attributes in massive

[retrospecter]

Good evening to everyone,

I need some help, would anybody be so kind to guide me?

I am working on an on line T-shirt Store, in which the client may choose the T-shirt color, the size and the drawing color, and then I print on the shirt the design of the client. The problem appears when I try to introduce all the attributes of the product. I have created three groups of attributes (T- shirts colors, sizes and design colors). Then the client can choose their favorite combination, so I have to introduce ALL the possible combinations in each T-shirt ¡¡¡ They are thousands ¡¡¡¡

I was a user of Oscommerce, and only by ticking the attributes I wanted to show was enough. Note that actually if I had to introduce all the combinations of 11 T-shirts colors, 7 sizes and 15 printing colors……… they are thousands of combinations ¡¡¡ Imagine if the drawings are in two or three vinyl colors ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Ok, is there any way of doing this whitout being weeks introduction combinations ??

Many thanks for your help, and have a good day…

[Peter Wilson]

Hi retrospecter,

Have you seen the info on the Wiki concerning the Product Combination Generator ?

http://www.prestashop.com/wiki/Attributes_and_attribute_groups/#Using_the_Product_combinations_generator

Also, if you have a product database available of all your products in .CSV form, you can import it via the Bulk Lister import tool:

http://www.prestashop.com/wiki/Importing_Product_Data/

[retrospecter]

Hello Peter Wilson.
If I saw this information, but I have not worked.
I tried to use the generator attributes but always wrong and can not put all the attributes I need.
Sometimes it seems that generates attributes, but to return to click on product, gives error.
Sometimes fails to generate the attributes that gives insufficient memory error.
I have increased memory in php.ini and thus have succeeded in generating the attributes I need, but when I came into the store, going very slowly, taking a long time to come into products.

[sdfguerreiro]

Hi retrospecter! I'm having the same problem....my products (contact lens) some of them have 7200 combinations each one!! Products combination generator works well and in Myshop it's very fast to see the product. The problem is when i have to edit something in that same product in backoffice: ythe computer stays for about 2 hours when it finally let me do something....the other problem is when i edit, say, the name of the product and when i need to save it, it stays for about 2 hours again!! Can you managed to resolve the problem??

[retrospecter]

Hi sdfguerreiro.
The solution to make changes in products rapidly, directly into the database with phpmyadmin. Make a backup first and revised every table to find you fancy to make the change. Once you get used to using the database, it will be very quick to make changes.

[sdfguerreiro]

Yes, i understant.....but we have to be honest, it's not practical at all that we can't edit a product in the backoffice...don't you agree? I honestly think that for the developers this particular issue has to be seriously resolved....Let me ask you a question: Let's i have a product that i need to chage it's name. From what you have said, i enter phpmyadmin and search for the name of the product and simply change it??

[retrospecter]

Yes I agree with you, they would have to solve this. What the database is a solution for the time being. to rename the beams in the table ps_product_lang. Pitch change in values, the change, and you're guards.

[retromodo]

I am trying to do the same in my web shop but getting the same problem. How did you get the attributes to each t-shirt at the database? Btw love your work amazing...how did you do the t-shirt with the print on it very good!