A large store can have thousands of different products, it can be a great deal of work and very time consuming to add all products to your online store database. ViArt Shop utilizes product types, default options and specification groups in bid to simplify this process. Moreover, you can set up options and specifications for each product type.
As you may have already gathered, the basic item of the structure is the product type. When adding a product, one of the first things you need to do is to specify its type. Depending on this, product option and specification settings will be added.
To make it clear you should think about this as a two-level structure, to some extent the
lower level defines the upper one.
The lower level consists of the product type, default options and specification groups.
The upper level depends on the product type and consists of the product type settings,
product options and predefined specifications.
Let's examine the relations between the upper level and the lower one:
Upper level
Product type
There are three predefined product types in the system: Product, Accessory and Gift Voucher. This defines options and specifications of any product assigned it.
For more information see section 5.3.2
Default Options
These options are common for all products added to your store. You can set up their values individually for every product.
For more information see section 5.3.2.2
Specification Groups
There are three predefined specification groups in the system: General, Sizes and Accessories. In general, the groups help to organize product specifications.
For more information see section 5.3.3
Note: You should distinguish 'Accessory' as a product type and 'Accessories' as a specification group.
Lower Level
Product type settings
These settings specify the product type name and the gift voucher option.
For more information see section 5.3.2.1
Product Options
These options are common for all products assigned to the product type by default; the values are also defined by the product type.
For more information see details
Note: It is important to be able to distinguish the 'Default options' (common for all products; values are set individually) and the 'Product Options' (options and values are common for all products of a specific product type).
Predefined Specifications
As the name suggests, these settings allow you to specify some predefined values of product specifications; and are based on the specification groups.
For more information see section 5.3.2.3
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