Options, I cant seem to get them to work the way I want.

[compunerdy]

I sell metal parts. I want the customer to have the option to have them powder coated. I wanted to set it up like this.

Customer goes to item page. If they do not want powder coating then they just click add to cart. (this is not allowed because they have to make a selection as you cannot set a default selection of NO)

Customer goes to item page. If they do want powder coating then they would select yes and then another box would popup to ask for color. (This does not work because both drop down options are displayed right off the bat and then it requires that 2 box selections be made before they can add the item if they do not want powder coating)

Why is there no way to do this? And if there is then why I can't I figure it out???

[dappy2]

I've struggled with the way product options are handled too.

Just a thought - what if you made the powder coating an upsell item? So if the customer clicks buy, it asks if they want powder coating on the upsell page and has the color selection there? It's a bit of a hitch in the customer flow but it might work.

[jmestep]

If you don't need variant pricing changes or sku changes, you might try a template field.

[compunerdy]

It has to adjust the price so templates are out.

The reason I want to do it as a option is that each part can have multiple styles unique to that part so I wanted to use the swatches for them to see what each style looks like. If I use a upsell technique I would have to make a new upsell item for each part.

Hopefully Able can get the options setup more robust.

[plugables]

A bit of customization and setting up all options with a default option-choice of 'none' can work for you.
There was piece of code posted by mazhar somewhere in forums that allowed you to make the first choice automatically selected. So if the first choice is always 'none' for all options it should work for you.

[compunerdy]

I got the first option to display using the code found here viewtopic.php?f=45&t=7030

Now a customer can just select add to cart with the default values of no... here is the other problems.

I have 2 drop downs setup.

First ask if they want the service.
Default, No
yes-style1
yes-style2

Second asks for color
Default, No
red
blue
black

In order for the options of yes to show in the first box you must allow a option of yes-style1,no yes-style2,no etc.. This allows a customer to not select a color. Also if they do select yes and a color but change thier minds they cannot select no in the first box until first selecting no in the second box.


In retrospect it looks like my only real option is to make it a one line deal.

Add powder coating?
No
yes - black - style 1
yes - black - style 2
yes - black - style 3
yes - red- style 1
yes - red- style 2

etc.. which will be a very long drop down

I wanted them seperate as I thought I could add the pricing structure easier this way and also so the drop down was not 9 miles long. I did not realize that you must set the pricing for every possiblity and cannot just set it for the one option set. I wanted to specify the pricing which was based off of style 1, style 2, etc and that would be it but instead I would need to specify it for every style/color option as well.