Product & Child Variants - YOUR Help, Ideas, Suggestions Needed

[Dan Cole]

Gary when you get to the point that you need some testing done, I'm available. I don't use the Attributes feature since it never seemed to be worth the effort and I simply add individual products for any of the available options (mostly product sizes)so I would be a complete newbie when looking at things. If that type of newbie testing is of any use to you, just let me know.

Dan

[mhsuffolk]

I use attributes for my DVD shop. The default option of DVD is pre selected as a default choice and there is a Blu-ray option in the drop down. However I have a large number of DVDs where there is no Blu-ray option so no attributes, the pre selected choice does not appear. Could this proposal cope with that?

[burt]

I use attributes for my DVD shop. The default option of DVD is pre selected as a default choice and there is a Blu-ray option in the drop down. However I have a large number of DVDs where there is no Blu-ray option so no attributes, the pre selected choice does not appear. Could this proposal cope with that?

The Magician (parent)
-> DVD (child)

The user would need to select the Child as shown here:
viewtopic.php?p=22735#p22735
The last image showing the selected (blue) variant.

At some point you might get stock of Magician on Blu-ray, just make a new Child, so you end up with;

The Magician (parent)
-> DVD (child)
-> Blu-ray (child)

From this point on, there would be two selectable children.

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Alternatively, if just DVD and only ever just DVD...;

The Magician DVD (normal)
-> No Children

It's just a product, buyable in the usual way.

[bonbec]

@burt : A quick question regarding the SKU (Model) for defining the parent and children.


In the example shown, there is:
APP-1, which is the parent;
APP-1-BL, APP-1-RL, and APP-1-RS, which are the children.
Is it the beginning of the SKU (Model) APP-1 that links the children to the parent, or can it be any SKU (Model) such as:
SIG14001A as the parent;
HO.SIG14001A, N.SIG14001A, and TT.SIG14001A (where HO, N, and TT are reproduction scales)?

[burt]

@bonbec - it could be any SKU.

However in this "dirty" code, the listing is simply ordered by SKU so that the Parent & Children all sit together.

If the SKU was as you suggest, that (parent/children together) would not happen, so it would need some careful thinking about to display nicely in the admin listing.

[bonbec]

Okay, thank you.
So the safest option would be to have SIG14001A as the parent and SIG14001A-HO, SIG14001A-N, and SIG14001A-TT as the children.
Since I have resellers, it's going to be a bit complicated to change all my SKUs (models), not to mention all my printed manuals. My father used to say, "When there's a problem, there's a solution; you just have to find it."

[burt]

"When there's a problem, there's a solution; you just have to find it."

I like this. This should be the motto for Phoenix Cart

[burt]

TY to all who posted in this discussion.
I shelved this project for the time being, as it's not a system I myself have a need for.
Sorry if this feels a bit unfair, especially to those who posted in the thread.

May revisit in future when/if the next conversation about options/attributes happens.
At some point there surely will be businesses ready to help with funds to allow proper working time on this.