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How to organize products in magento
I am working on a website in Magento. It will be selling parts that can fit multiple models. For instance there may be 20 brands and 800 models. Some parts may fit up to 30 or so models. I have been trying to figure out the best way to set this up.
One issues I am trying to resolve is using attributes but they show up in a scrolling list that you can CTRL click to select multiple ones but if you are trying to select 30 items that leaves a lot of room for error with scrolling through a list of 800 and missing one. Also you could forget to hold CTRL and click and lose all the ones that you have been selecting and have to start over.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.
One issues I am trying to resolve is using attributes but they show up in a scrolling list that you can CTRL click to select multiple ones but if you are trying to select 30 items that leaves a lot of room for error with scrolling through a list of 800 and missing one. Also you could forget to hold CTRL and click and lose all the ones that you have been selecting and have to start over.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey Fibo,
Thank you for your reply. I was planning on having some custom programming done to accomplish what I want to do. I just wanted to make sure that was the best way to do this and I wasn't missing an easier way inside Magento.
Due to a Non-disclosure agreement I will have to try to explain it in theory without getting into the actual products. So I will use cell phone batteries as an example.
Front-end:
Will have a list of Brands down the side when you click a brand it will take you to a page with a list of all the models for that brand. Then you select your model and it will give you the cell phone battery that you need for your phone. It is a B2C site.
Back-end:
I was planning to have custom programming that would allow you to enter the battery into inventory then select the brand as an attribute. Then you would be given a list of all the models for that brand with a checkbox next to them. Then the person would check each box that the product they are entering is compatible with.
Thank you for your reply. I was planning on having some custom programming done to accomplish what I want to do. I just wanted to make sure that was the best way to do this and I wasn't missing an easier way inside Magento.
Due to a Non-disclosure agreement I will have to try to explain it in theory without getting into the actual products. So I will use cell phone batteries as an example.
Front-end:
Will have a list of Brands down the side when you click a brand it will take you to a page with a list of all the models for that brand. Then you select your model and it will give you the cell phone battery that you need for your phone. It is a B2C site.
Back-end:
I was planning to have custom programming that would allow you to enter the battery into inventory then select the brand as an attribute. Then you would be given a list of all the models for that brand with a checkbox next to them. Then the person would check each box that the product they are entering is compatible with.
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1 - what is happening in the front-end
2 - what is happening in the back-end
1 - Front-end: not sure if your site is B2B or B2C. If B2C, then your visitor will select just ONE product or combination. So your main problem is to make that easy to navigate, most probably by brand / model and then the list of parts. How many parts would suit a typical model?
Note also that if your customer fails in multiple selection, all is not lost: whichever selection is till active can be placed in the cart, and any missing item can then be added later.
2 - Back-end: you should probably rely on additional programs to make easy for you to link parts and models. Either with some Magento-Connect module, or with some Excel spreadsheet to you would use to build the connections.
You will need also to think about your catalog so that it is really easy to navigate on the front-end.