Attribute Dropdowns - No Combinations Wanted

[techtech]

Is there a way to only have attribute dropdowns of a product available for the customer that aren't combinations? I have 20 different colors, 5 sizes, and 4 other items to choose on a product and the database/server can't make the combinations for 25% of the desired dropdowns.

 

Basically I only want attribute dropdowns that are not combinations generated as server timeouts occur. Simply dropdowns of a color, size, weight, and extra item.

 

Thanks!

[shokinro]

You may consider to use custom fields instead of using attribute combination. 

So buyer will be able to choose value for each custom field before adding to shopping cart.

 

But prestashop only support following 2 types of customization, so you may need further customizatioin to make it as drop download list or using 3rd party modules.

- text type

- file type

[riras]

You can also think about work with subcategories.

 

like: if you sell dresses make subcategories short,long,night,day dresses

[techtech]

@shokinro thanks. The below is the issue which I believe we are both discussing. It is odd that Prestashop hasn't easily solved this?

 

A shoe product has:

 

Color - 20 values

Size - 15 values

Materials - 20 Values

Lace Color - 20 values

Shoe sole - 8 values

Color Accents - 20 values

 

The customizer is unable to process the amount of combination ideas as a server time out occurs.

 

Thanks for any ideas. Maybe there should be a "sponsor" space for Prestashop where people can gather and get their developers to make these ideas if more than 100 need it??

[shokinro]

You the attribute generator with above many attributes?

it means 20 x 15 x 20 x 20 x 8 x 20 = 19,200,000 combination.  It is really too many. Is that a real case? 

[techtech]

Actually there are 4 more attributes I can add. It's a fully customized product. Thanks.

[shokinro]

As I mentioned previous, you should not use attribute combination,

 

but instead you should consider to use custom fields. you can define each attribute a text customer field for customer to choose a value.

but on GUI, you change the text field into drop down list. it is easier to let customer to choose the values.