That means that when a product from the 2nd group is selected, PB will check for compatible products in the following groups (the 3rd ,the 4th etc.). 'Compatibility Check' works from top to bottom. Hence the products that have at least 1 common tag between them, are considered compatible. Product Builder is using Tags to create compatibility relations between 2 or more products. It is usefull only if there are dependencies between the products of the different groups. 6 items pack or a dozen.Ĭompatibility is a non mandatory feature. The drop-down list is useful for products which sold in packs. It can be a single input with the 'plus' and 'minus' buttons or it can be a drop-down list with predefined options. Quantity Box : This regards the display type of the quantity box. If the quantity box is not displayed, the default quantity cannot changed by the user. The Quantity options can be used to set a default quantity for a group or to configure how the quantity will be displayed.ĭefault Quantity: The quantity of the group by default.ĭisplay Quantity Box : Display or not the quantity box. If set to "Use Global" will follow the settings in the component's configuration or in the menu items. Products Display Type: How the products of the group will be displayed. For editable groups only a product of that group can be set as default. In case of non-editable group every virtuemart product can become default. This can be used like a suggestion to the user. The search engine can be configured from the component's configuration.Ĭonnect With: An editable group can get its products either from one or more Virtuemart Product Categories or from a custom collection of Virtuemart products.ĭefault Product: A group can have a preselected product. It can search products using several fields like product name, meta-data, categories, custom fields, etc. The used search engine is quite advanced and is the same used by our Custom Filters extension. This is used to search individual products of that group, if it has a lot of products. Searchable: A searchable group, displays a search input field at the top of the group. Mandatory: In a mandatory group, the user is forced to select a product, otherwise he/she cannot proceed to the cart. If you set a group as non-editable you have to select a Default Product too. Here there are the more advanced options of the group.Įditable: An editable group consists of multiple products while the non-editable has only one product which cannot changed by the user. Language: In case of multiple languages you can have groups for different languages. Name: The name of the group will be either the group's header or the 1st option in the products list.Ĭustom Product: is the “Custom Product” in which this group belongs. Follows an explanation of the fields found in the group's form. To create a group go to the "Group" view and press the “New” button.
These options are used for generating meta-data tags in the front-end, that can be used by the search-engines.Ī group can consists of multiple products or a single product if it's not editable.
In the right tab of the page, there are the Metadata Options. So if you are using more than one languages in your e-shop, you can create multiple instances of a custom product for the different languages you have. Product Builder supports the joomla's multi-language feature. A wines box which can include 10-12 bottles.Ī notable field here is the “ Language”. Use the Minimum allowed quantity and the Maximum allowed quantity if you want your kit to include a specific number of items. If you intent to use the 'compatibility check' in your products the 'Compatibility' should be set to yes. So these fields can be used for internal use too. Some of them will be displayed in the front-end and some regard functionality issues.Įven if a Custom Product has an image and a Description, we can set them not to be displayed in the front-end. In the form you have to fill in the fields of that Custom Product. So in order to work we have to create a set of Custom Products and Groups.Īfter the installation go to the "Custom Products" view and press "New" to create a new one. Product Builder is used to offer the end user the ability to create a custom product, selecting products from predefined product groups. Create Custom Products and Groups Introduction
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