Adding New Product_types

[OwlHollow]

THANK YOU-Here is a big HUG!! I have sat here idle since yesterday afternoon-and here it took one minute for a kind person to help me-thank you so much!!

[WutsAnEmu]

Hey guys, i don't know how active this thread still is, but i couldn't find anyone else with a similar issue. I'm trying to add a new product type for DVD's, but it just doesn't show anything when i try to actually create a product in the catalog with that type! It shows up as a choice down where it says product type, but then when i create new, it shows this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /*/*/*/*/product_dvd.php on line 11

I have made its own directory in the admin/includes/modules as a handler, and made the handler file to call it, and then i added a language file for it - i mostly copied from the music format since i wanted to add extra fields like studio and genre. then i made the catalog template files. i really don't know what i've missed, i've been pouring over the handler file for days, but i can't figure out what's wrong! it seems to match the exact format as the product_music file, and the languages file seems fine too! UGH! does anyone know what i might be missing?

[kamion]

WutsAnEmu, you can try using product.php as the base for product_dvd.php. I can't remember why, but I chose product.php to base all my new product types instead of product_music.php.

[rayo]

Hi.

When I first set up our store I somehow managed to delete most of the product types, I have no memory of how or why I did this. I now need to add a new product based on Document-General. Can anyone suggest the easiest and safest way to do this?

Thanks.