How to layout products with many options

[gordon7987]

How do we handle products have loads of options i.e. sizes, item specifics, prices upgrades etc.

All products will be subject to the following options...

3 radio buttons one above the other.

2 radio buttons side by side

3 drop down lists side by side

3 drop down lists side by side

1 drop down list

1 drop down list

1 drop down list

12 radio buttons of which one option decides the price upgrade
(needs a matrix image incorporated so the customer knows what is what).


18 radio buttons of which one option decides the price upgrade
(needs a matrix image incorporated so the customer knows what is what).

I have implemented the first bit, but its going to end up pretty messy to be honest as I have had to put in blank attributes to get the spacing right.

Is there a better way of doing this?

[pinbrook]

TBH there isn't a neat way of doing this, there are far to many options.

You might want to look at Drill pines plug ins to see if they help, but other than that is a case of experimentation, and then lots of user testing to see if it flows and the average joe bloggs can decipher all the options

[gordon7987]

TBH there isn't a neat way of doing this, there are far to many options.

You might want to look at Drill pines plug ins to see if they help, but other than that is a case of experimentation, and then lots of user testing to see if it flows and the average joe bloggs can decipher all the options

Thats what I thought tbh.

Thanks for the reply

[leehack]

This is the most that i have seen done - http://www.spectacles.gb.com/acatalo...tion_Form.html

[gordon7987]

This is the most that i have seen done - http://www.spectacles.gb.com/acatalo...tion_Form.html

Yeah, its that type of thing Lee. It would be nice if I could create my own layouts with my own option lists, but how would I get Actinic to pick up the selections??

[jont]

They are added as components / options to a single product and then laid out by changing the product layout ... the user selects what they want and they are all passed through to the cart.

You will need to modify not only the product layout but also the layouts introducing the radios etc to get them side by side and beneath each other etc.

[TraceyHand]

and that may mean making copies of the original component/attribute layouts (and list layouts) to edit in case you also have products that need a more 'standard Actinic' layout presented for fewer/different options too.

[gordon7987]

They are added as components / options to a single product and then laid out by changing the product layout ... the user selects what they want and they are all passed through to the cart.

You will need to modify not only the product layout but also the layouts introducing the radios etc to get them side by side and beneath each other etc.

Hi, yes, I know how to do it. I just wondered if there was a tidier solution out there considering the amount of options I need to handle and the amount of products that the catalog will eventually host. I wondered if it was possible to code my own lists and integrate them with actinic.

[NormanRouxel]

I've nothing that will help with this as it's already in the Advanced Guide - see "Changing the Way Attributes are Laid Out".

Strangely this is one of the few things that was easier in V7 and below. There you could use VARIANTLABEL1 / VARIANTSELECTOR1, VARIANTLABEL2 / VARIANTSELECTOR2, etc but that capability seems to be absent in V8/9.

[gordon7987]

I've nothing that will help with this as it's already in the Advanced Guide - see "Changing the Way Attributes are Laid Out".

Strangely this is one of the few things that was easier in V7 and below. There you could use VARIANTLABEL1 / VARIANTSELECTOR1, VARIANTLABEL2 / VARIANTSELECTOR2, etc but that capability seems to be absent in V8/9.

On a similar note Norman, is there any way of introducing hide and show to the options? I don't think there is, but I just want to confirm.

[NormanRouxel]

Do you mean, hide some options unless others are selected? If so it would require customisation of these Attribute1, Attribute2 layouts. You could add code to them (or make copies) that hides others (and presets these others to the default). Not trivial.

[gordon7987]

Do you mean, hide some options unless others are selected? If so it would require customisation of these Attribute1, Attribute2 layouts. You could add code to them (or make copies) that hides others (and presets these others to the default). Not trivial.

Yes that right, and it sounds alot of effort.