Filter questions, multi-filtering, order + problem

Hi,

Yes, you can use categories for that. Then, add several categories for your products and you can create a filter ( multi select or not ) which will be based on the categories. so that the user can filter your products based on their categories. Please note that the creation of filters is only in the Business edition of HikaShop.

The filters give results based on the current category. If the current category does not contain any product which match the filters, you won't have any results.

It's possible. You can just change the code:
$query='SELECT a.* FROM '.hikashop_table('category').' AS a '.$left.' WHERE a.category_type="manufacturer" AND a.category_parent_id!=\'1\' '.$optionElement.' ORDER BY a.category_ordering';
to:
$query='SELECT a.* FROM '.hikashop_table('category').' AS a '.$left.' WHERE a.category_type="manufacturer" AND a.category_parent_id!=\'1\' '.$optionElement.' ORDER BY a.category_name ASC';

in the file administrator/components/com_hikashop/classes/filter.php

However, that modification will be removed when you update HikaShop. So for only 200 manufacturers, I would still recommend to change the ordering and be done with it...

Hi,

1. Filters based on different custom fields are not supported. Filters based on one multiple value custom fields are now supported.

2. If you already have categories setup like you want for your filter, then use the categories for your filter. Otherwise, use a custom field. It's more flexible and allows for more things to be done.

3. Yes, you can import the value of custom fields for the products. And likewise, when you export the products, you can see the columns relative to the custom product fields in the resulting CSV.

4. Yes, mass actions can work on custom product fields.