V3 no cart variant ?

[jamesuk]

Am I going mad! I have virtuemart 3.0.4 and am trying to setup a charity clothing store. My plan was to show a shirt, have other small thumbnails of the colours, then a drop down to select colour and another to select size. While the image and small thumbnails is obvious, for the life of me I cannot see how to create these production options, any help/pointers?

[GJC Web Design]

there must be 100 posts on here about this.. have you searched and followed the topics??

[jamesuk]

Yes, and everything is very vague, or referncing older versions of VM. Even the documentation on the site is for V2.

[GJC Web Design]

follow this one http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=127500.0

[jamesuk]

Thanks for that, and while I will use that beta plugin, it does highlight that V3 is not capable of doing this itself, which is kinda crazy!

[jenkinhill]

Just look at the sample data in VM3.0.4 to see how the new customs can be used, eg look at the sample product "Child Variant"  (product id74 in the BE)

[jamesuk]

Well it looks like Jenkinhill schooled me on this one!

This is the best process. Take a copy of your site if you have already started loading the store, then goto tools and install the sample data. Everything is created and it is simple to see how the custom fields work.

The detailed answer for future use;

Goto Custom Fields
Create a Custom Field that is a Type String
Give it a name that you would like it to be called.
Make sure Show Title, Published, Cart Attribute and Cart Input are all checked Yes
Only use Custom Group if you want to group options later
You don't need to fill in Description, Default Value or Tooltip
In Layout Position enter addtocart to position it in the right place on the page
Make sure Admin only, Is a list? and Hidden are all ticked to No.
Save and close

Now goto the product you want this to apply to.
Goto the Custom Fields tab
And select your option form the Custom Field Type at the bottom.
This pulls up your entry.
Give it a value (i.e. if your title is Size, enter Small etc)
Enter a price difference if there is one
Now repeat this by clicking on the dropdown again and selection your custom field
Enter your next value (i.e. if your title is Size, enter Medium etc)

Save - Close - Done

[Milbo]

yeh the most basic case. But you can also enter the options directly as list.

[jimleeder123]

Is there a way to enter a big amount of attributes at a time? I will be needing to enter about 30 attributes per product (extra toppings for a pizza). With VM 1 I used to copy and paste the attributes in the database, but that way looks as long. is there a better quicker way?