Attributes HOW-TO

[Ajeh]

If you have this setup as:

Radio buttons:
unsigned +8
autographed +15
personalized +15

Then another Option Name for the text as:
personalization text +10

Then set the Personalized Text to not be included in the attribute base price the Starting at will be $8.00

Starting at price takes the lowest price in each Option Name group of prices.

In your case, you don't want the personalized text to be added in here on the display price.

You just want that added in if they fill in the text input box.

[afo]

Cool beans! That worked B)

I'm now 90% there. Considering that when I posted, I was 0% there, that's a VAST improvement.

I'm still fiddling with it. If you select "unsigned" and enter "personalized text", it comes out to $18 which is incorrect. I think I'll have to give it a base price of $8 and take out the "unsigned" attibute. The others will have to be the difference between the price and the base $8. That should work.

[afo]

Well, it was a tough fight, but I finally won. Thanks, Linda! ::tup

[Ajeh]

Glad you got it working.

Attributes can be a real trick at times but they are also capable of a zillion and one things.

You just have to fight through the learning curve ... B)

[BooRadLey]

Hey guys, I'm wondering if it's possible to add an attribute to an entire category, and have products added to that category in the future take on that attribute?

Thanks,

Brad

[Ajeh]

You cannot have a self learning attribute but you can use the attributes copier to add an attribute to a category.

What I do is make a product that is marked out of stock ... add the attribute to it ... then copy the attribute to the category you need it in.

There are options for updating, deleting etc. on the attributes when you copy them in this method.

Peek at the Attributes Controller for the copier.

[tbsg]

I'm working on a site for a client that has only 1 option (Clan) with about 20+ options in it (all the different clan names). Is there a way to add all the option values with one click or do I have to add each one individually?

[Ajeh]

You could add 1 of the Options to a product then use the copier on the Option Name Manager to Add all of the Option Name Option Values to any products with at least 1 Option Name Option Value.

You will want to make a good backup before experimenting with this until you are use to how it works.

Use the one that reads:

Add ALL Option Values to ALL products for Option Name
Update ALL existing products that have at least ONE Option Value and Add ALL Option Values in an Option Name
Pick the Option Name and it will copy all the Option Values for it.

[tbsg]

Thanks. Not terribly intuitive but I think we'll get the hang of it. :)

[bettysue]

Read all 10 pages..did the search...am still at a loss.....

I am working on a store that sells custom made candles. You choose the shape, size, color, and fragrance.

Shape, size were easy.

They come in 30 colors, so I thought I would snazz it up with color swatches. I had assumed (there's that A word!) that if I added a swatch to each color attribute that they would appear side by side with the radio box or checkbox next to them.

That's what I get for assuming!

I have a 30 name text listing with the radio buttons next to them, then below that the 30 color swatches. Under the color swatches is the drop-down for fragrance.

All this makes the listing very very long and very fugly.

1. Is there a way to have the swatches next to the color name and radio button?

2. Is there a way to have the colors in 2 rows instead of 1 long one?

3. Is there a way for the fragrances dropdown to be across from the first color listing?

Thank You,

b