Child Products

[webcorp]

I did a clean install ( j2.5.4 + VM2.0.6 ) with sample data

Hand Shovel and Ladder have a child products but isn't a good samples I think

Hand Shovel use "Automatic Child Variant" but user still can buy parent product ( parent is displayed inside combo )

Ladder use a new "Parent & Child Products" function but don't display any option (?) in product details

I tried to use a "Custom Field Type > Plug-ins > Stockable Variant" with same result : any option (?) in product details except if I set Cart Attribute::Yes to show "Plug-in Options" (?) in a combo

Well ... I hope I'm doing something wrong or the new VM2 logical don't make any sense ...

The same way as display child products in "Latest Products" is a core feature (?) in administrator/components/com_virtuemart/models/product.php

I changed ( around line 355 )

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case 'latest':
$date = JFactory::getDate( time()-(60*60*24*7) ); //Set on a week, maybe make that configurable
$dateSql = $date->toMySQL();
$where[] = 'p.`modified_on` > "'.$dateSql.'" '; 
$orderBy = 'ORDER BY p.`modified_on`';
$this->filter_order_Dir = 'DESC';
break;


for

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case 'latest':
$date = JFactory::getDate( time()-(60*60*24*30) ); //Set on a week, maybe make that configurable - set on a month
$dateSql = $date->toMySQL();
$where[] = 'p.`modified_on` > "'.$dateSql.'" AND p.product_parent_id = 0'; // select only parents
$orderBy = 'ORDER BY p.`modified_on`';
$this->filter_order_Dir = 'DESC';
break;


I'm still looking for solution for child products. I can't imagine any shop working without this.

Thanks for help ...
... and sorry for bad english

Marco

[mowgs]

Hi, what options are you trying to input? 

Do you need to keep track of stock?