Advice on site structure
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:42 am
Hi,
I'm hoping for some suggestions / advice on setting up the following scenario:
I've got a store that's going to have about 1200-1400 current model products and then I have maybe 500-700 prior year models. I'm wanting to distinguish a "clearance" section from the main site with the current year products. I of course tried to setup multi store and run it as clearance.domain.com and domain.com - which I now know won't work! My next thought was to figure out how to setup domain.com/clearance/ with the multi store function.
I realize that this wasn't how Opencart was designed, so I'm not complaining at all, just looking for suggestions about how to do this.
Maybe the best way is to just change the seo keyword (page name) to clearance/product-name/ and call it good?
I don't mind having the files installed twice in two different directories as long as a customer can order items from both directories and have it all appear on one invoice. In the end, it's just a matter of trying to figure out the easiest and most logical way to manage all of this because every year, I'll be adding more to the clearance section and more to the current year products.
Hopefully the explanation is clear enough, and if not, I can provide more info. I'd give a URL, but I don't have anything setup yet that's worth showing!
I do want to say that I've worked with about a half dozen carts (licensed and not) and I'm most impressed with Opencart! It's a great solution!
Thanks everyone,
Doug
I'm hoping for some suggestions / advice on setting up the following scenario:
I've got a store that's going to have about 1200-1400 current model products and then I have maybe 500-700 prior year models. I'm wanting to distinguish a "clearance" section from the main site with the current year products. I of course tried to setup multi store and run it as clearance.domain.com and domain.com - which I now know won't work! My next thought was to figure out how to setup domain.com/clearance/ with the multi store function.
I realize that this wasn't how Opencart was designed, so I'm not complaining at all, just looking for suggestions about how to do this.
Maybe the best way is to just change the seo keyword (page name) to clearance/product-name/ and call it good?
I don't mind having the files installed twice in two different directories as long as a customer can order items from both directories and have it all appear on one invoice. In the end, it's just a matter of trying to figure out the easiest and most logical way to manage all of this because every year, I'll be adding more to the clearance section and more to the current year products.
Hopefully the explanation is clear enough, and if not, I can provide more info. I'd give a URL, but I don't have anything setup yet that's worth showing!
I do want to say that I've worked with about a half dozen carts (licensed and not) and I'm most impressed with Opencart! It's a great solution!
Thanks everyone,
Doug