More Custom Product Fields
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Forum Name: Suggestions
Forum Description: ProductCart Suggestions
URL: https://forum.productcart.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=640
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Topic: More Custom Product Fields
Posted By: fidjiti
Subject: More Custom Product Fields
Date Posted: 07-February-2007 at 5:40pm
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I have a lot of info for products that shouldn't be bundled with descriptions, like: width, depth, length (not oversized), bin location, notes, last date checked, UPC, estimated date available, processing time, external link, warranty... I would also prefer to choose if such fields are displayed in the storefront or not. Maybe just some fields that say: Custom Non-Displayed Fields and Custom Search Fields which are displayed. That would be a great help. Then I wouldn't have to maintain 2 Databases. I currently use the 3 standard search fields for UPC, Availability, and estimated date of arrival. ------------- Linda - I wish I knew ASP. To view my ever evolving site click the "www" button below. :) |
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Posted By: ProductCart
Date Posted: 07-February-2007 at 9:56pm
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Thanks for the posting. Unlimited custom search fields is a good idea. Setting whether the field should be shown on the product details page is also a good idea. Unfortunately it's one of those features that is hard for us to update because of the fact that data needs to be moved to new tables and many files in ProductCart need to be updated, both in the storefront and in the Control Panel (add, edit, clone, import, export, etc. etc.). We have added these suggestions to our development wish list, but given the size of the code changes, you should not expect to see them in the product in the short term. A competent ASP programmer could help you add these changes specifically to your store, since you would likely not have to change as many areas of the product as we would in a general release. You can wait for other users/resellers to post here, or contact Certified ProductCart Developers at http://www.earlyimpact.com/cpd - www.earlyimpact.com/cpd ------------- The ProductCart Team Home of ProductCart http://www.productcart.com" rel="nofollow - shopping cart software |
Posted By: bkats
Date Posted: 27-February-2007 at 1:55pm
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Hello, I too, would like to see this feature. It would be very useful for storing UPCs, ISBNs, as well as eBay auction numbers, and Amazon ASINs. This way the inventory can be managed in Product Cart and then propagated to eBay, Amazon and others by exporting from PC and then importing the stock levels to the other venues. Currently I use the "Not for Sale Copy" field to store some of this information in a comma delimited format. Thank you. |
Posted By: lucyzoe
Date Posted: 20-March-2007 at 10:23pm
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Greetings, My company publishes books and audio products - all of which are assigned ISBNs and/or UPCs. It's industry standard and there is no avoiding it. And, each product has an author, product type (paperback, hardcover, etc.), year published, and number of pages/media. As with Amazon, customers expect to see this information displayed in a common format with each item. After absorbing the User Guide and searching everywhere possible, it looks to me like I need to add more product "fields." And, with the exception of the ISBN, none of the other fields need to be searchable. I sent an email to TechSupport and they responded with use a "custom searchable field" - which is not an option since there are only three fields, or programming for custom searchable fields. But I don't think that's really what I want. Am I thinking about this correctly? I don't need custom search fields, I need to add more hardcoded product fields. Does that sound right? Thanks, Lucy Zoe |
Posted By: carstone
Date Posted: 21-March-2007 at 7:57am
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I am at that point, too, in my store setup. I, too, could benefit from the ability to add extra fields that don't have to be searchable. It is not a showstopper, however. I can always get it custom programmed. |
Posted By: rotokirby
Date Posted: 23-April-2007 at 4:20am
| More custom product fields would indeed be a welcome addition! |
Posted By: bunger
Date Posted: 14-September-2007 at 4:37pm
| I will be adding these suggested features to a clients site in the next 2 weeks, if anyone is interested, I could document my changes or supply "update" files so that you can make these changes to your sites as well. Please respond to this message or PM me if interested. |
Posted By: fidjiti
Date Posted: 14-September-2007 at 6:08pm
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I would definitely appreciate it if you could document the changes and supply the update files here for the rest of us who need these things. :) I'm not a programmer so it may be a little hard for me to implement but I'd still love to know just in case i thought it would be easy enough to do. I have standard version 3.051 but will be updating to 3.1 soon. Thanks! ------------- Linda - I wish I knew ASP. To view my ever evolving site click the "www" button below. :) |
Posted By: bunger
Date Posted: 17-September-2007 at 11:55am
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I'll be working to expand some of the limitation from 3 to 20 or even make them completely dynamic. Would 20 be enough for most uses? Any input before I complete these changes is greatly appreciated! Thanks! |
Posted By: fidjiti
Date Posted: 19-September-2007 at 12:05pm
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20 would definitely be enough. :) Would we be able to import and export with those fields too? Just wondering what the limitations will be.
------------- Linda - I wish I knew ASP. To view my ever evolving site click the "www" button below. :) |
Posted By: abyss
Date Posted: 19-September-2007 at 10:16pm
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More custom would be a godsend for my Business. 3 just does not work and results in emails back and forth. Access to documentation or "update" files would be fantastic. 20 would be more than enough. I recon 10 would be fantastic Peter Letts
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Posted By: avalight
Date Posted: 21-September-2007 at 1:55am
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I have been using PC for about a year now and I find this area to be one of the most lacking. Most any website with products want a standardized way of presenting product information. Using the additional custom fields, allowing the title and contents to be determined by the administrator, and then having them appear on the detailed product pages. I have been testing other ecommerce solutions and this is almost a universal feature. Even in the cheapest of shopping carts. So I think the folks at EI need to bump this up the list. This is a major shortcoming of the PC product, IMHO.
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Posted By: bunger
Date Posted: 24-September-2007 at 2:32pm
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I am writing this "update" so that it can be implemented into an existing cart, or on a fresh install. The import and export features will also work with the extra fields as well. One last question for you all, would it be helpful to have the ability to hide the fields? Maybe just a simple check box. The only difference being that it would not be seen by the customer. |
Posted By: fidjiti
Date Posted: 24-September-2007 at 3:46pm
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Yes I love the idea of a check box, to show or hide the information in that specific field. If it does show, where would it appear on the product page? Below the Long descriptio within that same table? Just curious.
------------- Linda - I wish I knew ASP. To view my ever evolving site click the "www" button below. :) |
Posted By: avalight
Date Posted: 24-September-2007 at 5:20pm
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As a workaround to the lack of custom fields, I have put this common information into the short description field, using html coding to help with the formating, and it looks pretty good because it shows up on the product listing and on the product detail page, right after brand. This is an example of the code I used: <b>Dimensions: </b>10h x 7w x 4e x 5tm<br><b>Lamping: </b> Takes one, B11 (torpedo) style bulb, 60W max. I put all this in an excel spreadsheet, and imported just this one field. As an extra bonus, I finally have a use for the short description field :) ------------- Curt
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Posted By: fidjiti
Date Posted: 24-September-2007 at 5:55pm
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avalight, that's a great idea if you want to show it to the customer. :) ------------- Linda - I wish I knew ASP. To view my ever evolving site click the "www" button below. :) |