Attributes - an introduction
Introduction to Zen Cart Attributes
Zen Cart allows you to create variant products using its built-in attributes mechanism.
Example:
- A shirt in sizes small, medium and large.
- A book in hardcover or paperback
Zen Cart offers the following types of attributes:
- radio buttons
- checkboxes
- drop-down lists
- text boxes
- file uploads
- file downloads
- read only attributes
Here’s an example from the Zen Cart demo data.
This is a cropped view of the product info page for one of the same products.
The product has a dropdown
attribute called Media Type, and three checkbox attributes.
To learn more about attributes, read:
- Option Name Manager
- Option Value Manager
- Adding attributes to products.
- Attribute Pricing
- Attributes Controller
Downloadable products are also created using attributes. To learn more about downloadable products, read:
Creating a test store with the demo data allows you to see how various scenarios may be accomplished. See demo data for details.
Still have questions? Use the Search box in the upper right, or try the full list of FAQs. If you can't find it there, head over to the
Zen Cart support forum
and ask there in the appropriate subforum.
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Last modified January 1, 0001