Building Configurable Products Fast
In version 1.0 we added a new way of adding simple products to configurable products. The new method is a quick and easy way of creating new simple products with only minimal data entry.
We have created a video that demonstrates this and which can be seen here.
(Of course you can always use Magento’s import product tool to enter the simple products and then associate them to a configurable product with a few clicks.)
We hope you enjoy this new feature.
1mytechfactory from New York, NY|posted 3 weeks ago
This is a great way to import configurable products but is still a task for store owners with many attributes. When will the bundle product version be released?
2YoavKutner |posted 3 weeks ago
@mytechfactory - We are working on adding this feature to the next minor release of Magneto.
I will keep the community posted about it as soon as we have more information.
Thanks
yoav
3digital2k6 |posted 3 weeks ago
I love a lot of things about Magento, but I have to say (with all do respect) I REALLY hope the development team can get this configurable products thing figured out and made more simple. I’m a computer savvy person using the web constantly and spent 3 hours trying to figure out how to add a product that had a couple attributes like color, size, shape, etc. Craziness. I really hope more sense can be made out of this and the whole ‘attributes’ thing in general. Other than that. Keep up the great work--you have a great product (that needs some major tweaks imho)!
4Ross from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK|posted 3 weeks ago
This is a really great feature, and I’m surprised you didn’t highlight it before. I had been instructing a a client on adding configurable products, and they discovered this before me - a very pleasant surprise!
For day-to-day management of a store with configurable products this is an excellent feature. Thanks again for your hard work!
Cheers,
Ross.
5markf |posted 3 weeks ago
I totally agree with digital2k6. Even with this new feature, it just makes my brain hurt…
The process is SO awkward and tedious.