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[rshandel]

Some of the products I sell have product variants (color for example) and I'm wondering is it possible to display the colors in a drop down box on the products list page or would this cause too much load on the server?

Also, the products that have variants display only the "buynow" button on the product list page, and when clicked, it adds the default color to the shopping cart. I thought since it wasn't displaying the color drop down the "buynow" button link would take user to the product page. How can I change this function?
Thanks.
Richard

[balinor]

http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=45484&highlight=variant+products

[rshandel]

Thanks. Did you ever test this mod to see if its bloated?

Regarding my other question, is X-Cart supposed to change the link on the buynow button is the product has a variant rather than just adding the default color to the cart?

[balinor]

Unfortunately that is the way it works by default. And no, haven't tried that mod as that will add a ton of page load time to categories having to filter through all of those variants. Impractical for all but the smallest shops I think.

[rshandel]

Ok, I guess I can put a condition statement in the buy_now.tpl. Do you happen to know what the variant data field is called ( I exported the product database, but didn't see the field name)?

[balinor]

You could use this as an {if} statement:

{if $products[product].is_product_options}

Basically that says 'if a product has options'. Use it to change the buy now button to say 'view details' and link to the product detail page for example.

[rshandel]

great! thanks again.