Show all products button

[ogledesign1]

Is there a way to add a button which would allow the customer to view all available products within a category on a page, without having to go to page 2, 3, etc....this is a request of a client of mine who doesn't understand that 'paging' is good for browsers who don't have a very fast connection.

We want to keep the 'paging', however add an option with the "Show All". i just don't know how to override the rol/col settings in CategoryGridPage.aspx.cs.

The code I have implemented in CategoryGridPage.aspx and am awaiting further instruction is:

<asp>
<div>
<asp>
<ItemTemplate>
<a><Eval></a>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp><a>Show All</a>
</div>
</asp>
<div>
<asp></asp>
</div>

[AbleMods]

The paging is somewhat "integrated" into the product user controls. It would be a bit of a challenge to pull it the paging completely.

I believe some of the other controls allow you to specify the number of items to display. Controls like RelatedProducts, FeaturedProducts etc have a parameter to tell how many to display. You could use one on a page, with the parameter set to a number higher than the total products in the store. Might just be an easy workaround for your situation.

[ogledesign1]

Thanks for your reply...I'm all about workarounds....i'm about at my wit's end in trying to hard-code this myself.

IF i was to implement something such as the FeaturedProducts...would this have to be additionally selected for each product within the Admin? I haven't messed with that specific feature yet so I'm not sure myself.

Thanks again!

[AbleMods]

FeaturedProducts yes. It only displays products with the "featured Product" checkbox checked.

SimiliarProducts, no. It just pulls other products from the same category. I believe it has a display count parameter which you could set really high.

[blackstonemedia]

I'm bumping this thread to see if anyone has figured out a way to do this?

[mazhar]

I tried a workaround on the CategoryGridPage control. Edit the ConLib/CategoryCridPage.ascx and following property to the control

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private bool _enablePaging = true;

    public bool EnablePaging 
    {
        get { return _enablePaging; }
        set { _enablePaging = value; }
    }

Now locate the following line of code in BindProductList() method

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ProductList.DataSource = ProductDataSource.NarrowSearch(_Keywords, this.CategoryId, _ManufacturerId, 0, 0, _PageSize, (_HiddenPageIndex * _PageSize), SortResults.SelectedValue);

and make it look like

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if(EnablePaging)
            ProductList.DataSource = ProductDataSource.NarrowSearch(_Keywords, this.CategoryId, _ManufacturerId, 0, 0, _PageSize, (_HiddenPageIndex * _PageSize), SortResults.SelectedValue);
        else
            ProductList.DataSource = ProductDataSource.NarrowSearch(_Keywords, this.CategoryId, _ManufacturerId, 0, 0, SortResults.SelectedValue);

Now locate the following line of code in BindSearchResultsPanel() method

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BindPagingControls()

and make it look like

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if (EnablePaging)
            BindPagingControls();
        else
            PagerPanel.Visible = false;

After making these changes test the page. In order to disable the paging the scriptlet entry must like

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[[ConLib:CategoryGridPage EnablePaging="false"]]

[crazyjoe]

Hi Mazhar, I'm trying to get this to work and it's just not happening. I'm up to 7.0.7 now, can you tell me if this code should work for that? I am looking for my paging to have an option that says "View All" after the list of page numbers so a customer could click that and it would show all products in the category. Any ideas?

[crazyjoe]

Bump!

[david-ebt]

This same question came up more recently on another post. Here's the link:
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=15813
The solution isn't the most elegant, but it works.