Product atributes help

[brain21]

OK, building a page and using ZenCart for the first time and wrestling with it. I think I'm finally getting the hang of things though.

Now, When I create a product I add a picture. Is there a way to add more than one? I can edit the product_info.php file or whatever it is called directly (using overrides), but is there an easier way to do it in the admin interface other than the define_pages editor?

Similarly, lets says I have an item. It comes in 3 colors. I have a picture of the item, and I have a dropdown with the 3 colors. I also have (on my hard drive) same-sized pictures of the item in the other colors. Is there a way in the attribute editor to set it up so that ZenCart shows the item_white.jpg when I select white from the drop down box, item_red.jpg when I select red from the drop down box, etc.?

I tried adding an image for each option in the drop down box in the attributes editor, but it just displays them all simultaneously all the time (ex. it will show the item_white.jpg and right underneath it the item_red.jpg rather than just one of the two based on the color selected in the drop down).

Lastly, the company has a different product number for every product based on size and color and style. So, jacket, red, small has an ID of say 1000. Jacket, red, large has an ID of 1010. Jacket, blue, large has an ID of 1020 and shirt, blue, medium has an id of 3729 or whatever.

Is there a way using the drop downs to send this information along in the cart? In my case it actually should be somewhat easy. The product ID# takes the form of ABCD where AB designates the item (jacket, pants), C designates the color (red, green) and D designates the size (sm, med, Lg, etc.). Is there a way to properly concatenate these to form a correct product ID# & send that info to the cart for checkout? I can't see a way in the attribute editor. For now I have a seperate listing for each item+color. The customer selects from a size dropdown. Since I know the item+color, each size will have it's own unique value. That makes it easy. But in the future, if more and more items are added to the catalog, this method could get a bit cumbersome.

Thanks!

Brain21

[kobra]

Now, When I create a product I add a picture. Is there a way to add more than one?

This is semi-automatic if you name them correctly

i.e. product image = item.jpg
1st additional        = item_1.jpg
2nd additional       = item_2.jpg
and so forth

Shows the item_white.jpg when I select white from the drop down box, item_red.jpg when I select red from the drop down box,

This is not a core function builtin to ZenCart. It might be custom codeable though.

For you last question - This is attributes-by-stock and is not available as a core function. I believe that there is a module in the downloads area for this but have never used it.

[brain21]

OK, thanks. I guess for now I list out a lot of items. When I get more familiar w/ ZenCart, I'll find a way to concatenate the files. I think I should be able to do it w/ PHP, but that comes later. For the drop down, I would guess that there is a way either w/ PHP or Javascript to do it, but I guess I won't deal with that now either.

Thanks,

Brain21

[brain21]

OK, once again I am confused. This time about product attribute values.

I have a product. A blue jacket. It costs say $99.00 It is available in sm, med, lg & xl

I enter in the product, and a price. Then I go to the attribute editor thingy.

I select the item I created & click on display. Then I select from the boxes

Size (dropdown) Small (size) & click on insert. Repeat for all sizes.

Now, I need to assign a product code to small blue jackets.

I go to the values editor, select size, small & edit

then go down to
Copy Option Name/Value to Products with existing Option Name

Option name to add: size
option value to add : small [SIZE]
Default New Attribute Values from Product ID#: 6510 (this is the unique product ID that the warehouse uses to ship the small blue jacket)
Option Name to add to: SIZE
Select: Update existing attributes with new settings/prices
Select F-2006-6 for the general product number

Click on Insert

Go back to Catalog->Categories/products, find the product and click on the "A" (attributes icon).

Click on the preview button. I see the drop down with the sizes I view the source and I see:

<option value="21" SELECTED>Small</option>

Shouldn't the value be 6510? I have no clue where the "21" is coming from.

I need this so that when the customer places an order for a small blue jacket, the email (which also gets sent to the warehouse) specifies 6510 for a small blue jacket, 6520 for a medium blue jacket, 6210 for a small red jacket, etc.

How do I get this to work properly? I'm obviously puuting the 6510 into the wrong field or something.

Thanks,

Brain21