Is it possible to use custom product fields in the URI Management

[cnelson]

Id like the add a manufacturer part code to the product URL. It is inside of a custom product field. Does URI management support custom fields when defining the url pattern?

[Brennan]

Re: Is it possible to use custom product fields in the URI Management

Not in the URI Template but you can use a page to generate all URIs with the custom fields and then import them. Or use Excel to build them an import them.

[cnelson]

Re: Is it possible to use custom product fields in the URI Management

Not in the URI Template but you can use a page to generate all URIs with the custom fields and then import them. Or use Excel to build them an import them.

That is exactly what I needed! Duh! Didn't even think about doing that!

[swiftmv]

Hello,

Re: Is it possible to use custom product fields in the URI Management

Not in the URI Template but you can use a page to generate all URIs with the custom fields and then import them. Or use Excel to build them an import them.

Further to this:

1. In this document:

http://docs.miva.com/how-to-guides/h...uri-management
(in or near SECTION 8)

It would help if it were noted that custom fields cannot (currently) be used as part of URI Management templates. (Life would be easier if they did.)


2. Is it possible to "slugify" a custom product field within that page template described in Brennan's post? (I'm needing to slugify Manunfacturers' names, particularly those with more than one word for a company name.)


cheers,
Michael

[chris.j.rodrig]

Hello,

CustomFields actually can be used when generating URLs with URI management. The use of mvt:do will assist with that. Here is the code I used to insert a customfield when generating product URLs

<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('customfields', l.module )" />

<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,'CustomField_Code', g.CustomField_Code )" />

/product/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:product:slugified_page_title"><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_page_title $ '-' $ g.CustomField_Code)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_name $ '-' $ g.CustomField_Code )" /></mvt:if>.html

You can place this directly (without line breaks or spaces) into the URI template text field in URI Management. Replace 'CustomField_Code' with your custom field.

[delcorsets]

Hello,

CustomFields actually can be used when generating URLs with URI management. The use of mvt:do will assist with that. Here is the code I used to insert a customfield when generating product URLs

<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('customfields', l.module )" />

<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,'CustomField_Code', g.CustomField_Code )" />

/product/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:product:slugified_page_title"><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_page_title $ '-' $ g.CustomField_Code)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_name $ '-' $ g.CustomField_Code )" /></mvt:if>.html

You can place this directly (without line breaks or spaces) into the URI template text field in URI Management. Replace 'CustomField_Code' with your custom field.

I've tried getting this to work on my dev site, but no luck as of yet... I'm trying to get a slugified version of my "designer" custom field to preface the slugified product name. I've adapted the code mentioned above as follows:

[FONT=Helvetica]<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('customfields', l.module )" />[/FONT]


[FONT=Helvetica]<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,’'designer', g.designer )" />[/FONT]


[FONT=Helvetica]/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:product:slugified_page_title"><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_page_title)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower([FONT=Helvetica]g.designer [FONT=Helvetica]$ '-' $[/FONT][/FONT] l.settings:product:slugified_name)" /></mvt:if>.html[/FONT]

I also tried using the original code exactly as provided in the above post (but with my own custom field code replacing the 'CustomField_Code') but no luck with that either.

I'm sort of taking stabs in the dark as I'm not really familiar with the syntax.. just trying to follow the directions that Chris provided above and hopefully get it working through trial and error. Has anyone else tried or succeeded with using slugified custom fields in their URI templates?

[lesliekirk]

I've tried getting this to work on my dev site, but no luck as of yet... I'm trying to get a slugified version of my "designer" custom field to preface the slugified product name. I've adapted the code mentioned above as follows:

[FONT=Helvetica]<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('customfields', l.module )" />[/FONT]


[FONT=Helvetica]<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,’'designer', g.designer )" />[/FONT]


[FONT=Helvetica]/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:product:slugified_page_title"><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_page_title)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower([FONT=Helvetica]g.designer [FONT=Helvetica]$ '-' $[/FONT][/FONT] l.settings:product:slugified_name)" /></mvt:if>.html[/FONT]

I also tried using the original code exactly as provided in the above post (but with my own custom field code replacing the 'CustomField_Code') but no luck with that either.

