Please help! I've spend over 4 hours pouring through posts, downloading contributions and pasting code and nothing has worked. I need to display a drop-down menu listing available sizes for rings I'm selling on my website. Please help in layman's terms. Thanks to any and all that take the time to reply!
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#2
Posted 23 October 2003, 16:35
admin > Catalog > Products Attributes
1. Enter a new product option called Size (enter in other languages if necessary as well) and click insert..
2. In the Options Values table, in the last row, select Size from the drop down. In the language boxes enter appropriate value names for a size and click insert. Repeat until all your sizes have been entered.
3. In the Attributes table, pick a product that you want to have this option. Then select Size from the second drop down. Then select one of the size values from the third drop down. If this size costs more or less, enter the difference in the next box. If more, put a plus (+) in the next box; if less, put a minus (-) there. Click insert. Repeat for each size value, for each product.
There is an Attributes Copier contribution that can simplify step 3 if you have a lot of products.
Hth,
Matt
1. Enter a new product option called Size (enter in other languages if necessary as well) and click insert..
2. In the Options Values table, in the last row, select Size from the drop down. In the language boxes enter appropriate value names for a size and click insert. Repeat until all your sizes have been entered.
3. In the Attributes table, pick a product that you want to have this option. Then select Size from the second drop down. Then select one of the size values from the third drop down. If this size costs more or less, enter the difference in the next box. If more, put a plus (+) in the next box; if less, put a minus (-) there. Click insert. Repeat for each size value, for each product.
There is an Attributes Copier contribution that can simplify step 3 if you have a lot of products.
Hth,
Matt
#3
Posted 23 October 2003, 17:33
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!! Thanks so much for your quick reply, it's working now and I just can't thank you enough! I was reading about the attributes copier and was going to try it, but I came across a post that said he did it and it created major problems with his site. What's your take on this, and if you couldn't already tell, for those of us who are "Forrest Gumping" through this, what's the difficulty level? Also, does this allow for multiple options to be chosen in the attribute admin panel when you set up an item or is it strictly for copying?
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
#4
Posted 24 October 2003, 03:19
The Attribute Copier contribution is a "required" contribution [in my humble opinon] for any shop having more than a few products with attributes. It lets you set/edit your product attributes on the add product page, yes it does , also solves the attribute sort display problem, and makes adding similar products very easy.
The install is moderately difficult for a highly modded shop, best to copy the changed files onto a clean osC install.
Kind regards,
EricK
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allow for multiple options to be chosen in the attribute admin panel when you set up an item
The install is moderately difficult for a highly modded shop, best to copy the changed files onto a clean osC install.
Kind regards,
EricK
#5
Posted 24 October 2003, 17:48
Backups are your friend.
I usually copy shops to new directories to try out code changes (preferably with a different database). Then if things don't work, I can just copy over them and start new. I.e. if you have your shop installed in /catalog/ and using the database oscommerce (both defaults), copy to /catalog2/ and oscommerce2 (make sure that you update the configure.php files appropriately). Then if a change messes things up, you can always back out.
Hth,
Matt
I usually copy shops to new directories to try out code changes (preferably with a different database). Then if things don't work, I can just copy over them and start new. I.e. if you have your shop installed in /catalog/ and using the database oscommerce (both defaults), copy to /catalog2/ and oscommerce2 (make sure that you update the configure.php files appropriately). Then if a change messes things up, you can always back out.
Hth,
Matt
