adding extra items to products

[Deborah]

Hi
My client wants to have additional options added with some of his products. For example he has a pair of running shoes and wants customers to be prompted to choose to buy some sports laces or running socks with the shoes. Should this just be components linked to the shoes and if so is it possible to see images of the components. The customers would also need to choose the sizes of the socks etc and maybe colours so he'd need to have choices on the components too.
Not sure if this is the right way to do this?

Many thanks Deborah

[RuralWeb]

Read the getting started guide and look at the examples in the default site

[Deborah]

Yep, been there, done that!
When I create a product and put attributes and choices on it, it then won't let me put a component on it unless I cut the attributes. So I cut the attributes, create a component and then it won't let me paste or create the attributes back onto the product or even have them on the component.
We need a product with attributes and choices,(shoe with size attribute and 7 , 8 , etc as choices) and then components with that product with their own attributes and choices.
For example here's a shoe with sizes choices and then you have the option of adding in a running sock that has choice of sizes too.
Doesn't matter what I do I cant' get the attributes or choices onto the product or component once the component is there, it's driving me mad, any ideas without leading me back to the manual as I'm following that already.
Ta Deborah

[RuralWeb]

any ideas without leading me back to the manual as I'm following that already

I do what it says in the manual and it works OK

[jjob68]

If this is what you are looking for try this..


From Your Product Code
- make new component
- then add new attributes under that

make sure that you set the permutations are setup in the component section.

and the correct pricing structure is correct in the product details

I hope this helps

[Deborah]

Hi,
Yes, it's fine now, it was a problem with the program. I had to deinstall it and start again, all works fine now. I was following the manual to the letter and no wonder it wouldn't work!

I'm now looking to see if there is a way of having small images with the components. Any one tried this?

[NormanRouxel]

I'm now looking to see if there is a way of having small images with
the components

Put your image in the Site folder (and keep an extra copy in PreviewHTML)

In the Components HTML for Name field add (e.g.)

<img src="myimage.jpg" width=100 height=50 alt="A widget" />

(adjust the filename, sizes and alt text to suit).

Add the image (the Site1 one) to Advanced / Additional Files.

[Deborah]

Hi Norman
That's brilliant, many thanks. Really quick and easy to do, looks fantastic now
Deborah

[Luddite]

Could you post a url so that I can see this in action. Sound interesting.
Nick