Architecture
My thought is to create a series of related vertical tables to hold attribute information, this is a separation from the OsCommerce philosophy (which includes ZenCart), but it fits better into Magento’s architecture. Any ideas on this subject are welcome.
1lburgess posted Sun, March 16, 2008
Hi Methodz, I am a little confused about your description of this.. do you have a screenshot / mockup to explain it visually??
2Baybee posted Sat, April 5, 2008
Hi - I currently run 2 website with OSCommerce Creloaded 6.2 13.1. What I sell is ceramic bisque (ready to paint ceramics) but I also give my customers the option to have us paint the piece for them. Currently, on my website, every product has the 2 attributes: Bisque and Finished (Painted). Of the two options they can choose, the default option is the unpainted bisque, but if they choose the option for it to be painted, it adds X amount to the cost of the item. Currently with Magento, I would have to enter 2 simple products (bisque and finished) and then create a configurable product to associate them with. In my opinion, that is way too complicated and entering 3 times the products I need too. So instead of 1000, I would be entering 3000. So, I’m looking for some way to be able to apply a SINGLE attribute to a SINGLE product. It seems to me the best and easiest way instead of using a whole entire set of attributes, which doesnt make sense for what I’m doing. Look forward to hearing and sharing ideas.