Improved Attributes Controller (now built-in to v1.3.9)

I've installed this mod and when I try to add 1 or more values to one option name I get this error message:

1136 Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
in:
[insert into zen_products_attributes values (0, '117', '2', '31', '0', '+', '0', '1', '0', '+', '0', '0', '1', '', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '', '', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0')]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

I uninstalled it and it works fine. I also have stock by attributs (which I read is supposed to work fins in conjunction) and I'm using ZC v1.3.7

I'd love to use it, my bead styles come in 15+ colors. Is there a way to add multiple picture files as well? would holding down ctrl while choosing the pics to upload work?

what happened to the attachment?

bunyip:

Have you got a whole bunch of options/option values for your products?
Do you hate having to add a single option value at a time?

One of the stores I manage on a regular basis has about 12 option names and around 150 possible option values. That makes for a real hassle when using the drop-down selectors to add an option name/value combination to a product, particularly if you have to do it a large number of times (the average product on that site has around 70 option name/value combinations assigned: that's 70 entries per product with the current system....)

I've developed an improvement for those drop-down boxes, making the option values that appear in the second box dependent upon the selection in the first box (no more searching through all those values to find the ones that match the option name). Javascript is used to avoid having the page reload when you make that selection in the first box.

Here's the major time saver: the second box (option values) allows multiple selections! So you can add a whole bunch of option values with a single page load!

One proviso on that though: all the other selections on the page (attribute price, weight, default, etc) are used for each option value that you have selected. So for example if you have entered a price of +2.00, it's used for every option value that you had selected in that second drop-down box.

Extract the attributes_controller.php file from the zip attached to this post, upload it to your admin folder (make a backup of your original file first) and you're set to save some time.

Now, if only I could work out how to implement that dependent options trick on the catalog side....but that's a much longer-term project.

Edit: this has been built/tested on v1.3.0.1 (it will work on earlier versions but you may have to copy the function zen_hide_session_id() from v1.3.0.1 admin/includes/functions/general.php )

Now in the Downloads section (Admin tools I think)

Does this allow the attribute price to be the final price, or does it still require adding? If not, does anyone know how to allow the attrribute price to be the final price instead of adding. It would make it more convenient for my customers. http://www.petcentralnyc.com

Thanks in advance.
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Jason

"All" this does is allow addition and deletion of attributes to/from a product by multiple selection, saving hours upon hours of time.

I don't really follow your question, but this may be of interest to you.

Do you still have to ability with this mod to make the options shown in the second list depedent on what they select in the first drop down list? Becuase i can't seem to find where to do that.

Thanks,

Brad

That is not presently possible with Zen Cart, with or without this mod.

What I am looking for is a mod to show the actual cost in the drop down box instead of +$20 and so on. It seems that customers like to see the price without having to do the math. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? I would GREATLY appreciate it.
I thought maybe by changing a variable somewhere that this could be accomplished. Im not well versed in php or java just yet.
Thanks
Jason

This guy does stuff like this, but it's on a commercial basis. I've used him several times and he's good (and reasonably priced).

When this attribute first came it had the option dependent capabitiy what happened? Here is the readme file from the 1.0

Contribution: Improved Attributes Controller
Version: 1.0
Designed for: Zen Cart v1.3 +
Designed by: Neville Kerr (forum ID: bunyip)
License: under the GPL - See attached License for info.
Support: Only given via the forums, please.

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WHAT DOES THIS MODULE DO?

This module changes the way the dropdown select fields work on the Attributes Controller Page. The content of the second dropdown (option values) is now dependant upon the content of the first dropdown (option names), so you will only see values that apply to the selected option name. Javascript is used to avoid having the page reload when you make that selection in the first box.

So what happened?

Thanks

Brad

Ah - sorry. Complete misunderstanding by me on what you meant, and possibly by you on what Neville meant! :D

That feature is in the admin side for adding/deleting attributes, and, if you've installed the ImprovedAttributesController, is exactly what it does.

If you've upgraded to 1.3.7 and NOT got that, you've probably overwritten the file and need to re-install the mod. (It is admin/attributes_controller.php, a core file)

Maybe i misunterstood what the help file said. I thought it said if i have two drop down selections in the 1st i have a the option value XS. If someone selected XS i could choose what options show up in the 2nd dropdown. Is that not what it says?

Thanks,

Brad

What help file? As far as I'm aware, the only instructions are the ones in the first post of this thread and the ones on the download page.

This module is to make it easier for you to add/delete attributes in admin. Nothing whatsoever to do with the customer side of things.

The help file was from Verison 1.0. And what i post earlier is from that help file. The help file has been removed since then. But I read that help file to say you can automatic change what shows up in the 2nd download list from what is selected on the first, but obvious I was wrong.

Thanks

Brad

Where are the install instructions? Where do I put the file: attributes_controller.php

I didn't see any instructions here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_41&products_id=114

or anywhere in this forum.

Help, I am new to zen cart.

unzip to /admin/attributes_controller.php

Found it: unzip to /admin/attributes_controller.php

Guess I was looking for longer instructions that just that and I passed over this info.

It is good practice to leave a copy of the original on the server in case something goes wrong. Note that you are overwriting a core file here which will be overwritten by a future ZC update, so I would recommend that you also leave a copy of the modded file, suitably renamed, on the server so you know what to replace after an upgrade.

I remember the exact same thing!!! and it used to work. I am digging like mad now for the old copies of Zen files I have stashed. I really hope I have the old files somewhere. I thought I was totally remembering a different module!!! I knew that was somewhere, I remembered people talking about that feature that had shops that sold "customer designed" products like homemade candles that you could pick the type and scent etc.

bradlawson:

The help file was from Verison 1.0. And what i post earlier is from that help file. The help file has been removed since then. But I read that help file to say you can automatic change what shows up in the 2nd download list from what is selected on the first, but obvious I was wrong.

Thanks

Brad

Look at the NAME of the mod - Improved Attributes CONTROLLER - all this ever did was make it much easier and quicker to set up attributes in admin. It did not - never, ever, ever - allow attribute dependent attributes!!! :frusty: