fields for Drill Down Navigation.

We are aware of this limitation, but there is no easy or quick fix. We've tried many different ways to improve performance, but have not yet found a better way to go than what we are doing today.

At this time, use categories to bring people to a sub-category that contains hundreds, not thousands of items, then allow them to use Drill Down Navigation to narrow down their search.

Otherwise, bring customers to the advanced search page (you could customize the look of that page to make Custom Search Fields more prominent there, for example).

In the future, we'll look at ways to make things faster.]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:56:58 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12175.html#12175 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12174.html#12174 Author: blackey
Subject: 3252
Posted: 28-November-2009 at 7:07pm

Is there a way to speed this up, especially using multiple CSF's per category.  I'd like to have a category with several thousand products and then use the drill down menus to filter the results until the customer has what he wants.  I have found this can take several minutes as you narrow the results with each CSF.

Example

http://www.lpiracing.com/racing-parts/pc/viewcategories.asp?idcategory=12783

www.lpiracing.com


Edited by blackey - 28-November-2009 at 7:08pm]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:07:55 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/drill-down-custom-search-field-speed_topic3252_post12174.html#12174