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hello

 

I created a group an attribute with many values (500+) and its important that they are displayed in alphabetical order...when I post my product to the storefront, the drop-down list shows up and does everything I want it to do, but the values aren't in any order, alphabetical or otherwise.  the list of attributes IS in alphabetical order, so I'm very curious as to why its not alphabetical on the my store front.

 

 

 

Notes: I exported the product with a "combination ID" hoping that when I imported it the drop-down list would put them in order using the "combination ID."   "combination ID" isn't recognized or supported when I import though..seems odd that I can a prestashop assigned combo ID but cannot it.

 

Also I use Store Manager.

 

Any help on setting the drop down list to be alphabetical would be most appreciated.

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Hey thanks I'll give that a go.   I was manually able to get them into order (a few doing 750 by hand would take far too long) by just dragging them into place...is there any way to edit attribute position through import/export process?

 

 I feel like this must have something to do with how Store Manager is posting them to Prestashop...everything is in order in Store Manager, but when I sort the attributes/values by "position" on Prestashop back office it shows how everything is out of whack.  yet the id numbers are assigned in parallel with alphabetical order. 

 

why wouldn't it just post based on alphabetical order or value id?

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the order stays the same.  no when i first uploaded they were out of order, but like I said if I sort the attributes in back office by name or ID they will appear exactly as I wished they would in the drop-down list.  No store manager doesn't let me do that...I was thinking about trying to export the product through prestashop and playing with the combination id numbers to see if that changed anything.

 

also does the group(attribute) position matter relative to other attribute options used on the product?

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  • 2 months later...

Hello again,

 

I am still having an issue even after greatly reducing the number of values in my drop downs.  I have some attributes with as few as 11 values, and they are still out of alphabetical order.

 

1st pic is from the the website/storefront, showing the displayed list is out of alphabetical order.

 

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2nd pic is from Prestashop back office showing the attributes appear alphabetical

 

ttm_dd_list2.jpg

 

3rd pic is from Store Manager attributes are in order (Store manager is 3rd party software I use to manage the store including add values and attributes...it has a quick add feature that speeds up adding many attributes and/or values)

 

ttm_dd_list3.jpg

 

Note: both Prestashop and Store Manager have identical Id#'s

 

 

So, does anyone know why all my drop down lists are so scrambled?

 

please help a desperate man! haha

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