Product customisation. Help?????

[Nick1973]

Hi I'm trying to make a seperate field that will be displayed on screen as 'Bottle Size' ('Product Size').

So far I have managed to create a text field in the admin system and created a new field in the database named 'products_size'.

I've created the text entry field in collect_info.php by adding the following code

<tr>
<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_PRODUCTS_SIZE; ?></td>
<td class="main"><?php echo zen_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '24', '15') . '&nbsp;' . zen_draw_input_field('products_size', $pInfo->products_size, zen_set_field_length(TABLE_PRODUCTS, 'products_size')); ?></td></tr>

This displays the new field but now I need to make sure that the information entered into the new text box is also entered into the database and displayed on screen when a product is displayed.

I think by the looks of things I'm about halfway there but I need help with ensuring the information is entered into the database once the product is saved and then I need to know which file I need to edit in order to get it to display.

Please Please can somebody give me some pointers??????? As I'm really tearing my hair out. This field is essential to my site.

I'm using V.2.0 by the way.

Many Thanks

Nick

[kobra]

I'm using V.2.0 by the way.

Where did you get that???
To my knowledge this has not been released yet??

As to the size issue:

I think that you are making this much more complicated and messing with the DB adding things when it is a builtin function and called "attributes"
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=57

[Nick1973]

Hi Kobra, sorry its 1.3.8 I think not v2.0.

I've attached a document showing what I'm trying to do.

I've had a look at the link you sent. I don't want this to be something that people select. This will be text only and purely for information on the product. So can I do this by using attributes?

Many Thanks

Nick

[kobra]

Couldn't actually read the screen shot but this is the admin area...
So I probably do not comprehend why, or what it is you are attempting??

[Nick1973]

Ok, I want to have an extra text entry field that appears on all products in the admin system. This will be 'Bottle Size' and will allow me to enter 75cl 90cl, 120cl or whatever size. Once the information has been entered and submitted it will be displayed under 'Product Information' on the site and will be for nothing other than display and information purposes. It won't be something that is entered into the cart.

I've been in to product attributes but am struggling to understand how this works, however have noticed that its possible to create new attributes which I assume get added into the admin area of all products and then an admin user can enter that information in the product which will be displayed on the site. Is that correct?

If so I'm having trouble with this.

I'm getting this error

Attribute Option and Option Value Do NOT Match - Attribute was not added - Bottle Size : TEXT

So what do I do?


Thank You

[kobra]

This will be 'Bottle Size' and will allow me to enter 75cl 90cl, 120cl or whatever size.

If I understand this and it is similar to other types of issues.
You have a bottle product that is available in several sizes, Now one can create separate products for each OR one product with optional size selection ability.

If this is the case then attributes created for size and added to these products from the admin so that the customer is provided and sees the options to select from is what you need.

To do this correctly the tutorial outlines this for size as an example. Just follow closely the steps