Randomize 'Featured Products' on SFNT

[habreu]

We have a modified version of Levels so I'm not 100% sure if this is 'stock' or not. In any case the SFNT has a 'Featured Products' slider on the bottom of the page, that pulls products from the 'featured' category. I manually switch these around (when I remember) to keep it fresh. Right now it reads the products into an array and outputs using a default sort method. I was wondering if there is an easy-to-implement way to 'jumble' the array index, or otherwise randomize (or pseudo-randomize) the output products so the page slider would be 'fresh' without my manual intervention.

[Matt Zimmermann]

To randomize the products, add this code above the FOREACH for the product list:

<mvt:comment>
    This section will randomize the products generated by the ReadyTheme Product Listing being used.
</mvt:comment>
<mvt:foreach iterator="product" array="readytheme:products">
    <mvt:assign name="g.random_item" value="random(miva_array_elements(l.settings:readytheme:products) - 1) + 1"/>
    <mvt:assign name="g.random_product" value="l.settings:product"/>
    <mvt:assign name="l.settings:product" value="l.settings:readytheme:products[g.random_item]"/>
    <mvt:assign name="g.item_counter" value="1"/>
    <mvt:foreach iterator="new_product" array="readytheme:products">
        <mvt:if expr="g.item_counter EQ g.random_item">
            <mvt:assign name="l.settings:new_product" value="g.random_product"/>
            <mvt:foreachstop/>
        </mvt:if>
        <mvt:assign name="g.item_counter" value="g.item_counter + 1"/>
    </mvt:foreach>
</mvt:foreach>

[habreu]

Thanks Matt. Works like a charm. You should add it to 'useful snippets' for the theme.

[danceman]

Love this script - thanks Matt! Quick question - Is there a way to have it randomly grab random products and entirely switch out products as opposed to jumbling a set amount of images?

[Matt Zimmermann]

danceman If you are looking to change the amount of products, you can chance the display quantity in the ReadyTheme component. If you are looking to pull in random product, like the old Random function within Tool Kit, I'm not sure of a way to do that within this product list.

[danceman]

Ok, thanks - yes, was thinking Random function.

[lesliekirk]

Thank you! I've been needing this for a while. It is much appreciated!

[lesliekirk]

To randomize the products, add this code above the FOREACH for the product list:

<mvt:comment>
This section will randomize the products generated by the ReadyTheme Product Listing being used.
</mvt:comment>
<mvt:foreach iterator="product" array="readytheme:products">
<mvt:assign name="g.random_item" value="random(miva_array_elements(l.settings:readytheme:products) - 1) + 1"/>
<mvt:assign name="g.random_product" value="l.settings:product"/>
<mvt:assign name="l.settings:product" value="l.settings:readytheme:products[g.random_item]"/>
<mvt:assign name="g.item_counter" value="1"/>
<mvt:foreach iterator="new_product" array="readytheme:products">
<mvt:if expr="g.item_counter EQ g.random_item">
<mvt:assign name="l.settings:new_product" value="g.random_product"/>
<mvt:foreachstop/>
</mvt:if>
<mvt:assign name="g.item_counter" value="g.item_counter + 1"/>
</mvt:foreach>
</mvt:foreach>

I've placed this code in a Product Listing Theme Component. I have the Number of Products set to 4 and the Products To Display to All Products. It is only randomizing the same 4 products - How can I get it to randomize all the products?

[habreu]

Looking here https://docs.miva.com/reference-guid...oduct-listings it seems as if Number of Products grabs the number you set then this script randomizes those. Try a higher number like 20 and you should see the randomizing at a guess. My not a real programmer concern is if you have 3000 products in 'all products' and it builds an array which it is going to sort and pick out 4 random every page load that might make the page chug.

In my case I created a category with 'featured products' which I update now and then. It pulls from those 20 to 30 products and randomizes those - in our case I'm trying to highlight some products which people tend to overlook.

[lesliekirk]

Looking here https://docs.miva.com/reference-guid...oduct-listings it seems as if Number of Products grabs the number you set then this script randomizes those. Try a higher number like 20 and you should see the randomizing at a guess. My not a real programmer concern is if you have 3000 products in 'all products' and it builds an array which it is going to sort and pick out 4 random every page load that might make the page chug.

In my case I created a category with 'featured products' which I update now and then. It pulls from those 20 to 30 products and randomizes those - in our case I'm trying to highlight some products which people tend to overlook.

Ahhh, I understand upping the number of products, since it still seems to be displaying the same 4 products since it's set to display 4. But I need to display only 4 products, if I up the number of products, it displays that amount and then randomizes just those.