Extra Fields by Category

[Imboden]

We have about 25 categories (and sub cats) with anywhere from 5 -50 products in each

Each category product has a bunch of extra field information which I need to collect.

I added all the "extra fields" via the admin - but now there are so many - so when a new product comes up - like 100 extra fields come up - when really maybe only 15-20 apply to that product.

Is there a way I can show only the fields for that category ? I numbered them in batches - so if I could say

if catid = "devices" show fields 100-150 ...I would be good.

Just not sure where to look for this code ? SInce this is in the admin

Thanks

[Ingrid]

Ok - I got it ! I need some tweaking for all the categories but it will look like this - I"ll post this in case anyone needs it - and I need it again in the future !

First copy the products_modify.tpl to your skin/skinname/modules/Extra_fields folder - so you always have the original to go back to then add this into the loop

replacing the code that writes out the field/ value

<code>
{if $geid ne ''} <td width="15" class="TableSubHead"><input type="checkbox" value="Y" name="fields[efields][{$ef.fieldid}]" /> </td>{/if}

{if $product.categoryid eq '31' && $ef.orderby lt '400' }
<td class="FormButton" nowrap="nowrap"> {product.categoryid} {$ef.field}: </td>
<td class="ProductDetails">
<input type="text" name="efields[{$ef.fieldid}]" size="70" value="{if $ef.is_value eq 'Y'}{$ef.field_value|escape:html}{else}{$ef.value| escape:html} {/if}" />
</td>
{elseif $product.categoryid eq '49' }
{if $ef.orderby gt '400' && $ef.orderby lt '500' }
<td class="FormButton" nowrap="nowrap"> 49 only {$ef.field}: </td>
<td class="ProductDetails">
<input type="text" name="efields[{$ef.fieldid}]" size="70" value="{if $ef.is_value eq 'Y'}{$ef.field_value|escape:html}{else}{$ef.value| escape:html}{/if}" />
</td>
{/if}
{else}
<td> Other specs needed here </td>
{/if}

</tr>


</code>