Confused about Attributes

[Harvezter]

I am trying to understand attributes but I am a slight bit confused.

I have products that come in different sizes. Lets say s, m, l, xl for arguements sake. All the sizes are the same price.

I want to make it so that my customers can put a check mark in what size they want.

please help me?

I could use an idiots guide to doing this if possible lol

[kobra]

I want to make it so that my customers can put a check mark in what size they want.

Checkboxes are not the recommended method for this and can lead to confusing orders as mor than one checkbox can be checked.

Either radio buttons or a dropdown eliminates multiple sizes in the same order

[mamasylvia]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE attributes, but Kobra is right, the customer can check as many checkboxes as he wants. I like radio boxes for options with only a few choices, and be sure to click "default" on one or you'll be astounded how many customers manage to not select a size.

There is an official tutorial, but I found it confusing (I'm not a programmer and really need directions-for-dummies) so I wrote a different one (link below). Hopefully one of the other will make sense to you!

[haredo]

I am trying to understand attributes but I am a slight bit confused.

I have products that come in different sizes. Lets say s, m, l, xl for arguements sake. All the sizes are the same price.

I want to make it so that my customers can put a check mark in what size they want.

please help me?

I could use an idiots guide to doing this if possible lol

Ha,
Was not that a killer lesson on attributes to select..
Boy I love a fishing site...

Locate this:
includes/templates/TBPS/css/stylesheet.css

Find this:
.leftBoxContainer, .rightBoxContainer {
margin-bottom: 1em;
background-color: #ffffFF;
border: 1px solid #c7c7c7;
}

.rightBoxContent, .leftBoxContent, .sideBoxContent {
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 0.5em;
font-size: 1.1em;
}

Change to this:

.leftBoxContainer, .rightBoxContainer {
margin-bottom: 1em;
background-color: #ffffFF;
}

.rightBoxContent, .leftBoxContent, .sideBoxContent {
background-color: #ffffff;
padding: 0.5em;
font-size: 1.1em;
border: 1px solid #c7c7c7;
}

[Harvezter]

Awesome Haredo! thank you so much for that code! I always wondered how to get rid of those ugly boxes up there. Looks much better now thanks to you!

Thank you very much for stepping me through the attribute set up also.

Cant tell you how much I appreciate all your help

[haredo]

Ha,
You are most welcome, glad I could step you through the procedure..

Under Categories,

1. Click Hard Baits
2. You have created two more categories called:
3. Crankbaits & Topwater
4. You need to associate a picture for each one.
5. admin panel/ catalog/ categories - products/ hardbaits/
6. edit crankbaits on the right hand side, e button
7. You will see now where to associate a picture with the category
8. So the same for Topwater

[Harvezter]

Haredo,

is there any reason why I cant delete all the generic "Option Values" that are in my zencart by default?

[haredo]

Ha,
Go ahead and delete them if you like if they confuse you..
I normally do, so I can concentrate and find my own values more efficient..

Bye the way,

Find this:
includes/templates/TBPS/css/stylesheet.css

#productDescription, .shippingEstimatorWrapper {
padding:0.5em;
}

1. Add this declaration to the following above
2. text-align: justify;

[gjh42]

Just don't delete the Text option value, as you will then be unable to use text-type option names. (This isn't experience speaking, no...)

It is possible to restore the Text value if you have deleted it, but you need to edit the database directly, with the potential for trouble if you do it wrong.

[haredo]

Gjh42,
Thanks a million on the clarification on this issue.
Dang another thing I just learned about Zen Cart :)

I answered the question wrong because when I load a cart, I never load the example cart of Zen Cart so I start bare bones.

Now, I see what happens when a Zenner preloads the built-in cart with all the value names, value options existing, etc...

Thanks again,