Can I hide attributes on product pages?

[Kirk]

In our Porsche parts catalog, we have two attributes (model and year) that I would like to not show on product pages.

The reason for this is because some products fit more than one year/model combination but not necessarily another model in the same year.

Alternatively, is there a way to display only the attributes the customer has chosen, or must they always display the entire list?

The best example I can give is a hood ornament that fits every model from 1965-1989. When the attributes are shown on the product page, it looks as if the hood ornament could fit model and year combinations that either do not exist (eg 1965 Porsche 944) or a year and model combination the customer did not choose (the first ones in the list).

Any and all ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Kirk

[Nadeem]

Hi Kirk

Yes it is possible. What you could do is open the Act_ProductLine.html and save it as Act_Productlinecustom.html. Then simply where it says NETQUOTEVAR:ADDTOCARTBUTTON, change this variable to say NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTADDTOCART, and enter in any place NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTS.

NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTS becomes the attributes and NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTADDTOCART is where the add to cart button appears, so you can break them away. What you then do, is simply comment out the NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTS so that you will only have the add to cart button appear without any choices.

The only disadvantage to this, is that the attributes name will not be searchable as the variable is commented out.

Kind Regards

[Kirk]

Nadeem,

Thanks for the reply.

Just to make sure I understood the last part...The attribute name will not be searchable. Will the attribute itself still be searchable when selected from a search menu?

Thanks,

[NormanRouxel]

I've been working on a patch that extends the searching on custom properties to include the capability of limiting one drop down to only the relevant items depending on the other selection made. This won't be a freebie so you'd need to contact me by e-mail if interested.

Here's a bit from the ReadMe:-

This will allow you to Search on (say) Manufacturer and Model but with only
the appropriate Models showing when a particular manufacturer is selected. In addition you have the Any option available for both lists.

You have to (unfortunately) create an extra Searchable property for each
product.

E.g. You have a product with Searchable Properties Manufacturer set to "VW"
and Model set to "Beetle".
You have to set another Searchable property ManModel to "VW:Beetle".

The patch requires a JavaScript enabled browser and will work with V6 and V7
(probably V5 but I've not bothered trying it). Browsers successfully tested
are IE6, Mozilla 1.7 and Opera 7.5.

Norman

[Nadeem]

Hi there

Will the attribute itself still be searchable

Yes it will be

Kind Regards

[Kirk]

nadeem - thank you very much!

norman - that's a neat deal. Let me talk to my guy.

Kirk

[NormanRouxel]

Read the Advanced Guide regarding VARIANTLABEL1, VARIANTSELECTOR1 etc as this may help you show some attributes but hide others.

Norman