Display product attributes in two columns (side by side)

[cwhittaker]

I've seen a few posts here asking about this or something similar. I got some help from a few sources to get this working for me.. I thought I'd share my solution in case anyone else is looking for something similar. You need to set up the appropriate override for the tpl_modules_attributes.php file (includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates)

Product attributes by default appear in a vertical format based on the sort order for each attribute. For a few attributes, this is cool, but for more than a few attributes, it can make the product pages a little unwielding.. I needed to have attributes appear in two columns side by side. I wanted to keep this simple.. I figured that using the existing sort order features would allow me to use the admin controls to place the attributes where I wanted them to appear and the order they should appear in. Even numbered attributes appear in the left column, while odd numbered attributes appear on the right. (by number I mean the sort order number)

There is only one caveat.. I had a friend helping me, and I didn't want to bug him too much.. His orginal solution got me part way there, but didn't split the odd and even sort order numbers the way I wanted.. I figured out how to get his orginal solution to split the attributes between odd and even sort order numbers in two columns.. However, I couldn't figure our how to get attributes with sort order "1" to appear correctly.. (This attribute always appeared in the left column with the even numbered attributes) So I worked around this by having my attibute sort order start with "2" (so now I am skipping/not using "1" or "0" as a sort order), and it solves the problem.. Even sort order numbers appear on the left, and odd sort order numbers appear on the right. Oh I also have the form field appear below the label just to make the final layout a little neater looking.

Hope someone else finds this useful..

Display product attributes in two columns (display attributes side by side)

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for your contribution above I really needed this for my website and stumbled across your post. Needless to say, you are very kind to have posted this and I can assure you if and when I find an answer to something someone else might need I will return the favour. Cheers, my friend and all the best!

[cwhittaker]

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for your contribution above I really needed this for my website and stumbled across your post. Needless to say, you are very kind to have posted this and I can assure you if and when I find an answer to something someone else might need I will return the favour. Cheers, my friend and all the best!

P.S. If by any chance you know how to change the distance of the text to the checkbox I would really appreciate it. The text currently sits right up against the checkbox.

[gjh42]

Probably something like

.wrapperAttribsOptions label {margin: 0.3em;}

If that doesn't do it, post a link to your site so we can give an exact answer for you.

[DivaVocals]

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for your contribution above I really needed this for my website and stumbled across your post. Needless to say, you are very kind to have posted this and I can assure you if and when I find an answer to something someone else might need I will return the favour. Cheers, my friend and all the best!

You are very welcome.. Glad you found it helpful..

[fairy]

Hi! I have been searching and searching. I have tried all of the fixes that I can find in the forums, but none seem to be working for me.

I understand the difference between the Attributes and the Option Values and I apologize to the original poster for asking the same thing again.

Can someone take a look at this page.

http://www.graphxfairy.com/auction-t...ction-template

I am trying to put my Options Values in columns. I have already set the area in the admin correctly to reflect 3 images per row with the attribute style to 4.

I know I am missing something or I have some template override affecting this, but I can't seem to locate it.

Any ideas?

[DivaVocals]

I really don't want to get this post off topic by answering your question here in this thread.. (Because this is REALLY apples and oranges..) Would you mind posting a separate topic on this so that you can get answers to your question and this post doesn't stray off-topic??

Hi! I have been searching and searching. I have tried all of the fixes that I can find in the forums, but none seem to be working for me.

I understand the difference between the Attributes and the Option Values and I apologize to the original poster for asking the same thing again.

Can someone take a look at this page.

http://www.graphxfairy.com/auction-t...ction-template

I am trying to put my Options Values in columns. I have already set the area in the admin correctly to reflect 3 images per row with the attribute style to 4.

I know I am missing something or I have some template override affecting this, but I can't seem to locate it.

Any ideas?

[fairy]

Of Course, and BTW thank you for posting your solution to the Attribute columns. I had been looking for that for quite some time.

[DivaVocals]

Of Course, and BTW thank you for posting your solution to the Attribute columns. I had been looking for that for quite some time.

Thanks.. and you're very welcome!!

[jsksathiya]

How to display 4 columns. Please help me!!!!!!!