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 > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=.
