Attributes Controller malfunction?

[doodlebee]

This is a very weird issue. I have a cart set up on my localhost, and I'm now moving everything to the live server. I have *one* product that is priced by attributes. oN my localhost server, I have no issues with this. But on the live server, the attributes controller is behaving oddly.

I've set up my option names and option values *exactly* how they appear on my localhost server. There is absolutely no difference whatsoever. However, the Attributes Controller on the live site is not displaying my list of names/values as it should. On my localhost server, they look like so:

ADDING NEW ATTRIBUTES
Define the Attribute Settings then press Insert to apply

Option Name:
Kit: Large [Checkbox]
Kit: Medium [Checkbox]
Kit: Small [Checkbox]
Kit: x-Small [Checkbox]
Pattern Only [Checkbox]

Option Value:
1 pattern + 5 skeins Yarn: [KIT:X-SMALL]
1 pattern + 6 skeins Yarn: [KIT:SMALL]
1 pattern + 7 skeins Yarn: [KIT:MEDIUM]
1 pattern + 8 skeins Yarn: [KIT:LARGE]
1 pattern: [PATTERN ONLY]

This is how it *should* look, so I can select each option as I need to, set the pricing and then insert it. However, on the live site, *this* is what I'm seeing:

ADDING NEW ATTRIBUTES
Define the Attribute Settings then press Insert to apply

Option Name:
Kit: Large
Kit: Medium
Kit: Small
Kit: x-Small
Pattern Only

Option Value:
1 pattern + 5 skeins Yarn:

And that's it. Nothing more. I can set the attribute for the "x-Small" version, but no other values are showing up for me to choose from.

Would anyone know why this is happening? For the life of me, I cannot see why it would be doing this. There is no difference *at all* in my localhost setup and the live server - so I don't get why it would be doing this.

Any help would be appreciated.

[doodlebee]

So further investigation shows that, when I add an option value, they overwrite the previous one, until the only one that shows is the last one I've entered.

Is there a file I should be checking to see what's up? And why isn't the [CHECKBOX] thing showing up next to the names?

[Ajeh]

Why would you use Checkboxes?

This allows the customer to pick multiple option values within the same option name ... is that how you meant for this to work?

[doodlebee]

Well, that *is* an option I was meaning to look into later on (some people may want to do that) - but that's not the issue. The issue is that it works perfectly fine on my localhost. I can add my names, add my values, and choose them both to add to a product. I have the exact same setup on my live server, but the live server will not allow me to add attributes (and yes, I've even tried the radio button,, dropdwon and text box just to see if it would stick and I could change it later). All I get is my list of names, and it only accepts the last value I've entered - all the others are ignored completely.

It's just not working, and I don't understand why.

[doodlebee]

Well, the last post gave me an idea. So I went in and deleted all attribute names. I entered in the "X-small", made it "radio". I then went to the value and added the valie and "sort order:0" for it. Then I went to the product and added it.

Then I returned to the "name", added in "Small", made it "radio". Went to the "values" and changed the sort order for "X-small" to "1", and added "Small", "sort order:0" and the value for it. Went to the product and added the second attribute.

I went through this proces for all 5 attributes - each time I had to do them one at a time, and change the sort order to "0" to make the one I wanted show up. But now all 5 are finally on there.

But new goodness: *all* radio buttons are selected, and refuse to be deselected - even though "Patterns" is the only one set as default. I went through and changed them all to "checkbox" and now all of them *except* "Patterns" are checked by default (and Patterns is the only one set as default). AT least I can uncheck them, though. But what a pain in the ######### for the end user.

I haven't gone through the checkout process to see what happens that way yet - but we'll see what more fun awaits us.

But it looks like - doing it the way I've done it - it *does* show all attributes on the one product, but for some reason, it doesn't recognize another one is there. Like penguins - they can be within inches of each other, but not be aware that another one is standing next to them unless they bump into each other. Very weird.

Any ideas on why this is happening would be great.

[Ajeh]

The problem sounds like how you are making these ... you are making 1 Option Name per selection ...

You need to make 1 Option Name and then add the Option Values to that ...

Option Name Manager ...
Option Name: Size
Option Type: Radiobutton

Option Value Manager ...
Option Name: Size
Option Value Name: Small
Sort Order 10

Option Name: Size
Option Value Name: Medium
Sort Order 20

Option Name: Size
Option Value Name: Large
Sort Order 30

Attributes Controller ...
Option Name: Size
Option Value: Small

Option Name: Size
Option Value: Medium

Option Name: Size
Option Value: Large

When done adding them, hit Update Sort Order ...