Thread: Vector and Genres Breadcrumbs

I did a search on bread crumbs and got some things, but nothing that I believe can help my situation. If I missed it, forgive me.

Ok, I have AspDotNetStorefront ML 7.1.0.0/7.1.0.0.

I would like to know how I can get the breadcrumbs to work for Vectors and Genres. I believe by solving this I will also fix two other issues:

The "Blue Arrows" functionality in Vectors and Genres.

Having the "Site Map" show Vectors and Genres

I am hoping these all have to do with the same process. Thanks for any help.


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There are quite a few sections that need to be un-commented in the code in order for Genres and Vectors to become completely functional. Give me a day or so to find the sections for this particular functionality.

George, my man. You're my favorite Staff member.

We are about to hit the heavy season and I am tweaking and checking. So far only a few minor problems left.
Thanks!

yeah, G1 is the man, but shhhh...stop telling him that, as it just goes to inflate his poker head

Alright...in order to get Vectors and Genres up and running, you'll need the following files:

• Admin/entityEditProducts.aspx.cs
• App_Code/TemplateBase.cs
• skins/Skin_#/menuData.xml
• Admin/skins/Skin_#/menuData.xml
• ASPDNSFCommon/SiteMapComponentArt.cs (needed to add Genres and Vectors to the site map...only available with full source code)

First, let's make sure that genres and vectors can be viewed in the admin section. In the admin/skins/Skin_#/menuData.xml file, add these two lines

Code:

<item Text="(!admin.menu.Genres!)" NavigateUrl="entityframe.aspx?entityname=genre" LookId="TopItemLook" />
<item Text="(!admin.menu.Vectors!)" NavigateUrl="entityframe.aspx?entityname=vector" LookId="TopItemLook" />

Next, let's make sure customers browsing the front end can access genres and vectors from the top, horizontal nav menu. In the skins/Skin_#/menuData.xml file, add these two lines

Code:

<item Text="(!menu.Genres!)" LookId="TopItemLook" />
<item Text="(!menu.Vectors!)" LookId="TopItemLook" />

Now let's make sure that customers can navigate the front end menu items (eg. the vectors and sub-vectors will dropdown under the main menu header like the existing entities). This will also take care of the expanding menu in the admin section. Open the App_Code/TemplateBase.cs file. Find a section of code in private void Page_Load that is for distributors

Code:

// Find Distributors menu top
mNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//item[@Text='(!" + CommonLogic.IIF(AppLogic.IsAdminSite, "admin.", "") + "menu.Distributors!)']");
tblMgr = AppLogic.DistributorEntityHelper.m_TblMgr;
if (tblMgr.NumRootLevelNodes <= AppLogic.MaxMenuSize())
{
    AddEntityMenuXsl(doc, "Distributors", tblMgr, mNode, 0, String.Empty);
}
mNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//item[@Text='(!" + CommonLogic.IIF(AppLogic.IsAdminSite, "admin.", "") + "menu.Distributors0!)']");
if (tblMgr.NumRootLevelNodes <= AppLogic.MaxMenuSize())
{
    AddEntityMenuXsl(doc, "Distributors", tblMgr, mNode, 0, "TopItemLook");
}

and underneath this add the following lines of code:

Code:

// Find Genres menu top
mNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//item[@Text='(!" + CommonLogic.IIF(AppLogic.IsAdminSite, "admin.", "") + "menu.Genres!)']");
AddEntityMenuXsl(doc, "Genre", AppLogic.GenreEntityHelper.m_TblMgr, mNode, 0, String.Empty);
mNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//item[@Text='(!" + CommonLogic.IIF(AppLogic.IsAdminSite, "admin.", "") + "menu.Genres0!)']");
AddEntityMenuXsl(doc, "Genre", AppLogic.GenreEntityHelper.m_TblMgr, mNode, 0, "TopItemLook");


// Find Vectors menu top
mNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//item[@Text='(!" + CommonLogic.IIF(AppLogic.IsAdminSite, "admin.", "") + "menu.Vectors!)']");
AddEntityMenuXsl(doc, "Vector", AppLogic.VectorEntityHelper.m_TblMgr, mNode, 0, String.Empty);
mNode = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//item[@Text='(!" + CommonLogic.IIF(AppLogic.IsAdminSite, "admin.", "") + "menu.Vectors0!)']");
AddEntityMenuXsl(doc, "Vector", AppLogic.VectorEntityHelper.m_TblMgr, mNode, 0, "TopItemLook");

Now let's make sure that when the product is added from the admin section, it maps properly when being added. Open the Admin/entityEditProducts.aspx.cs file and find protected void LoadContent(). About part way down you'll find the beginning of a rather large if statement

Code:

if (Editing)
{
    TabStrip1.Tabs[TabStrip1.Tabs.Count - 1].Visible = false;
    this.phAllVariants.Visible = true;
    this.phAddVariant.Visible = false;

    SetVariantButtons();
    ....
    ....

You'll need to get to the else part of this

Code:

else
{
    TabStrip1.Tabs[TabStrip1.Tabs.Count - 1].Visible = true;

    this.phAllVariants.Visible = false;
    this.phAddVariant.Visible = true;
    divltStatus2.Visible = false;
    ltStatus.Text = "Adding Product";
    btnSubmit.Text = "Add New";
    ....
    ....

