Combining Attributes

[michaelg]

I'm relatively new to ZenCart. I am currently using version 1.3.9f. This was a fresh install and I have not updated or customized it other than some CSS tweaks. There are also no add-ons.

I have searched back a few months and couldn't find anything related to my question, but I'm sure it has been asked before. I couldn't think of key words to search. All my results were not relative. I'm sorry for the redundant post if it has been asked.

I am setting up a web site that sells t-shirts and hats, among other things. The tshirts have multiple colors and multiple sizes, but not all colors have the same sizes. For instance shirt #1 has 4 different colors. Color one has S,M,L while Color two has S,M,L,XL,XXL and Color three has M,L,XL, etc.

How do set this up?

Thank you in advanced!

-Michael

[gjh42]

Core Zen Cart does not have the ability to distinguish among these cases (known as "dependent attributes"). Stock by Attributes can keep track of inventory, and there may be other mods that work with it to limit display... look around in Free Addons.

[stevesh]

I'm afraid you don't, at least not that way. Zencart doesn't support 'dependent' attributes, where the selection of one attribute determines the display of others.

[gjh42]

Since there are innumerable ways that attributes could be "dependent", it is not possible to have generic code that will handle all or most situations. Any setup can be custom-coded with javascript to fit your particular case.

[michaelchu]

I have similar product options as you. The easiest way I found was to create a sql patch to define the individual combinations so anytime there are changes in the products/options, I just edit the sql file and upload it once to effect the changes to all products.

Warning: Depending on the number of combinations of products/options, this file could be quite large.