I was not aware of that functionality. Why don't you submit a ticket with a
patch and i'll take a look at it.

Thanks,
Chris

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:47 AM, ionic drive <[email protected]> wrote:

> hello satchmo friends, hello Thomas, hello Chris!
>
> Solution product adding speed-up:
> -----------------------------
> There is already a django way for solving this issue.
> Its called "_saveasnew" in "submit_line.html"
> Did you forgot about it, or is there a reason why we shouldn't use it?
> I already tested it on development server and it seems to work just
> fine. What do you guys think about it?
> Now a button in admin/products section "Save as new" got created and it
> seems to work fine.
> If this is the solution, than it could be added really fast.
> Please give me your comments.
>
> greetings
> Ionic
>
> On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 08:48 -0500, Chris Moffitt wrote:
> > 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?
> >         > >>>
> >         > >>>
> >         > >>>
> >         > >>>
> >         > >>>
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