Color options - modified

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23744
interpreted = N
texte = You guys are so prompt with your responses!Many of you responded, referring me to read up on TextA - TextE... of course, this is the way to pass the color information on to the cart and ordering sections of the script, right? I think I understand that part.The question is: can I provide drop down menus or other user-friendly ways for the shoppers to choose their color? The problem is that each of my 200+ items has different color values, so I can't easily just do one database to contain the colors. I thought of actually writing the HTML for the drop-down menu into a database field, but I am working on this for a person that has little computer skills and doesn't want to have to do that every time he adds a new item. Does anyone else have any ideas on how this could be handled??>>Hey guys! Has anyone had to deal with color options for database items >>with WebCatalog? >> >>I have a database (~200 items) of items that each have their own color >>options (2-6 colors for each item). When someone wants to buy an item, >>they have to choose the color. Each item has unique colors, and each has >>a different number of color options as well. >> >>I'm new to this, and I don't know how to have WebCatalog handle this. >>Can anyone provide ideas?? >> >Look at the docs for [textA] to [textE].Teresa L. Schmidt The Northwoods.com You connection to Northern Wisconsin begins with www.thenorthwoods.com! (715) 356-7399 Fax: (715) 358-8886 teresa@thenorthwoods.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Color options - modified (The Mooseman 1999)
  2. Color options - modified (Teresa L. Schmidt 1999)
You guys are so prompt with your responses!Many of you responded, referring me to read up on TextA - TextE... of course, this is the way to pass the color information on to the cart and ordering sections of the script, right? I think I understand that part.The question is: can I provide drop down menus or other user-friendly ways for the shoppers to choose their color? The problem is that each of my 200+ items has different color values, so I can't easily just do one database to contain the colors. I thought of actually writing the HTML for the drop-down menu into a database field, but I am working on this for a person that has little computer skills and doesn't want to have to do that every time he adds a new item. Does anyone else have any ideas on how this could be handled??>>Hey guys! Has anyone had to deal with color options for database items >>with WebCatalog? >> >>I have a database (~200 items) of items that each have their own color >>options (2-6 colors for each item). When someone wants to buy an item, >>they have to choose the color. Each item has unique colors, and each has >>a different number of color options as well. >> >>I'm new to this, and I don't know how to have WebCatalog handle this. >>Can anyone provide ideas?? >> >Look at the docs for [textA] to [textE].Teresa L. Schmidt The Northwoods.com You connection to Northern Wisconsin begins with www.thenorthwoods.com! (715) 356-7399 Fax: (715) 358-8886 teresa@thenorthwoods.com Teresa L. Schmidt

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