I'm sort of taking stabs in the dark as I'm not really familiar with the syntax.. just trying to follow the directions that Chris provided above and hopefully get it working through trial and error. Has anyone else tried or succeeded with using slugified custom fields in their URI templates?

It's an old post, I know, but I need to do the same thing.

The old MMUI store used this syntax for it's Product Links from the CTGY Page

 <mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code(l.settings:product:code,'url_product_name', g.customProductName)" />

https://&mvte:global:domain:name;/p/&mvt:global:customProductName;/&mvta:product:code;.html

So has anyone got this to work?

[lesliekirk]

Hello,

CustomFields actually can be used when generating URLs with URI management. The use of mvt:do will assist with that. Here is the code I used to insert a customfield when generating product URLs

<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('customfields', l.module )" />

<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,'CustomField_Code', g.CustomField_Code )" />

/product/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:product:slugified_page_title"><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_page_title $ '-' $ g.CustomField_Code)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower( l.settings:product:slugified_name $ '-' $ g.CustomField_Code )" /></mvt:if>.html

You can place this directly (without line breaks or spaces) into the URI template text field in URI Management. Replace 'CustomField_Code' with your custom field.

When I used this code, I got the Page Title in the link but no custom field at all. Closer inspection of the code it is telling it to add the slugified page title. I don't want the slugified page title, I want the Custom Field.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Not positive but:

<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,'CustomField_Code', g.CustomField_Code )" />

doesn't look right. should be

<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.settings:product:code,' CustomField_Code', g.CustomField_Code )" />

and just change

l.settings:product:slugified_page_title

to

g.Custom_FieldCode

(though I'd change that variable in all places to something more specific like "g.custom:manufacture_name"

[lesliekirk]

Here is what I tried:

<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('url_product_name', l.module )" /><mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.settings:product:code,'url_product_name', g.customProductName )" />/p/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL l.settings:product:slugified_page_title"><mvt:eval expr="tolower(g.customProductName)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower(g.customProductName)" /></mvt:if>/&mvt:product:code;.html

What I got was

/p//product_code.html

The custom field was not generated. Hopefully, I just did something wrong with the code.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

I don't think you need to look up the module info as this is a managed template (given that SMT code can be used). So, try this?

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( g.product_code, 'custom_field_code', l.settings:custom:urlName)" />
/p/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL(l.settings:custom:urlName)"><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:custom:urlName)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:product:slugified_page_title)" /></mvt:if>/&mvt:product:code;.html

[lesliekirk]

I don't think you need to look up the module info as this is a managed template (given that SMT code can be used). So, try this?

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( g.product_code, 'custom_field_code', l.settings:custom:urlName)" />
/p/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL(l.settings:custom:urlName)"><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:custom:urlName)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:product:slugified_page_title)" /></mvt:if>/&mvt:product:code;.html

Thanks, I tried this

<mvt:item name="customfields" param="Read_Product_Code( g.product_code, 'url_product_name', l.settings:custom:urlName)" />
/p/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL(l.settings:custom:urlName)"><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:custom:urlName)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:product:slugified_page_title)" /></mvt:if>/&mvt:product:code;.html

but I get this error message:

Error compiling template: customfields is not in the list of valid items

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

damn, that's why you need the module call...forgot that URI management is not attached to a page:

try

<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('customfields', l.module )" />
<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,'url_product_name', l.settings:custom:urlName  )" />
/p/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL(l.settings:custom:urlName)"><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:custom:urlName)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:product:slugified_page_title)" /></mvt:if>/&mvt:product:code;.html

[lesliekirk]

damn, that's why you need the module call...forgot that URI management is not attached to a page:

try

<mvt:do name="l.module_loaded" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Module_Load_Code('customfields', l.module )" />
<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Root $ l.module:module" value="Read_Product_Code(l.module, l.param, l.settings:product:code,'url_product_name', l.settings:custom:urlName )" />
/p/<mvt:if expr="NOT ISNULL(l.settings:custom:urlName)"><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:custom:urlName)" /><mvt:else><mvt:eval expr="tolower(l.settings:product:slugified_page_title)" /></mvt:if>/&mvt:product:code;.html

THANK YOU, Bruce! That's what was needed. This needs to be one of those snippets that get put someplace easy to find!

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Google:

"miva merchant" "forums" using custom field in URI management

it's how i roll.