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own article attributes

Post by yoolabs » Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:43 am

Hi,
I did not find anything using the forum search, so here are my twho questions:
1) Is it possible to have new article attributes, which can be administrated in the product adimistration?
For example: Each of my products have some manufacturer article numbers and different descriptive names, which I want to administrate for each product and show in the category view with the default article information.

2)If 1) is possible, can I add a filter option in the category option module to filtere these new attributes?

Thanks in advance,
Malte

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Re: own article attributes

Post by Brent » Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:25 pm

I'm not sure I completely understand.
We have 2 posible descriptions, the long description and the alternate description.
Could you give examples of a product explaining what you want and where.

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Re: own article attributes

Post by yoolabs » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:22 am

Hi,
I tried to explain in Point 1.

So the client want to have additional fields in the administration of the product. for example:
an additional field for manufacturer article id and one additional field for a product classification.
These fields should be shown in the category view of the products and should be filterable.
Here an example:
Product 1:
Name: Item1
Manufacturer ID: XYZ1234
Classification: wood

Product 2:
Name: Item2
Manufacturer ID: ZYX:9876
Classification: iron

In the filter module on the right side should then be a new filter, e.g.
Classification:
--> iron
--> wood

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Re: own article attributes

Post by Brent » Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:23 am

In admin->product, you had a model number and model.
You would use the name as your product number, the model number as your manufacturer code or number, and the model as the classification.
In the catalog side, these are filterable in the options menu that is in the right column.
The options there are filter by manufacturer and filter by model, which would be your classification.

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Re: own article attributes

Post by yoolabs » Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:17 am

Yes, that´s right. But this is only an example. I have about 8 different attributes which I have to administer and filter. So is there way to extend the prdouct with some more fields and extend the filter?

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Re: own article attributes

Post by Brent » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:43 am

Yes, it is possible to do this the same method the current filter is layed out.
Each additional filter would require another attribute in the product file and would require additions to the admin product program.
All the display programs in category would need all these additions as well with a complete rewrite of the filtering code.

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Re: own article attributes

Post by yoolabs » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:07 am

Ok, Thanks, i will give it a try!

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