Attributes HOW-TO

If you are using Min/Max/Unit the Mixed ON or OFF is an indicator that you can mix together or not mix together the attributes to make up the Min/Max/Unit

Linda,

Thanks. I still can't quite figure out under what condition mixed off and mixed on will show up again. The good news is that we don't have to display a lot of products at this point in time.

Eddie

If you use anything except the defaults for Min/Max/Units then you will see the setting for Mixed

Otherwise when using the defaults the Mixed On/Off does not show ...

I'm trying to make sense of all of this info, but I find that im even more confused. :blink:

Okay, I have a product (seminar registration) which is normally $179.

This item is on sale for $159 if purchased before Jan 1st, 2006.

I am set up, and everything is fine so far.

Now.... I am trying to allow customers to get 3 free registrations if they buy 3.

How do I set this up? -Also, does ZenCart utilize the temporary sales price into this equation?

On a products page, I have attributes, "Chain", "Stone" and "Details" for a piece of jewelry. It shows up in the order of Chain, Details, Stone. Is there anyway to organize the option names instead of alphabetically? I looked on the attributes controller page but couldn't see anything to specify the order of the option names. :huh:

EDIT: I figured it out. You can sort them per the Option Names page! DUH! Feel free to delete this reply. :P

escott:

I'm trying to make sense of all of this info, but I find that im even more confused. :blink:

Okay, I have a product (seminar registration) which is normally $179.

This item is on sale for $159 if purchased before Jan 1st, 2006.

I am set up, and everything is fine so far.

Now.... I am trying to allow customers to get 3 free registrations if they buy 3.

How do I set this up? -Also, does ZenCart utilize the temporary sales price into this equation?
If it is the same Product, you can use the Quantity Price Discount on the Product Price Manager ...

good art hlywd:

On a products page, I have attributes, "Chain", "Stone" and "Details" for a piece of jewelry. It shows up in the order of Chain, Details, Stone. Is there anyway to organize the option names instead of alphabetically? I looked on the attributes controller page but couldn't see anything to specify the order of the option names. :huh:

EDIT: I figured it out. You can sort them per the Option Names page! DUH! Feel free to delete this reply. :P
Yes sorting works per Option Name and per Option Value within the Option Name ...

Note: there are also Default Sort Orders on the Option Values ... this let's you update all values on a Product's Attributes for the Product or Category or the whole site.

Another handy one is the Option Name Sorter and Option Value Sorter ... which are things often over looked for quickly setting default values etc and re-arranging sort orders ... :)

Hi!

First thank you for all of the great help in this forum. I have learned a lot by reading this thread and have got my clients shopping cart almost ready. They have one product that I cannot figure out how to set up ... well I can think of a way of doing it but it's not the most intuitive way for the customer to order such a product.

My client sells rugs and one of the product categories is Runners. The runners come in different widths and I have set up a separate category for each width with the styles in which the runners come listed as products in each of the width categories. The customer visiting the site then needs to let us know the length they require and pricing is a fixed dollar amount per foot.

Is there a way to set up Zen Cart to where the customer can enter in the length they need and it calculates the cost? The only way I can think to do it right now is enter an individual amount for each possible length but I don't like the idea of a drop down menu that long or that many radio buttons.

Many thanks in advance!

What if you set up the Products per Runner with the price by the foot?

Then they pick the Runner they need and order 6.5 to get 6' 6" of that runner?

Ajeh:

What if you set up the Products per Runner with the price by the foot?

Then they pick the Runner they need and order 6.5 to get 6' 6" of that runner?
I'm probably being really stupid here ... but I'm not understanding your suggestion :(

Ideally what I'd like to be able to do is have the customer enter a whole number which is the length in feet they would like and the shopping cart calculates the cost by multiplying that number by the price per foot. As far as I can tell there is no way to do that with Zen Cart.

:(

If you have the settings in the Stock for:

Allow how many decimals on Quantity

set to 2

If products_price is 4.25

And the customer orders 6.5 feet ...

$4.25 x 6.5 = $27.63

Would this work for you?

Ajeh:

If you have the settings in the Stock for:

Allow how many decimals on Quantity

set to 2

If products_price is 4.25

And the customer orders 6.5 feet ...

$4.25 x 6.5 = $27.63

Would this work for you?
So let me make sure I'm understanding. For your example I set the price to $4.25 and then the customer would enter the 6.5 in the quantity box? I never thought of doing it that way :D I actually don't need the decimals because the runners are sold in whole feet.

My only concern is going to be if the customer wants more than one ... and for all the other products on the site if you change the quantity in the shopping cart it changes how many you are ordering but this one case will be different changing the length of the runner. I can see an opening for customer confusion ;)

I'll give it a go ...

Thanks so much for you help!

Hi,

I'm struggling with the same problem w/picture frames sold by the inch, and digital printing sold by the square inch. I've been playing with the 'price per letter' option: I tried using the letter 'x' for each inch - works. That means that the function to add 'price per something' is already there; if i could only modify the 'something'... ^_^

If i can determine where all the 'price per word/letter' stuff is, i'm pretty sure that i can copy and modify it to use an arbitrary (per attribute?) unit to assign a 'per unit' price.

I see two obvious references:
admin/includes/functions/functions_prices.php:1051
includes/functions/functions_prices.php:1098

I plan on adding a new table w/product id, attribute id, unit , price per unit - or maybe just another couple of columns on the 'trib table.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. (mainly just locations of functions for the price-per-letter stuff).

Thanks,
Chris

It's on the list of things to do ... dimensional attributes ... but not today's list ... B)

If you find a solution do let us know ...

Wow, this is a great thread. I went from being totally confused about attributes to actually thinking I know how to use them...

My questions are:

1. As shown in the link below, I am trying to add options to products. All the options are optional. The customer buys a chair and has the option to purchase cushions for the chair and gets to choose the cushion color. Easy. BUT, using the dropdown for the option, makes the option mandatory and not optional. So, I change to radio, but I get a long list... And since there are other optional options with color choices, is there any way to make this a little easier to display? Can the customer have the option to add cushions and select the color from a dropdown?

My Webpage
(the layout is screwed, I know, got to see the options first :P )

2. Somewhere in the last 40 pages I read about changing the option name comment field length.

What I would like to do is put a link to the product page for each option listed. Do I change this value in the db and if so where? Because right now the whole link doesn't fit somewhere and screws up the whole layout.

AND, can I put the option comment field underneath the option name instead of above?

Thanks,
Tina

If you have a list of Optional as Radio Buttons ... set the first one as:

Option Value: Option or Add-ons or something appropriate and as the default ...

Hi Linda, thank you for your quick response.

I don't get it.

Some options are checkboxes and others are radio. The radio options a choose color of the option. The color is not the option for the product. It's the option for the option... and the option is optional. :)

Scenario:

Buy chair and table set

Want a cushion with that chair?

Yes, ok, well choose the cushion color. (radio of colors)

How 'bout an umbrella for that table? (checkbox)

Currently if I use a dropdown for the option the option is added to the cart regardless. It's not a choice.

How do I implement what you are trying to communicate to me?

Sorry

You have:

Cushions: 
Blue (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)
Green (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)
Red (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)
White (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)

Add:

Cushions: 
None
Blue (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)
Green (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)
Red (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)
White (+$50.00)  (+2 lbs)
 

And set the default to none

OK, got that. Thanks. I think I will forego the other part of my question due to lack of motivation... :)

Thanks for your help. Really. You are magnificent!