Re: related products, how to's best practices

Hi, Why should I not use drop downs ?? are they generally out of favour now ?? why ??? I ask because I was thinking of having each categories products listed in a drop down ! Thanks, Jon jon bennett | jon@jben.net new media designer / developer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J b e n . n e t 91 Gloucester Rd, Trowbridge, Wilts, BA14 0AD t: +44 (0) 1225 341039 w: http://www.jben.net/ On 4 Dec 2003, at 13:05, Richard Davey wrote:

Hello Jon, Thursday, December 4, 2003, 12:59:17 PM, you wrote: JB> They are in groups (type, category) but the problem is the way their JB> products relate doesn't correspond to their type (book, video etc) or JB> their category (like Classic Books, Rewarding Social Skills etc) and JB> some products appear in more than one category as well. Not much choice then - you have to present them an interface to all of the products for them to select from. Alphabetical sorting perhaps, with a small search field so they can search on product title perhaps, or filter out specific categories. You can't have them in a drop-down (well, technically you could, but this isn't a PHP issue anymore, it's a user-interface one). -- Best regards,

 Richard                            mailto:rich@launchcode.co.uk

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