Step-through attributes

[sean046]

Is there a way to step-through a selection of attributes for multiple attribute names and values to arrive at a products final configuration?

I've tried searching but found no results to this - but I might be searching with the wrong keywords... sorry if that's the case.

An example of what I'm after can be found here: http://www.leonpaul.com/acatalog/Cus...l_Creator.html

Thanks for any help/suggestions.

[kobra]

As there was no dependency that I saw - (where another changes based upon an earlier selection)

These are just attributes added

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=57

[sean046]

I think you're right about there not being dependencies, but is there any way to step through multiple options like on that link. I can add the attributes, but there's about 10 different attribute names I want to add - some with up to 15 values per option name. The step-through would be preferable to 10 different drop down menus to choose from.

Thanks by the way kobra.

[gjh42]

That site has a bunch of fancy javascript added to make the selection slick. (It is also "fail-safe" so it still works if javascript is not available.)
You could do the same if you were a whiz with js, or you could hire someone to do it.
You could get a similar "expanding on hover" result without the smooth sliding by applying CSS to the attributes, if you preferred radiobuttons to dropdowns. CSS3 techniques would even allow some if not all of the smooth transitions, but they are not widely supported by browsers yet.

[sean046]

Thanks for that gjh42, I'll give up now...

At least having it explained that way I might know what to look for in the future - I was hoping it might be something in the Attribute Settings config that allowed me to put them in the order that I wanted to go through the steps.

I think it might be to cost prohibitive to pursue a coder for this, but I know know what I'm looking for if I ever see a downloadable module or it's in a future Zen release.

Thanks for the help.

[gjh42]

You can put the attributes in the order you desire by giving them sort orders in Catalog > Option Names Manager. You might need to "reset" the sort orders somewhere in admin to get them to use the new sort numbers.

The Flexible Attributes mod will let you apply individualized styling without any javascript.

[sean046]

Thanks for that, I'll look at the Flexible Attributes mod.