Adding Product Attributes

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Adding Product Attributes

  • Log in and go to Product/Attributes
  • Click the ‘new attribute’ link at the top left of the page
  • Add the Name of the new attribute in the Name box
    • Name is typically in three parts:
      • Type of attribute like ‘color’ or ‘size’
      • Product SKU
      • Abbreviated product supplier or manufacturer name, like ‘san’ for Sanmar
    • Example Attribute Name would be: color-8000-san
  • Add an alias, like ‘color’ or ‘size’ in the Alias box
  • Click the Add button
  • If you have additional Attribute groups to add, repeat the above, to create each one.
  • Once you have your Attribute(s) created, you can now go and add the values.
  • Use the ‘name begins with…’ box and go button to find one of your newly created attributes
    • You can type ‘color-8000’ to find any attribute that starts with ‘color-8000’
    • Alternately, you can type ‘%8000’ to get a list of any attributes that contain ‘8000’ in the name
  • When you find your new attribute, click ‘Edit’ on the far right
  • In the Value box, type in the first value for the attribute group, like ‘black’ and click Add
  • Repeat for all the values in the attribute group.
    • The list will auto-sort to be alphabetical
    • You can click Select on a value row and use the arrows to move a value up or down in the sort order.
      • This comes in handy mostly for sizes as size names and acutal size order does not match
  • When all values have been added, click ‘Update’ on the left
  • Repeat for other new attibute groups you created

Once your attributes are created, you can add them to a Family.