Improved Category Flexibility

[tbannist]

Ok, so this requires modifying the database schema, but I think it would be a useful feature if categories could have multiple parents.

 

Using the default catalog as an example you might want to subdivide DVDs into genre based categories and have top-level genre categories with the DVD categories underneath them. This would be particularly useful if your online catalog also sold books and VHS tapes.

[emiliano]

so if you self books and videos, what would be your main categories?

 

cheers

emiliano

[tbannist]

Here's a sample layout:

 

Books (1)

   Self-help (4)

   Science Fiction (5)

   History (6)

DVDs (2)

   Self-help (7)

   Science Fiction (8)

   History (9)

VHS (3)

   Self-help (10)

   Science Fiction (11)

   History (12)

Self-help(13)

   Books (4)

   DVDs (7)

   History (10)

Science Fiction (14)

   Books (5)

   DVDs (8)

   History (11)

History (15)

   Books (6)

   DVDs (9)

   History (12)

 

For example, Books(4) and Self-help(4) would in fact be the same category. I've been thinking about what the best way to do this would be and I think maybe taking a page from dmoz might be the best options, instead of multiple category inclusion, the same thing could be accomplished with shortcuts from one category to another.