The other option is to create your own custom product creation view that allows you to copy data. Personally, I do think we need something like this in Satchmo. I just haven't had the time to put this together.
-Chris On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:46 AM, ionic drive <[email protected]> wrote: > yes this sounds promising. > > I am going to try to get a solution. > when i have one, sure I am going to post it to the list! > More suggestions still welcome ;-) > > have a good day everybody! > Thanks Thomas! > Ionic > > > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 12:55 +0200, Thomas wrote: > > another option might be the usage of proper default values in the > definition of the model: > > > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/ > > > > > > > > Am 21.07.2011 um 12:30 schrieb ionic drive: > > > > > hello Thomas, > > > > > > again thanks for your reply! > > > I thought i need to digg into this for a while, but comes out i have a > > > fast decision. I am not doing it that way... Because dumping the data > > > and fizzling around with it in an editor adding the data that will... > > > soon i will end up with a broken database. > > > > > > Thanks for the hint, but this is not an option for me. > > > So as soon as if there are not other hints coming, and I hope some more > > > will fly into my mailbox soon :-)... I will ad a Save Product as new > > > Product button to the admin area. > > > Its easier for me doing one time work on the code than fizzling around > > > with dumped data for the next 10 years! > > > > > > Best wishes Thomas > > > and thanks again for your input! > > > Ionic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 12:02 +0200, Thomas wrote: > > >> hey, > > >> > > >> I would do the following: > > >> > > >> - create one product > > >> > > >> - dump the data via dumpdata [1] > > >> > > >> - edit the fixture manually - add your products > > >> (your description sounds like this would be easy) > > >> > > >> - load the fixture via ./manage.py loaddata > > >> > > >> [1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/django-admin/ > > >> > > >> > > >> good luck, > > >> thoreg > > >> > > >> > > >> Am 21.07.2011 um 11:49 schrieb ionic drive: > > >> > > >>> hello satchmo friends, > > >>> > > >>> I am searching for a solution of this quite a long time, and I hope > you > > >>> guys and girls do have something I must have missed. > > >>> > > >>> I do have to create a lot [I mean a lot :-)] of different kinds of > > >>> products, which all are similiar about 90%. > > >>> So for me it would be nice to "kind of copy" an existing product and > > >>> just edit the last 10%. > > >>> Right now I do have to retype all the similar 90%, create > > >>> product-attributes for each. > > >>> This makes me really tired and does not reflect our great DRY > > >>> principle :-) > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for your help and hints in advance. I am sure there is a > better > > >>> way todo this, than I am doing in right now. > > >>> > > >>> One more point. I know about custom products and the variation > manager. > > >>> This is not what I want. I really need individual new products, but > in > > >>> best without retyping the 90% which are similar! > > >>> > > >>> Thanks in advance! > > >>> Ionic > > >>> > > >>> Ps.: If there is no solution so far, it would be great to have a > button > > >>> in the admin area /product/product/productXYZ besides save and > continue > > >>> editing something like "save as a NEW product". > > >>> What do you think? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> 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=en. > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------ > > >> > > >> http://thoreg.org > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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=en. > > > > > > > good luck, > > TR > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > http://thoreg.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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=en. > > -- 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=en.
