Simple store setup

richtestani · 2010-02-02 03:31:27

I’m building a simple store front, and was pondering the setup of some options.
The checkout is third-party so I don’t need to worry about managing products and user sessions.

I do build the admin so its easy enough to maintain.
The categories and products are straight forward, but options (colors, sizes..) Im not sure how I should handle it.

I thought of maybe using article categories, then using a custom field to refer to the parent.
I wasn’t sure how that would scale though.

I though of creating an article per item, color – but that gets crazy.

Anyone else do anything like this?
Any suggestions or ideas would be great.
Thanks
Rich

richtestani · 2010-02-02 21:13:50

Hmm – maybe I should present this differently.

Does anyone know a simple list manager that could be attached to articles?

Something like categories, I could generate a list of items, then from an article refer to it.

I am working on a simple storefront and would like to setup options for various items, so customers can choose a color or size from the product.

Any suggestions or ideas how I could implement this?
Thanks
Rich

trailgirl · 2010-02-03 16:17:37

Rich, do you need Textpattern to display the options as a form for customers to choose from? Like with checking off the options? Or do you just need a simple description, “colors: blue, white sizes: small, large”, and then the customer goes to your shopping cart?

richtestani · 2010-02-03 20:47:05

There will be a drop menu to choose, so that info is passed to the cart.
It’s not just descriptive text, but an actual choice.

trenc · 2010-02-04 09:54:57

Hi richtestani,

you can try the yab_shop plugin! It can handle multiple product properties and prices depending on properties.
It’s based on the wfCart shoppping cart.

If you don’t want it, have a look at the plugin code. There is a solution into you are looking for.

richtestani · 2010-02-04 18:42:09

Thanks trenc, I’ll take a look into this.

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