I've been tearing my hair out for the past few days over this and I simply can't seem to work it out...
I have a site about to go online that is selling canvas prints. We have a gallery of around 350 images which are all thumbnailed. Each image/product has its own product reference and the whole thing is externally linked to a spreadsheet with various fields specific to each. I'm familiar with this and have used Actinic for a previous site in a similar manner.
What we need to implement is a choice of sizes (16 x 12 in, 38 x 46 in etc..) and colour options (full colour, b&w or sepia) for each print. I have created a component with 2 attributes (size and colour) and the relevant choices, each with permutations that affect the pricing. But this is only for 1 product and I need to use the same component in 350 products!
How can I automate it so that ALL products use this component with the SAME choices? (All our prints will be available in the same range of sizes and colours). I've read every thread over and over again about multiple components and some mention "associated products", but I'm not sure if that is what I should be using here. I have also noticed an Actinic fieldname "ComponentList" in the external links list. Is anyone familiar with this?
Perhaps I can create an external textfile with the universal component with its attributes/choices/permutations in it? If so, I could link to this from my spreadsheet by using the path and just do a fill down. This would be the ideal, but I need to know how to implement it.
This seems like it should be really simple to do. Maybe I'm missing something...
Could someone please suggest a way to do this?
I have a site about to go online that is selling canvas prints. We have a gallery of around 350 images which are all thumbnailed. Each image/product has its own product reference and the whole thing is externally linked to a spreadsheet with various fields specific to each. I'm familiar with this and have used Actinic for a previous site in a similar manner.
What we need to implement is a choice of sizes (16 x 12 in, 38 x 46 in etc..) and colour options (full colour, b&w or sepia) for each print. I have created a component with 2 attributes (size and colour) and the relevant choices, each with permutations that affect the pricing. But this is only for 1 product and I need to use the same component in 350 products!
How can I automate it so that ALL products use this component with the SAME choices? (All our prints will be available in the same range of sizes and colours). I've read every thread over and over again about multiple components and some mention "associated products", but I'm not sure if that is what I should be using here. I have also noticed an Actinic fieldname "ComponentList" in the external links list. Is anyone familiar with this?
Perhaps I can create an external textfile with the universal component with its attributes/choices/permutations in it? If so, I could link to this from my spreadsheet by using the path and just do a fill down. This would be the ideal, but I need to know how to implement it.
This seems like it should be really simple to do. Maybe I'm missing something...
Could someone please suggest a way to do this?
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