I run a computer store site. I have some options that are common across all systems, such as CPU, Memory, HD etc. However the default selected option on some of these may change from one system to another. Such as one system may have black keyboards and speakers and another system may have beige. Also because some of the components change as the industry changes rapidly I do not want to maintaine a completely different Types for all options for all systems. I want one common options group as if adding a "Product Type" with options, but also the ability to include another set or teir of Product Type to a product.
 
Such as:
Add Product Type "Base System" to a product.
Then add another such as "Input Devices Default Black" or "Input Devices Default White".
 
Maybe it is possible to do this, dunno I tried adding a subcomponent which itself had Selectable options, even though the defaults for those showed in the cart it didn't give the customer the option to change them.
 

Hi,
 
In this case we would recommend you to create two types: for example, 'Base (White)' and another 'Base (Black)'. Then, you can set options or components to the first and for the second type accordingly.
 
Regards,
ViArt Support Team

Yes I can do that, but then when say product X is discontinued or replaced by product x2.0 I would have to go into each and every Type created (both Black, White, Green, Yellow, Red, Purple, etc. etc..) to alter that product setting. What I was wanting is to be able to change it once and it changes across the board.

I have a similar issue in that I want to add an option to all products of a specific product type, but I want certain options to be unavailable for certain products (using your example, some power supplies offer LED lighting some don't, but they are all power supplies it would be nice to either be able to disable the option for a specific product, or even if all of the ones you offer do have LED lighting, one is in blue only, one is in blue or red, one is in blue, red or yellow it would be nice to just add the colors to the product type and then "disable" the option value for a specific one..
 
it's more work initially when you set it up, but for stuff like javascripts (I have a javascript that shows an image for each option selected based on the option id as the option name I can't go by because of the (+x or -x) in the names, and so as it stands right now, if i have 200 products that all have a color of black, I have to have 200 black images)

Hello,
 
The enormous job on creation of multiple options for each product can be sufficiently simplified if you use Default Options for a product type. For example, you go to Administration > Products > Products Types > Product > Default options, and create a default option for a product type just as you do it for a product. When doing this, for best flexibility, you may select "Allow you to select this option with all values for each product individually" as Assign Option control. Then on any Edit product page, if you select the correspondent product type, you will see a new section where you just need to tick off the required options for this product instead of going to the Options and Components link and creating the whole option for this product. Try it!
 
Regards,
ViArt Support Team

Hi LuckyDragon or Denis:
 
where can I find the code to display (using javascript or another means) an image for each value within an option?
 
So for instance if I have an option with a list box which has 5 values within it, is there a way for them to see an image for each of the values as they scroll down the list before selecting one of those values as their option?
 
Thanks.