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How to control (edit) attributes/custom fields in many products

Started by dkvirtuemart, May 02, 2013, 11:38:51 AM

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dkvirtuemart

First of all Hello to everyone!

I have an issue, which I cannot handle  :( I want to sell lets say 100 products. Each of this product will have a variant, a size, and a color. I want to have a control over those variants. Let's say I want to exclude one particular color from the list in every product, or add one size to those products. How to do it? I know that I can change attributes of every product just by editing each one, but that would be a real pain in the ass. So the question is: how to fully control, change attributes (custom fields) that many products already have?

PolishedGeek

Hello -

We offer an extension that lets you use a custom Breezing Form by Crosstec to create your product variants and link that single form to multiple products... 100, 200, 1000 products, however many you wish can all be linked to a single form with the desired options. Whenever you change the form by, for example, adding a new size, it immediately changes the variants on every single product that it is linked to.

Here's some more info about this extension:

Our extension seamlessly integrates a completely custom Crosstec Breezing Form into the custom field area of a VirtueMart 2 product. Because BreezingForms is a full featured form development component, this means that you can do all those great things you expect from best selling form design software,  then use that form as the way to capture product options and attributes for a VM2 product.

Our product supports price adjustments + or -, price overrides with =, and also complex pricing structures where a price override that is set via the form can also have + or - adjustments with subsequent form fields.

If you think this sounds like it might help you, here's a link to our documentation to learn more: http://docs.polishedgeek.com/wiki/display/BFCUSTOM . There's a also a YouTube video there on the doc homepage that explains it a bit more.

We also have a basic demo site set up that illustrates how this works: http://klarna.polishedgeekdev.com/index.php/shop/eyeglasses/awesome-eyeglasses-detail (If you choose Bifocal or Progressive in the first field, you will see an additional field show up that is required only for that type.)

You can learn more about the form component our extension integrates here: Crosstec BreezingForms http://crosstec.de/en/extensions/joomla-forms-download.html   (You have to have both VM2 and BreezingForms to use our extension).

The plugin has been vetted by the VirtueMart team and is available for sale directly on our website, or here on VirtueMart.net (http://extensions.virtuemart.net/extensions-virtuemart-2/breezing-forms-custom-fields-plugin-detail).

You also must purchase the Breezing Forms component separately from Crosstec, but they do give you a discount if you buy ours first and then send them proof of purchase. :)

I'm happy to answer any questions you have. Feel free to pose them in the forum here, or if you would prefer to discuss your requirements more privately, just open a ticket: https://polishedgeek.com/clients/contact.php

Hope this is helpful to you!
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