[ic] 3-level category tree

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Lukasz Z (dugi@prion.pl):
> Hi everyone!
> 
> I've been wondering how to build a 3-level category tree using area/category
> tables layout from "foundation" store.
> To give you a specific example of what I need (for the sportsman inside of
> you;):
> 
> level    (1)       (2)            (3)
> /
> |----- skiing
> |            |
> |            |------skis
> |            |           |
> |            |           --------carving
> |            |           --------racing
> |            |           --------kids
> |            |           --------etc
> |            |
> |            |
> |            |------boots
> |            |            |
> |            |            |--------men's
> |            |            |--------women's
> |            |            |--------kids
> |
> |------tennis
> |            |
> |            |------rackets
> |            |            |
> |            |            |-------beginner
> |            |            |-------master
> |            |            |-------etc
> 
> Best if "sking" or "tennis" would open a new page (main page for a level 1
> category), and "skis" (level 2) or "racing" (level 3) would just trigger a
> search.
> 
> How to achieve this result without loosing functionality from foundation
> admin? (I'm aware - I can build a new table for categories, but that's not
> what I'm looking for as for now ;)
> 

You can't do it without losing functionality, but by modifying
your templates/components/category_vertical and the bar_link routine
you could do something pretty close. The bar_link routine would
trigger a search on whatever discriminates the third category level
and display that.

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