Comments on: The Grape Identity Crisis http://www.bevsites.com/index.php/2010/03/the-grape-identity-crisis/ Selling Wine Online Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Amanda Maynard http://www.bevsites.com/index.php/2010/03/the-grape-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Amanda Maynard Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:47:06 +0000 http://www.bevsites.com/?p=1231#comment-370 Thanks for the comment Andrew! I think you're right--there is rarely a clear cut solution that provides the one and only way to go about the navigation issue. We're only displaying grapes in the dynamic navigation that the store has in stock, so that cuts down on extraneous information that isn't relevant and that's the first step in the right direction. I think your example with mapping the search results for Syrah and Shiraz is a good one and certainly an option. However, if we do shorten the left nav to show only the top 5-10 most popular grapes in the inventory, it might not be worth while to show the duplicate names for Syrah/Shiraz. I think that would depend heavily on the store's goals, customers and their inventory. Many of these options are up in the air and open for discussion with the individual stores that want to implement the dynamic navigation and I think that's what makes this a difficult issue. There are standard settings that we can create, but each store has different goals and different inventory so they're likely to want to highlight different attributes in their navigation. Thanks for the comment Andrew! I think you’re right–there is rarely a clear cut solution that provides the one and only way to go about the navigation issue.

We’re only displaying grapes in the dynamic navigation that the store has in stock, so that cuts down on extraneous information that isn’t relevant and that’s the first step in the right direction. I think your example with mapping the search results for Syrah and Shiraz is a good one and certainly an option. However, if we do shorten the left nav to show only the top 5-10 most popular grapes in the inventory, it might not be worth while to show the duplicate names for Syrah/Shiraz. I think that would depend heavily on the store’s goals, customers and their inventory.

Many of these options are up in the air and open for discussion with the individual stores that want to implement the dynamic navigation and I think that’s what makes this a difficult issue. There are standard settings that we can create, but each store has different goals and different inventory so they’re likely to want to highlight different attributes in their navigation.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.bevsites.com/index.php/2010/03/the-grape-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Andrew Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:30:22 +0000 http://www.bevsites.com/?p=1231#comment-313 Sometimes there is no clear answer, but instead you look for the a solution you can live with. On the dynamic navigation - first you only show varietals the store has in inventory (assume you do this). Second could you not map varietals like Syrah and Shiraz together (so they both appear but they pull the same results)? If the varietal list is to long in the left nav, could you not just show the top 5 or 10 varietals and let the rest be found by free form search? You probably have thought already about all of these suggestions. Sometimes there is no clear answer, but instead you look for the a solution you can live with.

On the dynamic navigation – first you only show varietals the store has in inventory (assume you do this). Second could you not map varietals like Syrah and Shiraz together (so they both appear but they pull the same results)?

If the varietal list is to long in the left nav, could you not just show the top 5 or 10 varietals and let the rest be found by free form search?

You probably have thought already about all of these suggestions.

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