erniethemilk Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Can someone please explain these to me, 'fraid I don't understand what they do... or what they're for :blush: No doubt they come in useful somewhere along the line :'( :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Let's say you sell shoes. The same pair of shoes might come in different sizes, colors, with and without shoe laces and so on. Instead of creating a different product for each one of those, you would use attributes. So on the product page for that pair of shoes, there would be a drop down list that would allow the customer to select which size they wanted, another for which color, another for with and without shoe laces and so on. If you had another pair of shoes to sell that was a different product, you could apply the same attributes. You can see that, in this example, what might be 40 or so products if done separately, can be done with just two and the common product attributes. They are very handy. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniethemilk Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 Thanks Jack I think I understand... Just trying to work out how it fits in with my products :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erniethemilk Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 OK, further to my post above... I've had a little look at this, and have to say I'm completely confused by this :( If anyone can throw anymore light into how I set these up I would be really appreciative :) I'm particularly interested in which order I set the attributes up ie - Product Options Option Values Products Attributes In other words which comes first.... Many thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 This may help a little. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awarner20 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 OK, further to my post above... I've had a little look at this, and have to say I'm completely confused by this :( If anyone can throw anymore light into how I set these up I would be really appreciative :) I'm particularly interested in which order I set the attributes up ie - Product Options Option Values Products Attributes In other words which comes first.... Many thanks :) I was confused by this at first too. Follow the link Jack_mcs posted, it makes sense, but I would like to add one thing that I got stuck on (until I walked away from the computer and looked at it fresh 10 minutes later)....I couldn't figure out how to add mulitple values like S,M,L....it would only let select one at a time..... here's the important bit....I had to choose the product again and then assign another value. This product them shows multiple times in your product attributes listing....once for every value.... Hope this is helpful.... We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better. - Jeff Bezos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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