Glossary Item Box

Squirrelcart v6.1.0

Options - Assigning to a Product

Overview

There are 2 ways to assign product options so that they will appear when viewing a product. You can assign the product options to the product's primary category, OR you can assign the product options to the product record itself. If you assign the options to a category, all products in that category will offer those options (by default). The process for both methods is almost identical, so we will explain them both at the same time below.

Steps
  1. Decide where to assign
    Decide where you want to assign the options. If you have many similar items that all need the same options, you may want to assign them at the category level.
  2. Open table
    Open the table corresponding to the record you wish to work with
                OR           
  3. Find Product Options section
    Locate the Product Options section of the form:


    The "Combine with options from..." field does not appear on the Category record.
  4. Combine options?
    If you are assigning the options to a Category, skip this step. If you are assigning the option(s) at the Product level, you will see a field at the bottom of the Product Options section labeled "Combine with options from primary category?".

    If you set this to yes, 2 things will happen:
    - This product will inherit any options assigned to it's primary category
    - Any options assigned to this product record will be offered along with the options assigned on it's primary category

    If you set this to no, any options added to this product's primary category will be ignored when this product is shown in your storefront.
  5. Choose Options
    Click the Choose Options link, and a menu will appear:
     

    Click on the option you wish to add. A check will appear to the left of that menu option, and a new section for that option will appear inside of the Product Options section, as follows:
  6. Click Save Changes

 

Some of the features you may notice within the box for each option are not discussed here. They are discussed in other topics in this section.

 

 


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