Hello,

I am currently using Storefront 9.0 and DNN8.

I have a store that when fully populated will have 150K+ product variants from 700 manufacturers, in 144 different categories. Some manufacturers have hundreds of items across multiple categories.

I want to be able to navigate by manufacturer, then by category within the manufacturer.

In testing I have a Storefront Manufacturer and Category navigation controls on my default product list page, but their operation appears to be exclusive to each other. I have tried combining the url parameters, but that generates a module load error.

I have used the Manufacturer and Category as filterable attributes, which works, but it is my understanding it will be a performance issue when I have a fully populated database.

It is my understanding that expanding the Category navigation, will not encounter the same performance issues. Does that hold true no matter how many categories exist?

If I were to structure my Revindex Categories, to include categories that emulate Manufacturer, for Example:

• Category A
• Category B
• Category C
• Manufacturers
  • A through D
    • Acme Corp
      • Category A
      • Category C

I would then assign each product variant to multiple categories as appropriate, and only use attribute filters after the navigation has filtered the list.

This would give me the navigation options I want, but would that eliminate(minimize?) the performance hit? Because of 1000's of categories.

Thanks,

Jim