Attributes

Create variations of a product with attributes

After having created the necessary attribute groups and their attributes, we can combine them to create different versions of a single product:

1.    In the Back Office, navigate to the product’s Product Page: Back Office > Catalog > [Product] (e.g., “T-shirt”)
2.    Click on the Attributes tab.
3.    Select a Group and Attribute combination from the drop-down lists (e.g., “colors” and “Blue”), then click Add.
4.    Select another Group and Attribute combination (e.g., “quantity” and “Pack of 10”), then click Add.
Add additional Group/Attribute combinations as necessary.
5.    If the attribute combination has an impact on price and/or weight, adjust accordingly.
In our example, the base price of a single T-shirt (as determined on the Information tab) is 10 € and it weighs 250 grams. Therefore, a Pack of 10 blue T-shirts increases the price by 70 € and the weight by 2.25 kg:
 
6.    Complete the Eco tax, Reference, EAN13, and Quantity fields as necessary.
7.    Using the Image drop-down list, you can associate the attribute combination with an image you had uploaded via the Image tab.
8.    Mark the Default checkbox to designate the attribute combination as the default attribute combination for the product.
9.    Click Add this attribute.
Note: To view the added attributes in action on your Front Page product page, click View product in shop on the right.

Using the Product combinations generator

Use the Product Combinations Generator to create hundreds or even thousands of attribute combinations for a single product in just a few steps.
For example, you are selling an MP3 player that comes in 6 different colors and 3 different hard drive combinations. The basic 8 MB model sells for $100 and weighs 300 grams.

1.    In the Back Office, navigate to the product’s Product Page: Back Office > Catalog > [Product] (e.g., “T-shirt”)
2.    Click on the Attributes tab.
3.    Click Product combinations generator.
4.    On the Attributes generator page, click the attribute group names on the right to expand.
5.    Holding down the Ctrl key (Cmd on the Mac), click to select all the attributes you want to include in order to create a specific model/attribute group.
6.    Click Add. The selected attributes appear in a form with fields for Price and Weight impact.
7.    Modify the Price and Weight impact fields accordingly (if applicable).
8.    In the Quantity field, type the quantity in stock of the created model/attribute group.
9.    In the Reference field, type the reference number for the created model/attribute group.
10.    Click Generate.
11.    Repeat steps 4 through 10 until all models/attribute groups have been created for the product.
12.    Click Back to product. The created model(s) appear on the Attributes tab

Sorting attributes

Prestashop does not sort attributes well. But "infordesign" has provided the code to achieve this which can be found in this post. This may of course be fixed with the next release so please keep up to-date with versions.