Attributes HOW-TO

Ajeh,

Thanks so much for the tip. The problem was template related and I was able to fix the template. It was a missing </form> that caused the errror. Very interesting.

That will break things ... thanks for the update :)

Hello!

Is there a predefined way to channel back money back from the shop towards the customer in case of a bonus-scheme (--> you get a BONUS in case of purchasing certain products).

Anyone implemented such a scheme?

Please have a look at this example:
http://provitales.frontis.nl/shop/index.ph...&products_id=30

In case you select "Zuzahlungsbefreit" or "Privat", you get a 4 Euro bonus. The price-attribute here is "Krankenversicherung" which means the type of health-insurance you have.

I hope I explained this well. If you have any ideas/suggestions/experiences, please let me know!

Many thanks in advance for your ideas!

Best regards!

want to hear something sad?

i was doing them on my remote host. was getting realy frustrated as to why they wouldn't update when i reloaded the page.

then i noticed that i was editing the ones on the remote host and looking on the one on my localhost. almost idetical databases seeing as i exported the remote one to work on the localhost one.

talk about confusion :lol:

Been there ... done that ... got the T-Shirt ... thing I miss most as I grow older is perhaps my mind ... :blink:

I have been through all 52 pages of this topic and have gained quite a bit of understanding about a very confusing part of zen cart and I thank you all for your input to my now fried brain...

I'm still confused, however, because although I have a little knowledge now about how I need to set up my options and attributes, there are still a few things I'm not real clear on:

Our site is a custom printing site. All of our products will have choices - all with special quantities and some having a few options and/or attributes, but others having sometimes up to twenty or more to select from...not to mention personalization information the customer will have to enter for their product....for example:

Product #1:

Quantities:
500 = $17.55
1000 = $19.60

Paper Selection (currently have all paper stock entered as seperate attributes with images) - this selection will also change the base price of the quantities above by Fixed Price per quantity, not Percentage.
Vellum = no change in base price
Linen = 500 = $34.05
1000 = $36.05

Ink Color (currently have all ink colors available entered as seperate attributes with images - will not change base price)

Typestyle (currently have all typestyles entered as seperate attributes with images)

Personalization Text = customer will need to enter 6 lines of text for this product

That's a very simple product - many others have so many options/attributes that it will be a very long product page to say the least ...

Question #1: I'm not sure how to set up the quantities I need for the product and how to set them up to change their base prices depending on the attribute selections made - such as the paper selection? -- This is really confusing me completely as I'm not clear at all on using the factors.

Question #2: Is there a way that Zen Cart can allow a customer to go the intial product page where the customer can make a few option selections, then proceed to a second product page to make the next option selections, then on to the next, etc.?? -- that would be real hand for our products that will have many, many options/attributes and text fields that the customer will have to select from.

Question #3: Our options/attributes are not listing the way we would like them to list on the product page...

Currently they look like this:
Vellum ($17.55)
Linen ($34.05)

  <vellum image>
  <linen image>

We would like them to list like this:

   Vellum ($17.55) <vellum image>
   Linen ($34.05) <linen image>

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :P

Thanks!

Hi amgdg,

I have worked in printing for about 20 years, I know about your need for attributes, Let me think about this I will get back with you.

I am working on a site for a florist it will also have a lot of attributes you can see some of them here.

FurstFloristOnline

This might give you some Ideas.

Ed

Thanks Ed! ....Any help is much appreciated!

It's good that someone understands what I'll be up against here...not too bad for some products but for others it'll be a challenge for sure..

Thanks again,
Alberta

You can arrage the attribute images in the Attribute Name Controller- choose your attribute then click edit.

Thanks for the reply Kim...

I've looked in the Attribute Controller and can't see anywhere where I can change the layout of the attribute images to list after the attribute text on the product page...

Maybe I'm just missing the obvious here?? :blink:

Thanks,
Alberta

Click the edit for the Attribute Name, you will go to a second page -You can chose from 5 different layouts.

Thanks Kim...I did finally find it....just what I needed!

