Components, attributes, options, permutations, oh my!

[retekdirect]

Um, is it just me, or does anyone else find the process of adding options / extras to a product utterly ridiculous?

All i want to do is add some optional add-ons as dropdowns to a product, affecting the price.

I've had a read of the guides (basic and advanced), the knowledgebase and a brief jaunt through the forums, and it still makes very little sense. Maybe it's just been a long day, but i find it to be highly illogical and needlessly lengthy. Is this a case of users being forced to learn a process to accommodate poor design?

Speaking of the knowledgebase, i had a good little laugh to myself at one entry. To paraphrase the Knowledgebase: "..to do this [set up different pricing], simply attach a component, attach an attribute, attach a choice, set pricing model to 'sum of components prices', fill in the permutations...". The operative word here being 'simply'. Har-de-har.

I don't have a day or two to spare to get my noggin round the process. Are there any idiot-proof how-to's knocking about online, or is there a plugin, or a voodoo recipe...



Ryan O'Donnell BSc

[jont]

Take a look at the Add Ons section in the example products in the site... good way to see how they are compiled... but yes... they are a source of many threads on here

[TraceyHand]

and it only gets worse if you need to monitor stock on the choices too!!
(Especially when it doesn't always work!)