Seasonal site structure
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Bit of a complicated one for anyone who likes a challenge..
We sell a range of products which are very seasonal, so therefore have a seasonal section within the store with the products categorized into their relevant categories.
In additon to this i wanted to also create a feature of each season so in effect pull forward on to a new tab the relevant season ie: Valentine so that customers didn't have to hunt for the products by going via seasonal shop etc
The problem is that my site urls display last-category/product-title so in effect as the seasons change these urls will be deleted. They do remain elsewhere in our catalogue..
Does this make sense?
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Hi
Its magento.
This version of our site is in development, so i can't give a live example.
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What platform are you using? Someone here might know a way to get around that.
A few examples might be helpful.
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