Improved Attributes Controller (now built-in to v1.3.9)

[Ryk]

Try setting the sort orders in admin > catalog > Option Name Manager and Option Value manager (assuming you don't have 1000s of those as well)

[arumdevil]

thanks Ryk, did that. not quite 1000s but a fair few!


cheers

[buddingm]

I want to start a shop and therfore have to work with a lot attributes.
I want to work also with the attributes controller but is there someone who can tell me how I can make a table with attributes like:

lens.com /contact-lenses /lens112.asp

Marco

[poosk]

Oh this is just what I was looking for.. I have still 1.2.7 for our own store and now working to build up a really simple store from the new version... the whole attributes pages are reeally a headache.. If I'd have more time and would be slicker with ajax.. it would be just one page and without any confusing options... well I hope this mod helps a lot as well (the 80% of my time for this project is just trying to delete the million excess functions..) well yeah I know how it is and there must be a good reason for every option.. maybe we should start building few different simplified versions of zen for different purposes.. sorry anyway to the topic: Does this mod work with the newest version? Does this mess around anything with stock attributes mod? Many thanks

[kuroi]

Does this mod work with the newest version?

Yes. The attributes controller which it replaces has not been changed in the last two Zen Cart releases (1.3.6 & 1.3.7).

Does this mess around anything with stock attributes mod? Many thanks

No. Indeed it's positively recommended for store owners to whom attributes are sufficiently important to warrant using Stock by Attributes.

[buddingm]

Does someone know if I also can make a table that include the attributes or can you tell me how to create a table that include some attributes. This differs for some products.

Marco

[stumped]

Please Help.......my improved attributes controller stopped working.

I didn't add any new mods, I was just adding new attribute names and values and went to add the attributes to some products, and there is now nothing in the boxes. I did re-upload the original attributes controller that came with the stock zen cart and that works fine, but I really miss my improved attributes controller.

Any ideas?

using the zen 3.7

Thanks
Jackie

[stumped]

I figured it out, I was using quotation marks for the inches in a product, that goofed things up, once I took those out, all was well again

[vivaraquel]

I've installed this mod and when I try to add 1 or more values to one option name I get this error message:

1136 Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
in:
[insert into zen_products_attributes values (0, '117', '2', '31', '0', '+', '0', '1', '0', '+', '0', '0', '1', '', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '', '', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0')]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

I uninstalled it and it works fine. I also have stock by attributs (which I read is supposed to work fins in conjunction) and I'm using ZC v1.3.7

I'd love to use it, my bead styles come in 15+ colors. Is there a way to add multiple picture files as well? would holding down ctrl while choosing the pics to upload work?

[jijizworld.com]

what happened to the attachment?

Have you got a whole bunch of options/option values for your products?
Do you hate having to add a single option value at a time?

One of the stores I manage on a regular basis has about 12 option names and around 150 possible option values. That makes for a real hassle when using the drop-down selectors to add an option name/value combination to a product, particularly if you have to do it a large number of times (the average product on that site has around 70 option name/value combinations assigned: that's 70 entries per product with the current system....)

I've developed an improvement for those drop-down boxes, making the option values that appear in the second box dependent upon the selection in the first box (no more searching through all those values to find the ones that match the option name). Javascript is used to avoid having the page reload when you make that selection in the first box.

Here's the major time saver: the second box (option values) allows multiple selections! So you can add a whole bunch of option values with a single page load!

One proviso on that though: all the other selections on the page (attribute price, weight, default, etc) are used for each option value that you have selected. So for example if you have entered a price of +2.00, it's used for every option value that you had selected in that second drop-down box.

Extract the attributes_controller.php file from the zip attached to this post, upload it to your admin folder (make a backup of your original file first) and you're set to save some time.

Now, if only I could work out how to implement that dependent options trick on the catalog side....but that's a much longer-term project.

Edit: this has been built/tested on v1.3.0.1 (it will work on earlier versions but you may have to copy the function zen_hide_session_id() from v1.3.0.1 admin/includes/functions/general.php )