How do you input different sizes/colours for one product?

[jamesf4218]

Hello,

I have a product that comes in 5 sizes and 5 colours. Apart from putting in the item 5 times in the back end, how can I just have it appear once on the front end with the different options which can be selected in a drop down box?

Thanks

[cbarling]

If you add a colour and a size attribute directly to the product (highlight the product, right click and then select "New attribute" for each), then add choices e.g. red, green; small, large to the attributes, when the customer orders the product it will come through to you with a description of the form: "T-shirt (Colour: blue Size: large)". If you want different prices for these products you can do this by adding a component to the product, then adding the attributes to the component and filling in the permutations tab on the component.

You only need to add individual products for each permutation if you want to keep track of the stock levels of each type of T-shirt (using the above example).

Chris

[jamesf4218]

ok thanks....

[jamesf4218]

In the template I must have deleted the NETQUOTEVAR tag that produces the attribute radio buttons. I have added the attributes in the backend but only the text appears on the site - not the buttons. What is the NETQUOTEVAR tag then?

Thanks...

[cbarling]

James, I'm about to zoom off on holiday so I'm afaraid that this is an answer "on the fly". I suggest that you check the originals folder to find what you've deleted.

Chris

[pinbrook]

hah hah....I'm just about to correct the MD of Actinic! and interpret for him....

the master templates are held in the folder called Formats, sub folder Themes. The folder called Originals holds the master perl scripts.

Chris is suggesting you replace the template you have destroyed with the original one then work forwards again. Or you could compare the code in your template to the master copy to see the differences.

I've just come back from a 3 month holiday so I'll be around thisweekend!!

[NormanRouxel]

All Attributes and Choices are laid out automatically via NETQUOTEVAR:ADDTOCARTBUTTON

The Radio buttons come from the template Act_VariantRadioButton.html

There is an alternative to this. You can use NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTADDTOCART button instead and this only sets out the Cart Button. You then have to use either NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTS to lay out all the Attributes / Choices. Or use NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTLABELn and NETQUOTEVAR:VARIANTSELECTORn (where n is 1 to 20). This is documented in the Advanced Guide under "Variants".