Admin - Catalog - Option Name Manager
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Description
- Allows you to view, edit, add and delete option names.
Introduction
- Before you can add attributes to your products in Admin - Catalog - Attributes Controller you need to create option names and where appropriate give the names option values.
Creating an Option Name
In the first text box you see en: - type in the name of your attribute option. This will appear in your shop so should be informative to your customer.
In the second box Order: - type in the sort order you want the attribute to appear under the product.
In the drop down box select which type of attribute you want.
- dropdown box
- requires option values you can set in Admin - Catalog - Option Value Manager
- text - a text area box
- does not require option values
- radio - a circle that allows customers to select an option value. The customer can only select a single option.
- requires option values you can set in Admin - Catalog - Option Value Manager
- checkbox - a square box that allows customers to select an option value.The customer can select multiple options.
- requires option values you can set in Admin - Catalog - Option Value Manager
- file - allows customers to upload files. File extensions can be set in admin configuration>maximum values> Allowed Filename Extensions for uploading
- does not require option values
- read only - this is for display purposes only and is not part of a calculation nor does it appear on the order. It is more or less an informational attribute that can be used with 1 to many products and then changed once to change on all products.
- requires option values you can set in Admin - Catalog - Option Value Manager
Click INSERT.
Option Name Settings
If you click edit next to the option name then you can add some settings.
- Comment - text that your customers will see above your option name so make it informative to them.
e.g. If the option name is to upload a file, tell your customer what file extensions are allowed.
- Rows - the number of rows you want your input/text area box to be.
- Display Size - the size of the input/text area box on the screen your customers see.
- Max Length - max number of characters including spaces that you want your customer to be able to type into your input/text area box.
The following settings are for image layout purposes
- Attribute Images per Row - how many images and option values you would like on each row.
- Attribute Style for Radio Buttons/Checkbox - the number you type in here corresponds to the numbers below.
- 0 = Images Below Option Names
- 1 = Element (check box/radio button), Image and Option Value
- 2 = Element(check box/radio button), Image and Option Name Below
- 3 = Option Name Below Element (check box/radio button) and Image
- 4 = Element (check box/radio button) Below Image and Option Name
- 5 = Element (check box/radio button) Above Image and Option Name
Click UPDATE.
You now need to set option values in Admin - Catalog - Option Value Manager before adding them to your products as attributes (unless you are only using TEXT and FILE).
