Menu Link to Featured Products Page

[maxmillion]

Hi Everyone !

Im just wondering if there is a way to link directly to a page that displays the Featured Products.

Not through the Featured Products Module but a Direct menu link to that page ?
 
Hopefully someone would have some idea as I could not get around this 

Thanks!

[jenkinhill]

Featured Products are shown in a modules, so create a Joomla article page to hold the module using loadposition and link to that article.
See http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=40123.msg126412#msg126412

[nobbyryan]

I don't understand this - can you offer a bit more? I've created a news article page and in the content I've put {mosloadposition  featureprod} but the featured items don't show up. Obviously I'm doing something wrong but I really do want to be able to link to my featured products.

[jenkinhill]

This is a Joomla! question. In J! 1.5.x a,d 1.0.x add a new user position into you Joomla! template .xml file, something that is easy to spot, such as user_xxx  Then publish the module you wish to display in maincontent to that user position. Then create a new article or static page containing {loadposition user_xxx} - or {mosloadposition user_xxx} in Joomla 1.0.x

[pkakajohn]

maybe with a search to
index.php?page=shop.browse&featured=Y&option=com_virtuemart

[bulesz]

Yes, thanks dude, it seems to work, BUT the pagination is not working (also without SEF)

Cheerz,
B

[muhad]

Hi!

You can try:

1. Make product category: Featured products
2a. Join featured products to this category by hand, OR...

2b. SQL:
DELETE FROM `sklep_vm_product_category_xref` WHERE `category_id` = 58
(58-is my featured products category ID)
INSERT INTO sklep_vm_product_category_xref
(
SELECT 58, `product_id` , 1
FROM `sklep_vm_product` WHERE `product_special` = "Y"
)
3. Make menu link (or not if you use standard category/shop module)

You must change names of tables. My start sklep_.

You can make php file whith this code ie.: corectfeatured.php
and after changing featured product list run this file
or
append this code in some place in shop files.
But where?
Know anybody best place?

regards

[Roll0]

Hi,
my problem seem to be a bit different. (Iam german so sry for bad language  I hope you understand).

Iam using featured products on joomla 1.5 (VM 1.1.4).
Working fine!

But I need the featured products on mainpage of my joomla site not on the mainpage of the shop :-x

I hope someone can help! 

[jenkinhill]

As up above, use {loadposition user_xxx} in a Joomla article linked to your default homepage menu item.