Could you characterize what additional attributes you added to your custom
product?

I've been curious how people are using custom products and wonder if it
might be trying to swat a flay with a sledge hammer approach to things.

-Chris

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Dennis <[email protected]> wrote:

> So I created a custom product with a few extra attributes.  Then, in
> admin, I can add instance specific data to those attributes.  I went
> ahead and created a detail_xxxproduct.html template and activated my
> custom product.
>
> So far so good.
>
> Now, In addition to displaying my product data on my custom template,
> I want to make it a configurable product.  I want the user to
> basically choose between two options.
>
> Back to admin, create configurable product w/ variations, yada yada.
> Now, the product has subtypes of configurableproduct and my custom
> product.
>
> So after I've done this, the detail_configurableproduct.html is found
> and used.  My custom attributes on my custom detail template are not
> displayed.
>
> I'm not sure the best way to solve this.
>
> 1) Modify configurableproduct to have a conditional block which tests
> if the product is a custom product and includes the detail section.
> Not sure why this template is being chosen first though.  It seems to
> simply be first in the list of subtypes to look for.  If I did this,
> I'd have to ensure that the other detail page is not ever used.  Not
> all custom products are configurable products too though so I do need
> the custom product template.
> 2) Include the configurable logic in my custom product template
> (again, with a conditional test for the configurableproduct subtype).
> Again, I'd have to find out why Satchmo is choosing the other template
> and do something custom to ensure this template was always chosen
> before the configurableproduct template.
> 3) Some other 3rd template, that is chosen if the subtype matches both
> configurableproduct and my custom product.  Maybe there is some way to
> do this but I can't think of anything.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
>
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