This mod provides three drop-down select boxes which are used to select products from top category - subcat01 - subcat02 - subcat03. The second and third drop-down are populated dynamically (using jquery) as a result of the choice made in the previous box, in my case this is used as Make-Model-Year.
The mod is designed to work with this category structure:
top-category (eg Bikes) -
sub-category level 1 (eg Bike Manufacturer) - subsub-category level 2 (eg Bike model) - subsubsub-category level3 (eg Bike model year or year range) - which contains the products Each subcategory is a drop-down. As supplied in this package, the drop drowns are integrated into the header.
To replace a long static list in a sidebox.
I have three master categories
Manufacturers: this is arranged as per the product families from my suppliers and are the master categories for all my products. Product Types: the normal types-of-products categories. All items here are linked from the manufacturers master. Your Bike (of motorcycle): subcategory of bike brands, then subsub of models, then subsubsub of years (such as 2001, 2002-3, 2004 etc). All items here are linked from the manufacturers master. This mod replaces the sidebox that would show the third set of categories.