To update my original post:

I keep a local/dev copy of "AC out of the box with our data", without any of our customization, for comparison.

The "non product" pages don't appear in there either, so I'm reasonably certain this isn't a result of our customization.

Thanks.

Hi,

Unfortunately, we don't have a single widget that will display all catalog object types. You can build a custom page using different widgets though.

There is a LINKS widget which displays links in a category. (under GENERAL)

The WEBPAGE THUMBNAIL widget displays links to content pages that have a category assignment (also under GENERAL)

And SUBCATEGORY GRID displays the sub-categories of the current category being viewed. (under CATEGORY section)

Each of these widgets have additional display parameters that are specific to how they display on the page.

These are not the same pages as Gold. The CMS system in version 9 is an entirely new feature.

It's not an oversight. It was something that we decided to remove. If you would like, I can open a feature request and we can look into it.

The upgrade from Gold to AC9 can only bring over the data. The storefront pages are all new and work differently than in Gold.

I can request that we include a new widget that can display all catalog object types, but currently there is none.

There is a LINKS widget which displays links in a category. You can add this widget to the same page that displays products and it should work fine. The only difference is that they won't be mingled in with the products.

Hi, which page/template displays the products? I tried changing the "category product grid" to include the "links" widget, but our category with just links on it still shows "No products match your search criteria".

Some specific instructions would be helpful.

Thanks,
Charles

Thanks, Katie. The site you are going to be launching soon that we did the development for is one of the sites that wanted the CatalogNode page (similar to what was CategoryGrid4 in Gold). It is their default display page for categories.

Hi Katie, it's real hassle putting screenshots here. I have to host them somewhere for them to display?

I changed the "Category Product Grid" inner template Content tab to include Links at the bottom, under Subcategory Menu and Category Product Grid Multilevel.

Curiously in the Inner Templates listing, it shows 0 assignments to the Category Product Grid. Most of the other Inner Templates have 1. I do not see any other Inner Template that looks like it would pertain to Category Product listings.

Here's one category example.

The category is "Recommended Books @ Amazon".
It is public (eyeball).
The inner template is set to "Use store default". I tried setting it to Category Product Grid as well, to no avail.
The category has mostly links, close to 50, plus some folders and Content Pages, all of which are visible (eyeball).
The actual store front side of the page shows nothing except "No products match your search criteria".

Where are the "store defaults" configured? I could not find a page that shows that.


BTW, and I indicated this elsewhere shortly after we upgraded, having a default of 20 on every single page is rather annoying, especially when the listing isn't sorted (?!?!). Very frustrating trying to find what you are looking for. Every single time I change it to Show All. This default limit of makes sense when there could be thousands of items. But inner templates? Categories? If nothing else, make the default larger than 20 please? I modified the code on many of these already to default to all, but I continue to find more pages I have to change. Which of course is one more thing I have to integrate into the next upgrade!


EDIT: I looked in the tables and found the default CategoryInnerTemplateId is the ID of Category Product Grid (14), so having the category set to "Store Default" should work. I'm still curious if there's a place this is visible without looking the db?

Edited by user Friday, May 26, 2023 6:34:52 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Here's showing the links in the category product grid inner template.
category-template.jpg (89kb) downloaded 1 time(s).

Here's showing zero assignments to the Category Product Grid inner template. Note the other two have an assignment of 1.
zero-assignments.jpg (100kb) downloaded 2 time(s).

Here's showing four of the 50+ link items in the category 'Recommended Books @ Amazon'.
category-links.jpg (58kb) downloaded 1 time(s).

Here's the public facing category.
recomendded.jpg (37kb) downloaded 1 time(s).

Please tell me where I went wrong and how to get these to display.

Thanks.

Thanks. I was able to get links working with your info.

The underlying issue was the "links" widget was set to show 4 items, and only 4 items. Ergo the product page was showing "No products match your search criteria", and then 4 items below it. Because it was only 4 of about 50, I didn't think it was "links" and was coming in from somewhere else, like "related items".

I found the links widget and change it to show 0, and now we still get "No products match your search criteria", but all the links below it. Not ideal, but better than nothing at all!

Thanks, I took your suggestion and it looks better.

Charles