attribute controller - no product options?

**winky3d** · 29 Jun 2007, 12:04 AM

I have downloadable products working.

They will only be available as mp3 files.

So I end up with a "Please Choose" and 1 radio button.

I don't want to make any choices available.

I tried the "Read Only" option type, but then I get a shipping options screen on checkout. Argh...

**kobra** · 29 Jun 2007, 01:28 AM

So I end up with a "Please Choose" and 1 radio button.

Get rid of the "Please Choose" and make the other default

**winky3d** · 29 Jun 2007, 02:08 AM

Originally Posted by kobra

Get rid of the "Please Choose"

"please choose" seems to generated elsewhere, it's not in any of the fields I can see in the Admin.

Originally Posted by kobra

... and make the other default

I don't know what you mean. 'Default' is turned on the in Legend.

**winky3d** · 29 Jun 2007, 10:29 PM

Got rid of 'Please Choose'... it's in languages/english/product_info.php

But it seems impossible to have a downloadable product without at radio,etc., even if there is only one 'choice'.

**Ajeh** · 30 Jun 2007, 11:58 PM

At this time, there has to be something to hold the download which is the attribute and at this time the attribute shows in order to do this ...

**bananapunk** · 11 Jul 2007, 12:45 AM

Well how do we make this attribute invisible then? It really bugs me as well.

**gjh42** · 11 Jul 2007, 03:21 AM

The stylesheet may be able to do this effectively, though (unless there were no attributes on the site that did need to be displayed) it would need to be combined with code in tpl_product_info_display to add a distinctive class/id tag to the right download attribute outputs.

If it could be arranged that all attributes that needed to be hidden would be under a given option name (say "downloadClean") (or a few different ones if necessary), the code could get the first option name (this is available to the code there, since it is output) and add it as an id to the same div as #productsAttributes.
Styling

#downloadClean {
display: none; or visibility: hidden; (whichever works right)
}

if the first (only) option is downloadClean would hide the whole attribute section in that case only. Some experimentation will likely be needed to determine the details of implementation, by someone who uses downloads.

Display: none might eliminate the effectiveness of the download, but visibility: hidden ought to work as long as no actual user interaction is really required for it.
Another option might be position: absolute; left: -5000px; to just push it off the screen space.