Near the bottom of this else statement you'll find a section for mappings and in this section there is an affiliate section

Code:

//Affiliate
if (eName.Equals("AFFILIATE", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
    foreach (ListItem li in cblAffiliates.Items)
    {
        if (li.Value.Equals(eID.ToString()))
        {
            li.Selected = true;
        }
    }
}

Under this you'll need to add the following

Code:

//Genre
if (eName.Equals("GENRE", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
    foreach (ListItem li in cblGenres.Items)
    {
        if (li.Value.Equals(eID.ToString()))
        {
            li.Selected = true;
        }
    }
}

//Vector
if (eName.Equals("VECTOR", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
    foreach (ListItem li in cblVectors.Items)
    {
        if (li.Value.Equals(eID.ToString()))
        {
            li.Selected = true;
        }
    }
}

Now, to include vectors and genres in the sitemap (if you have the full source code version). Open up the ASPDNSFCommon/SiteMapComponentArt.cs file. In public SiteMapComponentArt you'll find some if statements that look like

Code:

if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite || AppLogic.AppConfigBool("SiteMap.ShowCategories"))

and

Code:

if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite || AppLogic.AppConfigBool("SiteMap.ShowSections"))

After one of these if blocks, you can add the following code

Code:

if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite || AppLogic.AppConfigBool("SiteMap.ShowVectors"))
{
    // Categories:
    String s = AppLogic.LookupHelper("Vector").GetEntityComponentArtNode(0, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting, ThisCustomer.AffiliateID, ThisCustomer.CustomerLevelID, true, AppLogic.IsAdminSite || AppLogic.AppConfigBool("SiteMap.ShowProducts") && AppLogic.NumProductsInDB < 250);
    if (s.Length != 0)
    {
        if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite)
        {
            tmpS.Append("<node Text=\"" + XmlCommon.XmlEncodeAttribute(AppLogic.GetString("AppConfig.VectorPromptPlural", SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting).ToUpperInvariant()) + "\" NavigateUrl=\"entityframe.aspx?entityname=category\">\n");
        }
        else
        {
            tmpS.Append("<node Text=\"" + XmlCommon.XmlEncodeAttribute(AppLogic.GetString("AppConfig.VectorPromptPlural", SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting).ToUpperInvariant()) + "\">\n");
        }
        tmpS.Append(s);
        tmpS.Append("</node>");
    }
}

if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite || AppLogic.AppConfigBool("SiteMap.ShowGenres"))
{
    // Categories:
    String s = AppLogic.LookupHelper("Genre").GetEntityComponentArtNode(0, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting, ThisCustomer.AffiliateID, ThisCustomer.CustomerLevelID, true, AppLogic.IsAdminSite || AppLogic.AppConfigBool("SiteMap.ShowProducts") && AppLogic.NumProductsInDB < 250);
    if (s.Length != 0)
    {
        if (AppLogic.IsAdminSite)
        {
            tmpS.Append("<node Text=\"" + XmlCommon.XmlEncodeAttribute(AppLogic.GetString("AppConfig.GenrePromptPlural", SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting).ToUpperInvariant()) + "\" NavigateUrl=\"entityframe.aspx?entityname=genre\">\n");
        }
        else
        {
            tmpS.Append("<node Text=\"" + XmlCommon.XmlEncodeAttribute(AppLogic.GetString("AppConfig.GenrePromptPlural", SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting).ToUpperInvariant()) + "\">\n");
        }
        tmpS.Append(s);
        tmpS.Append("</node>");
    }
}

Then recompile the ASPDNSFCommon project, and upload the new AspDotNetStorefrontCommon.dll to your site's /bin directory (after a backup of the original of course ). The create 2 new appconfig parameters called SiteMap.ShowGenres and SiteMap.ShowVectors, and set both of these appconfig values to true. The genres and vectors should then be showing in your sitemap.

See screenshots for results The navigation arrows are difficult to screenshot, but these also properly navigate through the vectors/genres and the products that are mapped to them.

Can I get these instruction for v9 or are they posted somewhere?
Thanks!

Actually I got it all figured out for v9, but while I got genre to show up in the site map, I can't seem to get the vector to show.


in the SiteMapComponentArt.cs
should it be
entityframe.aspx?entityname=category\">\n");
or
entityframe.aspx?entityname=vector\">\n"); ?

I tried both ways but I still cant get vector to show up
it is set to true in appConfig.

Just noticed that while the genre and vector showed up on the horizontal menu the drop down is not working

Thanks

I would also like to get this working in version #9

Advice on getting Genre/Vector mapping to work on EntityEditProducts.aspx.cs for v8.0.1.4? I have tried the suggestions here to no avail.

I aslo have a 7.1.0.0 store front and would like to activate Vectors and Genres in my horizontal menu on an old site that is getting overhauled. However after following these instructions I still end up with the same issue my Genre and Vector Menu does not dropdown to display the entities or sub entities. Any help here would be great!

Here is a link to my page that we are working on. www.ctperformancediesel.com

Anyone have instructions on how to enable managing genre and vector mapping from the admin for version 9.3?

I'm assuming that entityEditProducts.aspx needs to be modified but don't know where to start....