Items on site, but cannot find them on admin page.

[dulcimerbuilder]

Sometimes I forget to designate where an item I am selling is supposed to go. It gets listed on the site, but I can not find it to make changes. If I go to online catalog, it is there listed under "Top", but on the admin page, it cannot be located. I would like to find several items like this and get them to the appropriate catagory so I can make changes as needed. Any ideas how to find these items.

[♥14steve14]

If you have the standard oscommerce breadcrumb, try clicking the item on the front page, go to the product info page and see where the breadcrumb trail says it is. Then use this to find them in the admin area.

[dulcimerbuilder]

Steve, if you are speaking of the item as it appears in the online catalog where the item is for sale, at the top of the window, it says: Top>>Catalog>>(my catalog number of the item). When I plug any of this in the search block on admin page, nothing happens.

[tgely]

@@dulcimerbuilder

 

This is a standard breadcrumb path for an exact product:

Top » Catalog » Hardware » Graphics Cards » MG200MMS

 

You should use "MG200MMS" in admin search.

 

Maybe model number could be helpful: http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/6836

[Guest]

@@dulcimerbuilder

 

To put an item in the catalog, you MUST follow the catalog structure. You say you sometimes forget where to put it. That's not possible because you MUST first use the admin area to locate the category (sub-category) and THEN click the NEW PRODUCT button. If you are just clicking the NEW PRODUCT button from the catalog root, then that product would be placed in the root of the catalog. If you have categories and products mixed, then the product will NOT appear in the catalog to the customer.

 

CORRECT structure:

 

> category 1

> category 2

>> sub-category 1

>>> product 1

>>> product 2

>category 3

 

INCORRECT structure:

 

> category 1

> category 2

>> sub-category 1

>>> product 1

>>> product 2

>category 3

>product 3 // this product will not show to the customer

>product 4 // this product will not show to the customer

>product 5 // this product will not show to the customer

 

 

 

Chris

[Bob Terveuren]

Steve, if you are speaking of the item as it appears in the online catalog where the item is for sale, at the top of the window, it says: Top>>Catalog>>(my catalog number of the item). When I plug any of this in the search block on admin page, nothing happens.

Hi

The bit in the breadcrumbs is the 'product_model' and if you try searching on that in the admin section it does not generate a hit.

 

Use the product name (or part thereof) to see if you can get a hit - the search will accept wildcards quite happily

 

Bob