Change Default in Attribute Controller

[nfallat]

Anyone know if there is a way to change the default in Attributes controller - Copy attributes to category.
The default (radio button) is Delete first, then copy new attributes. I want to make the default Ignore and add only new attributes.

Zen version 1.3.8a


How should existing product attributes should be handled?
Delete first, then copy new attributes
Update with new settings/prices, then add new ones
Ignore and add only new attributes

Thanks

[jacon1965]

Edit file -
"/public_html/admin(or whatever you've renamed your admin folder)/attributes_controller.php"

in my file I had to edit two lines. 762 and 785 (yours maybe different numbers, but in the same vicinity). they should look like this

(line 762) <td class="main" align="left"><?php echo TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_CONDITIONS . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_delete', true) . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_DELETE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_update') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_UPDATE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_ignore') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_IGNORE; ?></td>



(line 785) <td class="main" align="left"><?php echo TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_CONDITIONS . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_delete', true) . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_DELETE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_update') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_UPDATE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_ignore') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_IGNORE; ?></td>

You need to remove the highlighted ",true" and place it behind the 'copy_attributes_ignore' (or you can do the same for 'copy_attributes_update', also, but only in one place). Shown below

(line 762) <td class="main" align="left"><?php echo TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_CONDITIONS . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_delete') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_DELETE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_update') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_UPDATE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_ignore', true) . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_IGNORE; ?></td>



(line 785) <td class="main" align="left"><?php echo TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_CONDITIONS . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_delete') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_DELETE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_update') . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_UPDATE . '<br />' . zen_draw_radio_field('copy_attributes', 'copy_attributes_ignore', true) . ' ' . TEXT_COPY_ATTRIBUTES_IGNORE; ?></td>


This will cover both the "copy to product" and "copy to category".
Hope this helps others, took me several hours.
This can stop you from make a very bad deleting error.