Introduction

The Product Attributes section lists particular variants of products, for example, computers are sold in different displays and different CPUs. Displays and CPUs are defined as attributes of the computers.

Product Attributes

Figure 1 shows the Product Attributes listing page under the admin>Catalog>Product Attributes section.

• Edit/Add Attribute Groups
  Figure 2 shows the Laptop listing page under the admin>Catalog>Product Attributes>Laptop edit section.

Figure 2 Product AttributesLaptop edit listing page

1. Define the name of the attribute group which will display under the column header of “Attribute Groups” in the left dialog box.
2. Select "Save" to implement the action.

• Edit/Add product attributes
  Figure 3 shows the CPU listing page under the admin>Catalog>Product Attributes>CPU edit section.

Figure 3 CPU edit listing page

1. Define the name of the attribute. The attribute will display under the column header of “Attribute Name” in the right dialog box.
2. Select "Enabled" to implement the attribute setting in the administration panel; otherwise click "Disabled".
3. Choose a field type for the attribute either Combo Box or Input Text Field.
4. The Field Value is editable only when the combo box is selected as the field type.
5. Select "Save" to implement the action.

• Attributes in the back end and front end
  

  After an attribute has been set up as described above, you are ready to start adding Attribute Groups and Attributes to your products. Select a product from the Catalog>Products. Edit the product, and go to the "Attributes" tab. For more information, go to the chapter of Products.

  Figure 4 shows the Attributes tab of 17" MACBOOK PRO MB166LL/A in the Products section and Figure 5 the front end demonstration of the category that the MACBOOK is in.
  
  
  
  Figure 4 C17" MACBOOK PRO MB166LL/A Attributes tab listing page
  
  
  
  
  Figure 5 17"MACBOOK PRO MB166LL/A in the Store Front
  
  The Attribute section can help shoppers searching their target products quickly.
  

  After the settings of the attributes for products, in the store front shoppers are allowed to filter products by attributes. Refer to the sample figure , if you choose “AMD” CPU and “17''” Display in the store front, the product 17" MACBOOK PRO MB166LL/A will be listed below the “Products Attributes” section.

  Tips:
  Product attribute and product variant separately stand for common and different points of one product. Product information will display in the store front in forms of fixed attributes and a listing of variant combination for customers to choose from. Attribute alteration will result in another product while variant changes will lead to different orders of the same product.

• Display entries of an attribute group as in Figure 1
  To display all entries of an extra field group, select it and they will display in the right dialog box.
  Refer to the left dialog box operation for the right one.
• Delete attribute groups/attributes
  Note:
  When an attribute is assigned to some products, it can’t be deleted here. If you want to delete an attribute, you have to make sure no products (under Catalog>Products) are assigned to it first and then turn to this module to delete it.
• Refresh the present page
• See Attribute Number in the down-right corner of the left dialog box
• Hide/Display a column

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