Magento Blog http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/ en Magento Marketing Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T21:21:02-08:00 Video: Custom Product Options in Magento 1.1 http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/video-custom-product-options-in-magento-11/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/video-custom-product-options-in-magento-11/#When:00:56:00Z image

Magento’s upcoming 1.1 release will feature significant feature enhancements, including Custom Production Options (CPO) as seen in the video. CPO has been a widely requested feature by the community and we are excited to make it available as part of the upcoming release (expected by early July).

In this video, we show…

  • The new Custom Options tab in the simple product view.
  • Adding new options for color (drop-down), size (drop-down), and monogram (text field). Available input types include: text field, text area, drop-down, radio buttons, checkbox and multi-select.
  • Adding $15 for the Monogram option.
  • Viewing the updated simple product on the fronted with the Custom Options available for the customer to select.

Please note that the CPO module is still in development and minor changes are expected prior to the release. Magento 1.1 public alpha is currently available via SVN.

]]> 2008-06-19T00:56:00-08:00 Comment by winterradio {url_as_title} I think cognitive rather than fiscal process is realized through proper search and response instead of arbitrary open source concept.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by rumblepup {url_as_title} Wow, lookee all the spammy!

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by jjoshuaa {url_as_title} guys consider this:

i am selling a product which can be fully customized. i did some math and discovered there are 29,248,649,430 possible permutations of my product. Obviously it will be impossible for me to input this many simple products associated with my configurable one.

i was so excited once i discovered the custom options… especially when i saw the SKU field, assuming it would update inventory as everyone else did…

so… why is the SKU even there at all? am i missing something?

i love magento. i hate magento. i love magento.

tongue laugh

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by shaz.test {url_as_title} How i can upload image using product option ?

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by jmacdoug {url_as_title} OK, I need to find out how to do this one… I build custom wedding albums for wedding photographers. These are completely custom and the photog chooses whatever options they want. Now, let’s say I have 2 size books, 8x8 and 12x12. 8x8 has more limited options than 12x12 in many different ways. You can get imprinting on a 12x12. So, I would like the client to be able to choose from a drop down of book sizes. Depending on what book size they choose, different options will pop up according to their availability for that size chosen from the dropdown.  Is this makeking sense to anyone? I am not sure what way to go.

thanks and i would appreciate any suggestions.
jeff

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by ANASSIRK {url_as_title} @soleandblues the changing picture feature for CPO is what I’m also looking for.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by winterradio {url_as_title} Any plans to add custom option templates to CPO?  Haven’t heard much about this much needed improvement.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by MonoMachines {url_as_title} @soleandblues Not a bad idea...it would nice to give some visual representation of what they are up/down grading to.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by soleandblues {url_as_title} I completely agree with tronics and the rest that the CPO still needs:

* Stock entry per attribute combination
* Attribute templates

I also feel that the CPO needs some type of picture functionality.

For instance, you have two shoe colors: black and brown. When the end user clicks the drop down the pictures change accordingly.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by MonoMachines {url_as_title} I agree with @rumblepup and others.  Recreating the custom options for multiple like-products is overwhelming....and I would do it via import, but there doesn’t seem to be a field to properly import all of the necessary info.  There is a ‘required_options’ t/f field and ‘has_options’ t/f field, but I can’t seem to specify the actual options, default options and pricing structure.

I hope the template feature can be implemented or someone finds a workaround.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by Mad Monkey {url_as_title} I hate to say this, but because we are not able to build the product matrix we need with Magento (as well we found it to be slower then other choices) so we had to go with another cart. I would love to use this software but to me tracking inventory properly is one of the most important things to have locked down. If a company can not track things properly and EFFICANTLY then it will never succeed.

A word of advice to the creators is maybey they should go look at how a point of sales program handles inventory. Magento has some great ideas but until this is locked down and set the way a business needs to track inventory it will never work for any of my clients.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by reststop {url_as_title} This looks like what I was about to post as a “How do I...” question in the forum. How do I create a simple product, with an attribute which is a drop-down menu that contains all the colors that I have a particular product in without having to create individual products for each color.

Prior comments mention the lack of inventory… does this mean there is or isn’t (choose one: IS [_], ISN’T [_]) a required simple product with the same SKU in the database?

It’s a great step in the direction we need to go to populate our stores!

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by Ender278 {url_as_title} I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments expressed above, I hope the magento team appreciates how utterly important option templates are. The logistics of creating thousands upon thousands of separate options for stores with over 1000 products, is absolutely staggering.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by tronics {url_as_title} This is the first step in the right direction but it needs:

* Stock entry per attributecombinations directly there!
* Attribute templates so you do not have to do it over again.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by BIll M {url_as_title} We do bras, too.  47 styles, six colors in various combinations, 17 bandsizes from 28-60in , 11 cup sizes from AA-J

47 x avg 3(colors) x 17 bandsizes x 11 cup sizes = 26,367 entries of all the attributes of our current product line, with new styles coming in 90 days…

The device for all of this in the old openacs system made it simple, and, in ZenCart it is very effective.

