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Create Store Categories & Filter
To filter your stores you can choose between store categories or filters. The difference between a category & a filter is this:
- Store Categories only display in one select field regardless of the levels
- Store filters can be used to show multiple checkboxes or select fields
The logic operator for query is AND. Means if for example clothing and free parking is checked only stores, that have both filters will be shown.
Create Store Categories
To create store categories go to your backend > store locator > categories. Here you can create a new category with:
- Name
- Description
- Linked to a WooCommerce Category
- Custom Icon
Create Store Filter
For store filters go to your backend > store locator > filter. Here you can create a new filter with:
- Name
- Description
- Linked to a WooCommerce Category
- Custom Icon
- Input Type (checkboxes OR select field)
Only the 2nd level filters will be shown as checkboxes inside the store locator. The 1st level filters will be used as the filter top names.
Means you need to find a name like “facilities”, create the filter and assign your checkboxes like “Free Parking” or Toiltes below this one.
hi can filter by location?
I can’t seem to figure out how to uncheck all the Product Categories on first load.
https://www.cambiumnetworks.com/where-to-buy/ It defaults to ‘All Products’ checked. In the settings under Searchbox there is a ‘select default filter category’ but that is only showing the dropdown options. I have 2 filters. One dropdown and one with checkboxes.
Right now the problem really is that when it loads, even though the first ‘All Products’ is checked it’s not actually showing items checked with All Products. If I uncheck it and then check again it filters correctly. So I either need to fix that so it does filter by All Products on first load OR I need to have all of the filters unchecked on first load. Any help or insight appreciated.
best,
Kurt
Is it possible to create a store filter from a custom product taxonomy?
No Sorry, but you can rebuild it using a new filter.
Hi,
we are trying to create a select with custom filters, but in Edit Store Filter page after clicking on Save button it automatically sets Checkboxes.
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks
Please update to latest version. Also you can only set the select type on the very top level of your filter. Not on child store filters.
Hi,
Is it possible to mark different areas (with different color overlays) in the map.
For examples different states with stores? So each state gets a color?
Thank you
You can set a marker for a filter called states for example.
Hi,
I need some help with the icons for the filters.
So if I select a Custom Icon in a filter (Child), it does not show up in the map. It is always the same standard icon.
Can you help me out?
Thank you,
Peter
Hi, we are trying to change the default Longitude and latitude but it doesn’t work. Its very critical because we need to launch the website. Thank you for your quick reply.
You can change these in plugin settings 🙂
Is there any way to remove the “Select a Category” field? I only want my users to be able to filter by radius. Since there are no store categories I think it would look better and be less confusing to users to just remove that field altogether. Thanks!
Yes you can use this custom CSS:
#store_locator_filter_categories { display: none; }
Can the store categorie be added via the import excel file? (separate column?) So the filter-categories are automatically added to the stores via import? I have 1230 stores I’m not assigning the filters manually as you can imagine 😉
Yes of course you can import store categories directly within the import xls(x) file.
and what column is the correct one?
Solved
I want to be able to sort stores by category on the backend (in the list of stores.) How do I do that?
Stores categories will exported when you run a store export in our plugin settings.
Hello. Is possible to change filters to work with the logic “or” instead of “and”?
Thank you.
We can customize / add this feature for you. Please contact us at
su*****@we******.io
good night, my website doesn’t show categories or filters to the client. already created according to your manual above the categories, but still does not appear for my client, is there anything you can do for him to appear? thank you
Please make sure the custom CSS file is writeable in public > css folder.
Hi, is it possible to hide the map entirely and just have the list view?
Yes the map can be deactivated. However you still need a gmaps API key.
Hi, How can I remove the “:” before emails and phone numbers? I’d like to use an icon vs text in front of the listing info, how can I do that?
Well currently not, but we can customize / add this feature for you on Charge. Contact us at
su*****@we******.io
Hello! First off – I love this plugin. The design is clean and smooth and there are so many options. I am wondering if there is a way in the filter section to have the filters as checkboxes. I saw an example website that had this feature and am curious if it is built into the settings and I am missing it, or if the example I found was custom coded.
Yes of course filters can be shown as checkboxes. You simply need to set them in the backend to display type “checkbox”.
Hello, is there a way to change the filtering logic to OR instead of AND
My end goal is to tie woocommerce products to a store location, ex) Product a is available at location a and b, but not c
That is possible. Store filter categories can be linked to woocommerce product categories.
is there a way to assign different color of categories badges depending on the category?
i am talking about “.store-locator-badge-success” the green bubble showing under the store name with the category text
Solved, used some CSS on one of the classes. Is the CSS gonna be overwritten if the plugin is updated=??
Hi! How can I change the style of the “Select a Category” field?