Alberta

amgdg:

I have been through all 52 pages of this topic and have gained quite a bit of understanding about a very confusing part of zen cart and I thank you all for your input to my now fried brain...

I'm still confused, however, because although I have a little knowledge now about how I need to set up my options and attributes, there are still a few things I'm not real clear on:

Our site is a custom printing site. All of our products will have choices - all with special quantities and some having a few options and/or attributes, but others having sometimes up to twenty or more to select from...not to mention personalization information the customer will have to enter for their product....for example:

Product #1:

Quantities:
500 = $17.55
1000 = $19.60

Paper Selection (currently have all paper stock entered as seperate attributes with images) - this selection will also change the base price of the quantities above by Fixed Price per quantity, not Percentage.
Vellum = no change in base price
Linen = 500 = $34.05
1000 = $36.05

Ink Color (currently have all ink colors available entered as seperate attributes with images - will not change base price)

Typestyle (currently have all typestyles entered as seperate attributes with images)

Personalization Text = customer will need to enter 6 lines of text for this product

---

That's a very simple product - many others have so many options/attributes that it will be a very long product page to say the least ...

Question #1: I'm not sure how to set up the quantities I need for the product and how to set them up to change their base prices depending on the attribute selections made - such as the paper selection? -- This is really confusing me completely as I'm not clear at all on using the factors.

Question #2: Is there a way that Zen Cart can allow a customer to go the intial product page where the customer can make a few option selections, then proceed to a second product page to make the next option selections, then on to the next, etc.?? -- that would be real hand for our products that will have many, many options/attributes and text fields that the customer will have to select from.

Question #3: Our options/attributes are not listing the way we would like them to list on the product page...

Currently they look like this:
Vellum ($17.55)
Linen ($34.05)

<vellum image> <linen image>

We would like them to list like this:

Vellum ($17.55) <vellum image>
Linen ($34.05) <linen image>

---

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :P

Thanks!
I'd like to do something similar...like associate quantities with colors...like I have 5 red in stock, 10 black, etc. I currently have them set up as seperate products, but it would be nice if I could show it as the same product with a dropdown to choose the color but still have it keep inventory. Is that possible?

Not at this time ...

Stock Attributes will be available in a future release ...

I've been reading this for hours and can't find out how to do this....
Is there a way to set it up so that if someone purchases 2 of one product they get 1 free?

Also, is there a way that would also work if they choose a product with an option file.

I have a client who sells specialty soaps, they don't have an option file, just all in the same category. She want to run a sale, that if they buy 3 soaps they get one free. They don't have to be the same fragrance (item #) just from the same category.

I appreciate the help.

Having set attributes up i find the product display page very slow and its making 4000+ qureys. page load times of 15 secounds plus.

please have a look at Triangle Carpets.

I have done all speed tips, Gzip does nothing really on my host.

any suggestions would be welcome.

many thanks
Monkey

Zen Cart 1.2.6

Unless you have some 50-80+ attributes on a given Product, you should not see a time issue despite the number of querries ... unless you are on a server that cannot handle your database or is not optimized for MySQL and php ...

I have taken sites that take 30-60 seconds a page to load that on hosting sites server take 0.5 - 1.5 seconds ... and the server configurations were the same in many cases ...

Optimization is key here ...

Well, I have been reading through the attributes and I am just not getting it.

Here is what I am trying to do.

We have a science fiction convention we will be holding in November. We want to sell weekend admission tickets online along with preferred seating, photo op sessions and various merchandise. I think I get the whole color and size thing but I am not getting how to do text fields.

Basically, if we are selling a weekend ticket, we need to know the badge name for that ticket and the mundane (or real) name for that ticket. BUT, here is my question. First, if the person orders 3 weekend tickets, I need three sets of names. Second, and most importantly, how do I capture these names.

Also, lets say someone orders 3 weekend tickets and 2 preferred seating. I need to know how to tie the preferred seating with a specific ticket.

Is it possible anyone has used ZC for a site similar to what we are attempting? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kim

In reply to Ajeh, page load time down to couple of secounds now.

Our products do have about 35-50 attributes on a given Product

i made the reapeated sql enquires in to array much faster for me now.