Magento 1.9.1 RWD – Custom Attribute Filter in Layered Navigation

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I am trying to add Filter attribute called building type for my book store.

Below is Category Structure with product.

    + Regional Books(4) 
       - English (2) 
            -- book-1
            -- book-2
       - German (3)
            -- book-3
            -- book-4

I have created a custom attribute of type dropdown and have set Filterable with result for Use In Layered Navigation.

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Then configured the custom attribute value in product creation page.

Book-1
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Book-2
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But Still custom attribute is not appearing in layered navigation.
Parent page only show sub category and tags and products and not my custom filter. Sub category page shows only tags and products list.

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Parent Category – Display setting
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Any idea why Filter attribute is not appearing in the layered navigation.
Please advice I am using Magento 1.9.1 CE with default rwd theme.

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I am not sure how your homepage is configured, but by default you can't make it happen.

Try adding a Category block on your homepage, by adding

{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="8" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}

on you Homepage CMS's page content. Replace category_id with your category's id.

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Magento – Filter out attributes used in layered navigation

Layered navigation filters are rendered in catalog/layer/view.phtml template:

            <?php foreach ($_filters as $_filter): ?>
            <?php if($_filter->getItemsCount()): ?>
                <dt><?php echo $this->__($_filter->getName()) ?></dt>
                <dd><?php echo $_filter->getHtml() ?></dd>
            <?php endif; ?>

Here you can add checks for category and attribute id (replace the code aabove with the code below):

            <?php 
                $_categoryId = $this->getLayer()->getCurrentCategory()->getId();
                $_categoryFilters = array(
                    // top level categories
                    array(
                        'categories' => array(5,8,10),
                        'attributes' => array('color', 'size'),
                    ),
                    // second level categories 
                    array(
                        'categories' => array(6, 7, 9, 11),
                        'attributes' => array('manufacturer'),
                    ),
                );
            ?>
            <?php foreach ($_filters as $_filter): ?>
            <?php 
                $_found = false;
                foreach ($_categoryFilters as $_categoryFilter) {
                    if (in_array($_categoryId, $_categoryFilter['categories']) &&
                        (!($_attribute = $_filter->getAttributeModel()) ||
                        in_array($_attribute->getAttributeCode(), $_categoryFilter['attributes']))
                    )
                    {
                        $_found = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            ?>
            <?php if($_found && $_filter->getItemsCount()): ?>
                <dt><?php echo $this->__($_filter->getName()) ?></dt>
                <dd><?php echo $_filter->getHtml() ?></dd>
            <?php endif; ?>

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