VP-ASP provides a wide range of navigation tools to help your customers find the products on your site.
Variations of these numerous navigation tools can be created if necessary because of the open source nature of VP-ASP
Category Displays
File shopdisplaycategories.asp is the main navigation starting point in VP-ASP. It allows you to drill down through your categories and sub categories. It can be used to display the highest level of categories or it can be used to display specific category and its subcategories. This cannot be included in a header/footer but a link can be placed anywhere on your site.
This allows drill down of subcategories to any depth.
shopdisplaycategories.asp?id=5 Displays category 5 and all its subcategories
Direct Link to a specific product
A specific product can be displayed in a number of ways.
shopexd.asp?id=55 Will display detailed extended description of a product
shopquery.asp?catalogid=55 Displays normal product description for product 55
shopquery.asp?cprice=100 Displays all products under $100
shopquery.asp?pother5=new Displays all products with the word New in the pother5 field
Navigation tools
VP-ASP provides a number of built in navigation tools that you can add to your page header or trailer (shoppage_header.htm) or shoppage_trailer.htm. These are put into the files in the form
<%NavigateShowCategories%>
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NavigateShowCategories |
Displays categories as alist |
| NavigateShowAllCategories | Generates a drop down list |
| NavigateShowProducts | Generates a drop down list of all products |
| Navigateshowpalphabet | Generates alphabet links (5.50 only) |
| NavigateCatJavaList | Generates expandable category/subcategor (free addon for 5.0 and 5.50) |
NavigateShowCategories
Shows a list of categories with links to subcategories. Used primarily on left or right navigation
<%navigateshowcategories%>
NavigateShowAllCategories
Shows a drop down list of all categories and subcategories. By selecting any one, the customer is automatically directed to products in that category.
NavigateCatJavaList
A popup menu that expands to unlimited subcategory depth. Provided as a free add-on for VP-ASP 5.0 and 5.50.
Navigateshowpalphabet
Displays alphabetic list (which is configurable). By clicking on a letter, shows all products with names starting with that letter. VP-ASP 5.50 only.
Navigateshowproducts
Displays all products in a drop down list. When customer selects an name, they are immediately directed to that product details
Category Tree
Shopcategorylist.asp - This is a separate VP-ASP File and cannot be added to normal page header and trailer. It can be linked to from your own pages. Displays all categories and subcategories in an indented list.
Random Products
VP-ASP can display a set of random or specific products on you home page if that page is an ASP file. A number of configuration options determine which products are displayed, how many are displayed. The product display is template driven allowing fine control over the actual product formatting.
This facility is described in the Developer's Guide.