Search by Colour

[binnie]

Hi, I was wondering if a customer/guest could search my shop by colour.

I like the colour charts shown on some websites like Amazon and hoped to be able to create one for my store.

Can anybody advise me on this please.

 

[vekia]

you can achieve it with free default prestashop module called block layered navigation filters

you can define there filters like filters here: http://fo.demo.prestashop.com/en/8-dresses

[binnie]

Thank you Vekia, I will read up on that.

[binnie]

I have it set up under the Layered navigation module, but as I sell mostly one off items in one colour does that make a difference?

Do I need to set up colour attributes or something on each product

[vekia]

create one attribute with color, and associate this attribute with product. define color equal to product you sell.

then you will be able to create filter based on color

[binnie]

Hi there, I must admit I'm stuck. I am going into Products and can't see anywhere where it says attribute. All I can see is price, shipping etc down the side column.

I don't know how to assign an attribute for my existing products for colour

[vekia]

go to catalog > product attributes and add new attribute there named "color" 

After that, you will see the list of attributes with your new attribute. Click on it and you will see list of attributes inside "color" attribute. YOu can add there as many colors as you want.

 

 

then on product edit page open tab "combinations", define new combination with "color" attribute with selected "value" of color.

 

that's all

[binnie]

Thanks so much. I've sorted it now.

One thing is, can I show a colour palette to my customers down the left hand side where it also says manufacturers, then they can search by colour??