However, we are really wanting to be able to use magento for all its other features, so how do we get templated options and option sets in this manner?

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by Mad Monkey {url_as_title} I agree one client of mine sells bras that have attributes of style, color, size1 (cup) size2 (band). We need inventory tracking for this to work

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by roco {url_as_title} We need Inventory tracking and dynamic SKU building in order for this to be viable for us.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by Diablo943 {url_as_title} This is a workable solution for one of my client’s needs ONLY if it allows for tracking inventory as well. For example my client sells high-end sports equipment where for a given model, different attributes have different prices and their inventory levels need to be tracked and their availability status displayed on the frontend. Otherwise the configurable product method (as painful as that is) seems like the only way. Bummer!

Also without an attribute template entering a lot of t-shirts (for example) will be akin to the Bataan Death March…

But 1.1 does seem to be a move in the right direction…

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by oldskool73 {url_as_title} nice try, but pretty unusable currently in the real world until you can create and apply option templates just like attribute ones (as everyone else has said).

Oh, and the options need to be import/exportable too, at the moment they’re not.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by toadx {url_as_title} I can’t believe this wasn’t in the 1.0 release.  This is so important that I’m about to use this alpha mod on a live production site.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by rumblepup {url_as_title} I’m hoping you guys would answer the question a couple of us have asked.  Can we set these attributes/ options globally so we can apply to many products at the same time?  I called it templates, Danelc1234 got right to the point.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by roco {url_as_title} So, what does the sku look like for that product that was configured?

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by aDy {url_as_title} Wahoo that’s great !!! Thanks for this works !

+1 => antcommerce

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by ps08 {url_as_title} I’m looking forward for the new feature. Will it also be possible, to use CPO and tier prices together in Magento 1.1?

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by Danielc1234 {url_as_title} This is great news! I was wondering if there is a way to set up these added attributes globally so you could apply them to many items at one time?

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by rumblepup {url_as_title} This looks like a great feature!  However, I have one big problem with it.  This makes manual entry of a lot of products with similar attributes very, very time consuming and inaccurate.
Is there anyway to create an attribute template that can just be applied to a product?
In the example movie, you show a shirt.  But what if you have a group of 50 shirts that have the same attributes?  If it was an attribute template, then I could just open up the product and apply the attribute template and all is done.  If there are small differences, you can apply them at this point.
The attribute template could be an xml file, that you preconfigure.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by jackcorbis {url_as_title} What happens if you use both configurable products AND CPO? That might get crazy.

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by andreladocruz {url_as_title} Almost Perfect!

Where do I configure de qty in stock for each option?

regards

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by BenS {url_as_title} Will there be an option to adjust pricing per attribute? I know that was shown the monogram attribute on the demo, but what about in-line with the others, such as size?For instance, in the video you add sizes to the sweatshirt. Could you make the X-Large shirt cost an additional $2 for that option?

Or can this be done using a configurable product?

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by redpen {url_as_title} How will this affect us with custom themes?  How easy will it be to implement in our own designs?

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by PsychoLogicXen {url_as_title} Glad to see such an important feature coming out in 1.1, it was one of the only things restricting me from switching away from Miva!

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by antcommerce {url_as_title} Will CPO support tier pricing? While the custom options may change the price, tier pricing could still be applied to the base product price maybe. (i.e. buy 3 t-shirts in any color for the price of 2)

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by oursgris {url_as_title} i agree with jackcorbis, the sku should be unique per combinaison otherwise we should continue to use the configurable product as soon as there is more than one attribute
thanks !

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by Sprout Collective {url_as_title} These new product options don’t support inventory, so if you need to track inventory per SKU then Configurable Products are the only way.

- TIM

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by jackcorbis {url_as_title} This is a very exciting feature. Much more employee friendly than the configurable products. However, I was wondering if there were any plans on including a “stock” attribute with the added CPOptions. For example, a store might eventually be sold out on White Small tshirts but not White Medium tshirts. Great work so far!

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by chinesedream {url_as_title} Oh this is so great! Now what is the place for Configurable Product?Does it goes to the history?
Will magento offers a way for stores that already setup Configurable Products to ‘merge’ with the CPO?

Thanks!

]]> 2013-05-22 T;21:21:02-08:00 Comment by Sprout Collective {url_as_title} I played with this last night in alpha.  Exciting addition, nicely implemented!

-Cliff

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