Attributes HOW-TO

If your sort orders are not perfect then there is a problem with cough user error.

A sort order does not change its mind.

Either it works or it doesn't.

If you find your defaults do not work, perhaps checking the defaults setup on the Option Values would be a good idea.

On copying to a few products in "what ever" categories ... the current methods of pick 200 out of 10000 products would choke most servers.

I am working on a solution to this for a future release.

Default settings that do not work for you could be changed in the code ... you would have to maintain this for now as the Admin has not been re-written yet and it will be sometime before it is and has any kind of override system.

And then we could all dream about the day of getting all the folks needing all these neat new toys for Attributes to pool together and make really healthy donation on a monthly basis, each, to Zen Cart so that all we had to do was focus on Zen Cart and not do other silly things in order to feed my Kitty ... B)

Hi

Is there a way of allowing the user to select multiple options. So, if I had attribute options and I wanted to select more than one of them, how would I implement that?

Thanks,
Wissa

I'd make them checkboxes instead of radio buttons. You can select the type when defining the attributes.

HI,

Is there any way to tie attributes to quantity in stock?

For instance...
I have 5 RED hats and 2 BLUE hats in stock.
Under Category/Products I can set the "Products Quantity" as seven.
There is nothing to stop customers from buying 3 BLUE hats when I only have two.

This can get very complicated. I have some products with 3 sizes and 12 - 14 color choices. :blink:

Not at this time.

This is scheduled for v1.4 to have Stock/Attributes

Ok Hi again, this'll be my second silly question, but here goes, is there some way to have downloads the a customer can download without having to go through the order details, I have shareware screensavers that have an expiry date for the customer tp purchase, when they opt to purchase I can have the screen saver direct them to whereever I want.

Also my test download screensaver will not download, it's 3.5mb but only a smal 1.4k file gets created on my local machine.

Can someone please point this newbie in the right direction.

Thanks in advance
Darin
drmphotos.com

Hmmm I am having a problem with text options. I have added a few text options but when I try to go to the attribute controller to add them to the product, it says Warning: No Option Values Have Been Defined and won't go to the Attribute Controller. If I go to Option Values, there is nothing in the Option Name dropdown because I put all the Option Name types as text. How on earth do I get the text boxes into my product listing?! This worked fine on older versions of Zen. I am using the newest version with the patch. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks so much!
Danielle

Did you delete the TEXT value from the products_options_values table?

Sort the table on products_options_values_id

If TEXT is missing add:

INSERT INTO products_options_values (products_options_values_id, language_id, products_options_values_name) VALUES (0, 1, 'TEXT');

Then check your products_options_types table ... you should have 6 values in there:

If not, you can delete what is there and re-add them with:

INSERT INTO products_options_types (products_options_types_id, products_options_types_name) VALUES (0, 'Dropdown');
INSERT INTO products_options_types (products_options_types_id, products_options_types_name) VALUES (1, 'Text');
INSERT INTO products_options_types (products_options_types_id, products_options_types_name) VALUES (2, 'Radio');
INSERT INTO products_options_types (products_options_types_id, products_options_types_name) VALUES (3, 'Checkbox');
INSERT INTO products_options_types (products_options_types_id, products_options_types_name) VALUES (4, 'File');
INSERT INTO products_options_types (products_options_types_id, products_options_types_name) VALUES (5, 'Read Only');

Be sure to backup your database before doing any changes.

OK, maybe this has bee covered and I missed it LOL...but I'm having difficulty wrapping my brain around the whole attributes thing.

I sell prints in varying sizes at varying prices. I have:

Poster prints in 11 x 14, 16 x 20 and 20 x 30 and Fine Art Canvas in Small and Large sizes, each size has a different price (obviously) Right now I have the products structure set up rather cumbersome with a section for each size. Can I do this with attributes instead so that the customer can chose the size they want from a dropdown box and it will be priced correctly? and if I can, how do I do it? The attributes interface is baffling to me... :blink:

If you want to take a look at what I'm talking about it's here:

http://www.skyewolfimages.com/cart/

If managing inventory is not an issue you could have the Product Price set up 2 ways.

1 Product Price 7.99
Attributes:
Option Name: Size
Option Value:
11 x 14 (No Price)
16 x 20 + 10.00

2 Product Price 0.00
Price by Attributes Yes
Option Name: Size
Option Value:
11 x 14 7.99
16 x 20 17.99

All display prices would read the lower price

Thank You!! Between your reply and my own stubbornness I think I figured it out! :D

Glad that this could help you see the various alternatives available :)

Is there a date attribute, how do I setup a date attribute?

Date? As in choose from a calendar? Or insert certain dates to choose from?

Hello all and thank you for the much needed info in this thread. But (and there's always a but) I have question as well. I have looked all through this thread and others, but have not found this issue.

I have several products that feature the same artwork (throw, pillow, tote bag, etc). So, I'll have one product description and have the customer choose which item they want (throw or pillow, etc) in a drop down menu, each with different pricing.

I would like the attributes to read Item (Price), such as

Throw ($39.95) instead of Throw (+$23.00)

But, of course, when I put in just $39.95, it gets added to the base price when selected (a throw ends up being $56.90 instead of $39.95).

In other words, I'd like the attribute drop down to list the ACTUAL price of the item instead of the + or - from the base price and then have that acutal price end up in the shopping cart. Is there a way to do that?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Set your product price to $0 and priced by attributes.

Thanks--that worked perfectly and actually made so much sense that I should smacked! ::tup

::bng

Consider yourself smacked :)

OK... I just read through all 16 pages of this thread and I still seem to be missing something.

I am concedering, once, I figure this out to write a post up with screen shots to follow for people like myself who are just not getting it. ::frust

Anywho,

OK... so this is what I am doing.

1. Go Catalog -> Attribute Controller
   (WARNING message comes up tell you: No option names have been defined)

2. Under Option Name (en: ________________________ )
   I type in the word "Color"

3. Option type select "Dropdown"

4. Hit Insert

Next Step:

5. Hit "Option Values" right above the box I entered Step One in.

6. Option Value ( en:__________________ )
   I type in "Black"

7. Leave Order box blank, and select "Insert"

8. Then I am given the choice to enter a second value. Since this is a dropdown I no do Steps 6 & 7 again, but this time I enter "Blue".
   (( I have more colors I need to enter, but we will just do these for now))

Next Step:

9. Select "Attribute Controller" l Screen Shot

10. Then I must Select a Catagory with Products. One with the ( * ) symbol next to it. So, I do.

11. I then see this screen: Scrren Shot

I highlight the product I am wanting the Attribute for and select Display.

12. Which then brings me to this: Scrren Shot

13. I then highlight the name (i have tried highlighting and no highlighting), and select "Insert"

14. Which then gives me this error message at the top
    "Attribute Option and Option Value Do NOT Match - Attribute was not added - : TEXT"

Now, I think this may be caused by this here: Scrren Shot

But, I did not enter it to be there. Like I said, I have read all through these pages, plus did a search, but I think I am missing something.... I have even gone back to try and edit the product itself with no success.

Please Help!!

:D

Zach L

Before hitting insert ... pick the Option Name and Option Value to insert.

In this case, Color and Black or Blue are your choices.