idiots guide - attributes - categories

[GwaiTsi]

Newbie here and not knowledgable on PHP.

I need to get a basic wine shop up and running before end of month, with us to test the market at a particular event. I have thus chosen the default template to get the job done quickly and will work on a more custom solution once an initial three month test period is done.

1) I would like to add two attributes to each product as a num value.
i.e. Quality and Value For Money
These values should then be displayable in the product page.

Can this be easily done please?

2) I have created the category/product structure as follows: -
Type, Colour, Country - Product i.e. Wine, Red, Australia
I have then used Product Model as Sweet, Dry, etc.

I wish to have products displayed by Country or Colour or Type. This could ideally be in the form of an amazon tab for example.

Can this be easily done please?

3) Is it possible to easily make the languages appear on the top row rather than a side box with the default template please?

4) How do i change the "Manfucturer" to "Producer" and "Product Model" to "Type" on the display for products for wine? or more simply, is it possible to create new product types like Wine, Spirits, etc with some specific attributes from admin?

Grateful for any assistance you can offer this newbie. Am trying to get through the docs, etc but difficult when plenty of other tasks that need to be completed.

Cheers
GwaiTsi

[BlindSide]

Helps to do your homework first...

https://tutorials.zen-cart.com

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[GwaiTsi]

Sarcasism is always good....thanks.

Has helped me with Q1, but unfortunately not with the other three questions.

In simple terms, can i do Q2-Q4 without coding work please?

Thanks for any help.

As previously stated i really need an interim site running quick smart and will work on the bells and wistles once the main event is over.

[BlindSide]

2) I have created the category/product structure as follows: -
Type, Colour, Country - Product i.e. Wine, Red, Australia
I have then used Product Model as Sweet, Dry, etc.

I wish to have products displayed by Country or Colour or Type. This could ideally be in the form of an amazon tab for example.

Can this be easily done please?

You want to use product categories, and then customize your display to arraneg them however you want:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=132
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=55
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?category=4

3) Is it possible to easily make the languages appear on the top row rather than a side box with the default template please?

If you define easy as editing HTML, then yes. Zen cart does a lot fo thigns for you automatically, but changing layout and function will always require you to edit files. It's just part of customizing any web product.
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?category=4

4) How do i change the "Manfucturer" to "Producer" and "Product Model" to "Type" on the display for products for wine? or more simply, is it possible to create new product types like Wine, Spirits, etc with some specific attributes from admin?

Sure!
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=53
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=114

[GwaiTsi]

thanks blindside, i did manage to get answers for all my questions (after doing some homework )

of course, doing home work does take longer than just asking the question

[Ryk]

of course, doing home work does take longer than just asking the question

Not always - as you see, it was a week before blindside was able to reply to you (during which time he had done some research in finding specific links for you! ) and you had already found the answers!

[BlindSide]

Well-stated Ryk.

[LostSheep]

Hello all

I think I'm in a right place to ask this.
Once I wanted to test the template newly downloaded and when click on all products' names or images, it gives an error message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function zen_truncate_paragraph() in \Program Files\***\htdocs\zen\includes\modules\meta_tags.php on line 271
What is broken? How to fix?

Thanks in advance

[LostSheep]

Readings on this line: $products_description = zen_truncate_paragraph(strip_tags(stripslashes($product_info_metatags->fields['products_description'])), MAX_META_TAG_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH);

[Ajeh]

You appear to be missing the function itself:
zen_truncate_paragraph

This is located in the:
/includes/functions/functions_general.php

Did you perhaps overwrite it with an add-on? Or accidentally remove it or not upgrade the file at some point?