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In the following sections, we will explore these tabs one by one. We begin with the first tab in the form, which enables you to fill out the general information about your products.
The Product Page Global Buttons
When you create a new product, the product page feature a single button at the top: "Back to list". It simply takes you back to the list of product, without saving any change your have made in any of the tab from this page.
As soon as you give the product a name, two more buttons appear:
- Save. This saves any change you have made to any of the data for the current product, and takes you back to the product list.
- Save and stay. This saves any change you have made to any of the data for the current product, and keeps you on the current tab. This is particularly useful when you want to switch tabs without losing your changes to the current tab, or seeing your changes get applied immediately.
As soon as you save your product, using either the "Save" or the "Save and stay" button, more buttons appear:
- Delete this product. Removes all the data for the current, including its images, combinations, features, etc.
- Duplicate. Creates an exact copy of the current product. This is very useful when you'd rather use the current product's data as a template for another new product, and not have to create every data of the new product by hand. For instance, two products might be very different, but could share the same associations, carriers or supplier settings.
Note: if you need to create different versions of the same product, because of its variety of colors, capacity, size, etc., then you should create product combination for the current product rather than duplicating it X times. See the "Combinations" tab on the left, which is explained in the "Adding Product Combinations" section of this chapter. - Preview. Displays the front-page page of your product. This is very handy, as it works even if the product is disabled ("Informations" tab).
- Product sales. Redirects you to the "Product detail" page of the statistics dashboard ("Stats" tab), which gives you a graphic of both the visits to this product's page, and also its sales.
Filling out the Product Global Information
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Manufacturer creation is explained in the next chapter named , "A Look Inside the Catalog".
Configuring the Product Image
The "ImageImages" tab on the left is for including photos on your product page. You should upload all the images for this product, including all the available variations of this product (color, size, shape...).
To add one or more images to your product:
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You will often sell the same product under different versions: same overall name, but the they might differ by their color, their capacity, their screen size, and other attributes. Most of the times, these attributes come together: you could have the red version of the product available with either 1 Gb capacity , or 2 Gb, or with 12'' screen or a 15'' screen. This is why PrestaShop calls these versions "combinations": your stock of product can be made of several variations of one product, which in effect are simply its attributes combined in specific ways.
How they are combined is up to you, and PrestaShop gives you two ways to achieve this.
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You cannot create combinations if you do not already have product attributes properly set in PrestaShop. Attributes creation is done in "Attributes and Values" page from the "Catalog" menu, and is explained in details in the next chapter, "A Look Inside the Catalog". |
Manual method
Adding different variations This method helps you create combinations one after the other, so it is to be reserved to either products with few combinations, or products with very specific combinations that can't be created reliably using the automatic method (see next section).
Adding a new variation to your product takes just a few steps. Before proceeding, you must already have created the necessary groups of attributes and the attributes themselves. Once this is done, click on 4th tab, named "Combinations", and a creation form will appear.
- Click on the "New Combination" button, in the top right of the page. A form will appear:
- Attribute-value pair.
- From the drop-down menu choose a group of attributes, such as "
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- Color" for example
- Choose the attribute value that you would like to include, for example "
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- Blue".
- Click on the "Add" button and it will appear in the selector
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- Upload a new image or choose a previously uploaded photo from the drop-down menu
If you would like to make this the default combination (attribute + product), check the box labeled "make the default combination for this product".
Finally, click on "Add this Combination" in order to save it. It will appear in the attributes list.
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In this example, an attribute has been associated: "color". If you wish to add several attributes, you just need to add one attribute and then a second attribute. When you click "Add", the two attributes will be added. |
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You can add as many attribute-value pairs as necessary to one combination.
You can only add one pair per type of attribute to one combination: it is impossible to have both "Color: Blue" and "Color: Red" in your pairs; if this is necessary, you will have to create new attributes, for instance "Primary color" and "Secondary color".
You can delete an attribute-value pair by selecting it and clicking on the "Delete" button.
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- Reference, EAN13 & UPC.
- If necessary, indicate the combination's reference, EAN13 and/or UPC numbers into each field, as if you were creating a brand new product in PrestaShop. These numbers may be used by your warehouse or your carrier, so make sure to fill these fields, they are often essential to your business.
- Impact on original product. If the combination is supposed to have an impact on the product's price/weight/unit price, choose the appropriate dropdown menu, select "Increase" or "Reduction" depending on the context, and fill the field that appears with the value of that impact.
- Wholesale price. This field is useful is the default price of the product changes simply by
- Minimum quantity. You might prefer this combination to only be sold in bulk. Use this field set the number of items to be sold in bulk.
- Available date. If this is a temporary or promotional product combination, you can indicate the date at which this product should not be available for sale anymore.
- Images. The images that are linked to the whole product (as uploaded using the form in the "Images" tab on the left) are displayed. Check the box for the images that best represent this combinations.
- Default. Check this box if you want the current combination to actually be the main product.
When you have set all of the combination's details, save your product changes using the "Save and stay" button. Your combination will appear in the attributes list at the bottom of the screen.
Automatic method
If you have too many different products or varieties you can use the "Product Combinations Generator." This function tool allows you to automatically generate all of the variations and possibilities.
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A warning window might appear, saying "Are you sure you want to delete entered product informationYou will lose all unsaved modifications, do you want to proceed?" This means your product already had some combinations created. If you agree to this, this will delete the already existing combinationscombinations that have not yet been saved. Be careful, and always save your work before using the generator! |
On the right side of this page are your groups of attributes and their values. Select the varieties by clicking on their name. If you'd like to select several of them at the same timeyour combination combines more than one attribute, hold the Ctrl key while clicking. Then click on "Add".
For example, in our example, you can select the attributes "Blue", "Green" and "32 Go".
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