[ic] Item Options

Jason Balicki interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Wed Mar 6 17:56:01 2002


pagecom wrote:

>  I'm trying to set some options for some items in my cataloge . Sothing like
> Color with a choice of red,blue,green and when I go to options I see
> different typs of options , simple, matrix, moduler. I'm at a loss I have
> tried all of them but the results are not what I'm looking for. What I'm

You're looking for simple options.

> looking for is This:
> 
>    Item something....................Price $1.00
>    Options:   Red..............................$.50
>                   Blue..............................$.50
>                   Green............................$.50
> 

This is how I'd do it:

Jason's simple instructions for simple options:

NOTE: this is from memory, but I'm pretty sure this is close.

1) create your item.

2) after it's created, click on the item then click on options

3) go to options, name= <internal option name>, label=<what customer
sees>

4) in the box below the name and label, you name your items and assign
them a number, ex:
c1=Red
c2=Blue
c3=Green

5) click commit changes

6) go to tables, then options

7) click on the option you just created

8) locate the price field (it's a ways down) enter prices thusly:
c1=.50, c2=.50, c3=.50

8a) you can also do negative price differences, such as c4=-.50
(assuming you've created an option with that name like c4=clear)

9) go back up a bit, locate "widget type" and select the widget
you want (the default of "select box" works for most people, but
you can do other things with different widgets, experiment.

10) click ok.

That's it.  Again, from memory, but it should get you close enough.

Good luck,

--J(K)