Sub-Category in new Dropdown Box

[VikingBEAR +]

Hi,

Is it possible to have a second dropdown box appear for sub-category..

example:

Cars
> Sedans
> 2 Doors
>> Convertibles

Dropdown 1 Dropdown 2 Drop Down 3
Cars Sedans
2 Doors Convertibles

I have a long list of categories, and this would be a LOT easier to navigate for the person placing a NEW AD

Any Suggestions?

Regards, Ken

[cwp +]

This is most likely possible, because if you take a look at the search page you will see fields appear depending on what you select.

I won't be able to help you out, but if you're willing to pay for the modification I'm sure someone might be able to write something up.

[VikingBEAR +]

Hi, yes.. the formatting of my email didnt work.. so a little unclear.. let me try again

When I want to place and AD the dropdown box with categories is present, and I select a category..
however, I have so many categories, that it would be a lot easier (visually) if when I selected 'Cars' and cars has a sub directory, a second dropdown box to teh right of the original would show up with the selection..

Here is a link to my site,
http://localgaragesales.com.au/usercheckout.php

and here is a link (to a rather crappy piece of software) that works as I would like it..
http://www.mybizz-classifieds.com/mybizz/insertad.php
userid and password are both 'user'
if you select 'JOBS' you will see sub categories appear to teh right..

Hope this makes sense

Rgards, Ken

[cwp +]

Ken,
After I made my post I re-read your post and a light bulb turned on in my head.. I had edited my post to reflect my re-understanding

[Maffo +]

There are two ways to do this. The 1st and most easiest is to select the category. Use 'onchange' javascript event to submit the form, which in turn reloads the page with a new list of sub-categories. This will be a little slow for the user, especially if you a lot of sub-cats.

The best way to do this is to use AJAX. This will allow a cat to be selected and can also grab and display a new dropdown with the subcats without a page reload.

You can kinda see how this would work if you look at part of my 'location mod'. What happens is the user selects a country, that then produces a dropdown with the states for that country. Upon state selection, that creates a new dropdown with a list of towns/cities. All without having to refresh the page and works lightening fast.

If you go to my website in my signature and navigate to my v3 or v4 demo site and try to register, this is where you will see this part of the module.

If you want something like this writing, PM me.