How to Add Sizes and Colors

[lee365928]

This might be a simple question, but I've just started using this product. How can I add sizes and color choices to each product? Also, can I adjust the price of the item based on the size selection?

[Ray Borduin]

There are a lot of ways to do this and how really depends on your application requirements.

Are you using a database? Do all items have the same options and price adjustments based on those options? Do you have the options and prices in your database already? What database structure did you use?

[lee365928]

I'm using a database, but I'm pretty new to it. I'm using MySQL with PHP.

The items are currently in the database, but with no attributes associated with them (size, color, etc) other than price. 90% of the items will have different attributes and price adjustments.

Thanks for the help, by the way.

[Ray Borduin]

Well the first step is how to set up your database.

Since 90% will have different options, then you would probably create a separate options table in your database.

It would have the columns: optionID (autoincrement), optionName (varchar), optionProductID (id from products table), optionPrice (float)....

and whatever other columns you need. The options table can then be filtered by the optionProductID field to show all options for a given product on a page.

So you add that Recordset filtered on the page where you have your add to cart button and use it to populate your list of options for that product with the value in the list being the optionID.

Now add a second recordset to filter based on the submitted list so that it contains just the option selected from the list after the add to cart button is pressed. Then update your add to cart bindings to get the price value from that lookup recordset.

[lee365928]

Thanks for the info. I have a few more things to work out before I start on this, but I'll give it a try. I'll prob be back with more questions once I get into it ;)

Thanks again.

[robert329616]

I had the same question when I first started and was pointed to the ecomm-3 solution recipe. It was a tutorial for an older version of ecart but worked great with the latest version.
Let me know if you cannot find it and I will email you what I have.

Regards,
Rob

[lee365928]

This might sound like a silly question, but how do I start using the tutorials listed in the recipes? I see the code listed in snippets, but how do I access the tutorial info? It says in the extension manager to refer to recipes.pdf, but I don't see that anywhere.

[neileisen207079]

I have the same issue and I can't find a solution recipie for this. I Have lots of products and all have potentially lots of options all of which could effect the price. So, I cant just assign options to different products and have the selection automatically assigned to the checkout?

I was hoping it wouldnt be that complicated. Is there a simple way to do it? Like say for example I add an option that adds 10 cents to the product, does that carry over to the cart page? AGHHH.

Please direct me to that solution recipie if you could. thanks so much

[Ray Borduin]

You can add a column called optionAmount and then update the calculation for TotalPrice to be: ([Price]+[OptionAmount]) * [Quantity]

[David Stringer]

I have the same issue and I can't find a solution recipie for this. I Have lots of products and all have potentially lots of options all of which could effect the price. So, I cant just assign options to different products and have the selection automatically assigned to the checkout?

I was hoping it wouldnt be that complicated. Is there a simple way to do it? Like say for example I add an option that adds 10 cents to the product, does that carry over to the cart page? AGHHH.

Please direct me to that solution recipie if you could. thanks so much

Hi,

I had exactly this question a couple of days ago and was given the following information, which produced the files for download.

Log into your Super Suite (or eCart)

Upon logging in select the link for Super Suite then expand the fourth menu from the bottom eCommerce Recipes. These are the files that go with the eCommerce Recipes :- eCommerce Recipes 3

It is obviously a Dreamweaver extension or part it would appear.

Hope this helps,

David