Attributes/Options

[MGilhouse]

Hello everyone and thanks in advance for your assistance.

 

I've spent the morning searching for a contribution that would solve a little problem I have, perhaps one of you know what I need:

 

Here's my scenario:

 

Product 1 we offer in red blue green.

In red we sell small, medium, large

In blue we sell medium large and XL

In green we just sell in small.

 

 

Product 2 we offer in red blue green but

In red we sell medium, large, XL

In blue we just sell in XL

In green we sell small, medium, large and XL.

 

I need my shoppers to be able to select Product 1 in red and then choose from small, medium and large. But when the choose blue, choose from medium, large and XL. And (forgive me for being obvious) green choose small. And a different set of choices for Product 2.

 

I've pondered just setting up my attributes as Red - Small, Red - Medium, Red - Large and so on, but the effect of this is a huge (ugly) single drop down list because these are not the exact attributes of my application.

 

It seems to me like a fairly common need, but for the life of me I cannot seem to find the solution in the contributions. Perhaps I'm just not searching the right terms.

 

Help?

[MGilhouse]

bump.

[glamourfish]

This might not be the best fix to your problem, but maybe it'll work for you until you get it sorted - I've had to do the same.

 

Instead of adding product 1 with a dropdown for the colours, make each colour a new product. That way you can add the sizes as the dropdowns?

 

EG:

 

Originally:

Product 1 we offer in red blue green.

In red we sell small, medium, large

In blue we sell medium large and XL

In green we just sell in small.

 

Now:

Product 1: red we sell small, medium, large

Product 2: blue we sell medium large and XL

Product 3: green we just sell in smal

 

Just a suggestion....not ideal though.

[Mav666]

You could JavaScript it - drop options and add them depending on the selection. It is pain, but possible ...

[MGilhouse]

Thanks for the ideas! I'll take them into consideration.

Oh and a little confirmation that I'm not losing it (there's no contribution) is always nice.

[♥GLWalker]

Thanks for the ideas! I'll take them into consideration.

Oh and a little confirmation that I'm not losing it (there's no contribution) is always nice.

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