How can I copy attributes AND their prices to multiple products / categories?

Hi there - I'm quite stuck and have searched manual and forum for the answer but I'm getting nowhere! :dontgetit

I have created 35 different gift packaging options for when you buy a product (a bottle of wine) with 35 different costs. I've set up an Option Name of Gift Packaging, and Option Values for each type of packing and cost for that packing. That all works great and has carefully been applied to one product.

Now I want to copy these values AND price adjustments to other products on the site. Once tested I want to copy this to all of my wine categories. I find that I can successfully copy the option values I have created but not the individual prices I have created for each value. I don't want to have to add the prices individually to each product as I have over 200 wines!

Is there any way of copying both the price and value to another product? If anyone can help that would be great! :unsure:

Via admin/categories/products/
far right of screen..small c image...click image
option to copy OR click a image...option to copy
attributes
BACKUP DATABASE BEFORE USING THESE OPTIONS

I am looking for same thing but I need to copy attributes only, not product. Clicking on copy does not give me option to copy attributes.

Found the answer! Inside Attribute Controller page, click on Copy to > Category.

Can someone help? I can't figure out how to get my different prices in or where to do this. So far, I have gone to Option Names, created "Stem" and added a choice of 4 stems. Now when I go to my site & pick 2 stems to see the value, I keep getting a double price and not the correct price. To change prices for an item, should I go to Option Name, type in Stem 1, then go to Option Price, type in the price for 1 stem; then do the same for Stem 2, type in the price for 2 stems? I don't get it and can't seem to find the answer as to pricing.

Thanks.:censored:

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Originally Posted by sksaree

Found the answer! Inside Attribute Controller page, click on Copy to > Category.

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This answer is exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks!

JE

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Originally Posted by JE2009

This answer is exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks!

JE

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I second that!

Turns out a really obvious answer, but not such an obvious placement!

To reiterate for those who will search for this in the future, to copy Option Name and Option Values, you can select:

Catalogue ---> Attributes Controller ----> Copy to Catagory (or Product, it's another option).

This is found at the TOP of the page.

Sounds good but ...............

... what if you have more than 250 categories and want to copy seven (7) attributes to all products in these 250 categories??
Where to go to do this trick?

Thanks all

Really great function!!
Thank very much

I have racked my brain! I can't find this 'copy to category' feature.

The only options i have in the attribute control menu is to select a product category.

can anyone help?

I'm using the latest version of zen cart

THANKS!

In the Attributes Controller ... *after* a Product has Attributes added to it ... there will be buttons for:

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Copy
PRODUCT

Copy
CATEGORY

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I figured it out! :) you have to goto

admin - categories/products - click on category product is in - then it will show a listing of the products. On the product you have already set the attributes click on the small 'A' on the right hand side.

It will give you an option to copy all attributes to another product :)

Yes ... that is another way to get to the Attributes Controller ... thanks for the update that you located it ... :smile:

I have attributes that I need to copy to various other products. Using the "Copy by product" button only allows me to copy to a single 'other' product. Is there a way to be able to multi select products within the "copy by product" window. it would really speed things up for me. Thanks for your help - hope this makes sense!

At this time, you can copy Attributes from 1 Product to either another Product or to a Category of Products ... there isn't a method to pick and choose multiple Products to copy the Attributes to ...

Thanks for your quick reply Ajeh. Maybe sometime in future this might be added?.
Anyway, I worked around it by adding size categories and separating the products by size, then I could use the 'copy by category' which is considerably quicker than using 'copy by product'

I have been watching this thread for anything new... but. I am looking for the ability to copy attributes to a parent category. The add-on "Copy attributes to store" works to copy to everything but not just to one main or Parent Category. The original "Copy Attributes to Category" does not copy to the parent Category but just to the very bottom sub category. I am a photographer and would like to be able to change attributes at any level (ie.. (MAIN CATEGORY)Portraits, (SUB CATEGORY) Children, (SUB OF SUB) Bonners, Billy Adams"

I guess what I am asking is something the between the add-on of Change Attributes Store and the stock Copy Attributes to Category. Does anything exist? Or would it be easy to edit the original Attributes Controller to include the upper sub categories and or the parents?

Bob

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Originally Posted by Becca

Can someone help? I can't figure out how to get my different prices in or where to do this. So far, I have gone to Option Names, created "Stem" and added a choice of 4 stems. Now when I go to my site & pick 2 stems to see the value, I keep getting a double price and not the correct price. To change prices for an item, should I go to Option Name, type in Stem 1, then go to Option Price, type in the price for 1 stem; then do the same for Stem 2, type in the price for 2 stems? I don't get it and can't seem to find the answer as to pricing.

Thanks.:censored:

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To have a base price for the item, that is added on the product page (admin/catalog/product). Then say you have a selection of red green and blue, but blue costs more. You would add that price to the attribute (admin/catalog/attribute controller). There is a + already in there, to add the additional cost. So the if red and green are $5, the product page would show $5 and the blue costs $5.50, so the blue attribute would be +$.50.

You can also take out the + from the attribute and the base price from the product page, just add a price to each attribute. Like my shop has sew-on or Velcro badges, the attribute shows $2.50 for sew-on and $3.00 for Velcro, and nothing in the product. This will then display the price in the drop down menu vs. $2.50 base and +$.50 for Velcro.

Either way works, you just have to keep track of how many attributes have prices attached to them. You might be getting double prices if the product has a base price and the attribute has a price too. If all of your items are the same price, you only need to add the price to the product page and not the attributes. The same goes if you have multiple choices of attributes (red, green, blue / solid, liquid, gas, etc.)

Hope that wasn't too confusing.