The absolute best designed category organization there is

[AbleMods]

After fighting my custom import routines for weeks now, I've realized there is one subtle design in AC7 that is truly remarkable.

Category Management in AC7 is by far the most elegant software engineering design I've ever seen.

Through code, I can build a single category or a combination of categories and sub-categories all with a single command. I assign that to the product being loaded into the table with a second command. Done.

Now, the beautiful part: In AC7 I can move that category, along with all of it's contained products, anywhere I want. I don't have to modify individual products. I don't have to click 10,000 checkboxes. I don't even drag-and-drop - it's just one click and I can pick where it should now go.

If I decide later a sub-category of products should go into a different root category, it's only one click to do it.

If I want to see what certain sub-categories look like in their own root, it's a minute of work instead of hours.

So it doesn't even have to really matter where you load the categories within the category tree - you can just move them all around within AC7 once the data itself looks good.

It is truly impressive the flexibility that is available through the category management design of AC7. Well done Able!

[lab_n_chemicals]

Through code, I can build a single category or a combination of categories and sub-categories all with a single command. I assign that to the product being loaded into the table with a second command. Done.

Hi Joe,

We have about 1300+ root categories that I now need to move under 3 separate root categories. These categories have their own sub-categories with multiple products, links, webpages in them.
Ex:

cat1 ... cat11, cat 12, etc
cat2 ... cat21, cat 22, etc
cat3 ... cat31, cat 32, etc
cat4 ... cat41, cat 42, etc
...

Move to:
Lab:
.....cat1 ... cat11, cat 12, etc
.....cat2 ... cat21, cat 22, etc
Chemical:
.....cat3 ... cat31, cat 32, etc
Educational:
.....cat4 ... cat41, cat 42, etc

Any help or code examples would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Phil
ESP Chemicals Inc.

[AbleMods]

There really isn't any code I can offer for moving categories around. When I move stuff around, I just use the menu choice available in the interface. That code can be found in ~/Admin/Catalog/MoveCatalogObject.aspx.cs file.

Rumor has it that Able will be including a bulk-move feature in their next release however I do not know a timeframe.

The last "big migration" I did involved a few teenagers looking to make an easy $ 10/hour clicking that little move icon all day long

[lab_n_chemicals]

Thanks for the quick reply. Much appreciated!
We'll be buying your quickbooks module shortly.

Phil
ESP Chemicals Inc.

[kastnerd]

Cant you use DataDrive and download your products, Modify the categories then upload your products?