Product customisation. Help?????

[Nick1973]

This thread may be what you're looking for.

Rob

Thanks Rob, I think this is what I'm after. I could do it with product attributes but it would be a rediculous and long winded process when it would be far simpler to have the option to do this in the product information entry area. Also I need to create another section in this to enable me to enter the year of produce since the site is selling wines and any wine connoisseur will find this information essential to making a selection to buy.

I will give this a go as it looks like it might work. If not can I come back to you?

[rstevenson]

Sure. I may not be very helpful if that thread doesn't do it for you, but you can ask.

Rob

[Nick1973]

Sure. I may not be very helpful if that thread doesn't do it for you, but you can ask.

Rob

Hi, I follwed the instructions from the thread and everything works great apart from I cannot get the information that is being entered into the database to display on my site. I suspect I'm missing something really simple but I have followed the instructions very carefully.

These final two bits are definately in place (see below)

7. edit 'main_template_vars.php' (in /includes/modules/pages/product_info/)
around line 46 you find the variable $sql set. like in step 3.2 add the new rows with a 'p.' in front just before the 'from'
select ......., p.products_guarantee, p.products_color from ....
.
8. last step: display the new infos
edit 'tpl_product_info_display.php' (in /includes/templates/template_default/templates/)
now, wherever you want, you can add to the html:
<?php echo $product_info->fields['products_guarantee']; ?> and <?php echo $product_info->fields['products_color']; ?>


So not sure where I might be going wrong. If you can help that would be great.


Many Thanks

Nick