Can you natively show child products in parent product page?

[jayflux]

Or do i need some sort of hack in order to achieve this?
I have an MP3 store and I want to show all the tracks within an EP for example so users can buy these tracks separately.

I've been looking in the back end of 1.9.8g and i can't see any option to let me do this, i have even created child products but they don't appear on the front end.

Thanks in advance
J

[Milbo]

YES !

That is an important thing to understand. When you want that a child product appears in your normal category browsepage, then give it a category.
Child product with category (may the same as parent) => true product  =>shows it
Child product with no overwritten category => variant => dont show it

[kaquna]

hello

I don't understand very well...

I want to do the next option:

1. I have a product named "productParent" in the category "collection" and this product is displayed in the category browse page.
2. I have a product named "productChild", child of "productParent". I don't want to show this product in the category browse page (so I marked it as "uncategorised") but I want to show this child product at the page-details of "productParent".

is this possible? I don't find the way to do this...

if I put "productChild" in the same category of "productParent", "productChild" appears in the category browse page (that I don't want) and still does not appear at the page-details of "productParent".

many thanks

[Milbo]

Then use a customfield in the parent product

[kaquna]

ok. I'm going to search about it...

many thanks

[kaquna]

I've been testing customfields and I can not do what I want...

is it possible do something like this?

http://www.zarahome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/zarahomefr/fr/zarahomefr/11502/67001/Linge%2Bde%2BLit%2BKarina

where I can put several products and choose the quantity of each ones?

many thanks

[Milbo]

Is this store for b2b or b2c?

[kaquna]

b2c

[Milbo]

In this case you should provide a dropdown selection list.

[kaquna]

i don't understand...

if Child product with category shows it (only in the category browse page)
and Child product with no overwritten category don't show it... where are the child products used?

Does it should appear on the page of parent product?

what is the meaning of childs product? and how can i remove a child?

[Aibolit66]

Looks like they didn't finish that yet.
In any way they don't give a simple answer how to do that for some reason.

[Studio 42]

Hi,
the answer is, you can choice what you want and can do plugins to handle it how you want.
Then the answer can't be simple or better all answer are right.

But you are right, it's not completely finish but the step to finish is only product stock handle.

[Aibolit66]

Ok. Then good luck to develipment team.
Thanks for your great work anyway.

But can you answer please when it will be done,
will we see child products in parent product details page?

[Milbo]

As a variant or as additionally product.

[Venkko]

Did read those previous post and I am little bit confused about this.

I want to have parent product (ex. jacket) and that I have 4 child products that are different sizes of that jacket. (ex. S, M, L and XL).
I wish that I have one product shown on category and that those child products are show in dropdown box on parent product.

My problem is that child products need to be stock controlled. If I use custom field to create dropdown box how can I put stock quantity for child products?

EDIT: Uups, should have read wiki better
http://dev.virtuemart.net/projects/virtuemart/wiki/Product_custom_fields_with_stock_control