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Creating new attribute does not update existing products in that class

Submitted by TutusForToddlers on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 10:14
TutusForToddlers

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When I create new attributes with options and add them to a product class they only show up as if I create a new product of that class. Is this they way it is supposed to work?
I want all the existing products in that class to get updated with the new attribute. I thought that is what the whole class/attribute function was all about.

Does this mean I need to recreate all my existing products in that class? That would really suck.

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Thanks,
Claire
Tutus for Toddlers sells Tutus using UberCart for e-commerce with Drupal.
permalink #1 Thu, 09/25/2008 - 10:51
Ryan

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This is the way classes are designed to work. I think the documentations lays out the idea that your classes are establishing global defaults that are copied to the products you make of each class. However, products settings are governed individually after they've been created. You don't have to recreate the products, though... you just have to edit the existing products to add the options. The alternative is a patch in the works to supply a sort of "push this change out to all the products" functionality.

permalink #2 Thu, 09/25/2008 - 11:14
TutusForToddlers

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Ryan,
Thanks for the fast response.
When I go the edit page for an existing product it does not give me an option to set attributes. Where should I look to make this change?

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Thanks,
Claire
Tutus for Toddlers sells Tutus using UberCart for e-commerce with Drupal.

permalink #3 Thu, 09/25/2008 - 11:29
TutusForToddlers

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Ryan,
I don't get the options tab so I just added /options to the URL on the edit tab and that shows me the attributes page, but that page only shows the original attributes and not the new attribute or an option to add any new attributes.

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Thanks,
Claire
Tutus for Toddlers sells Tutus using UberCart for e-commerce with Drupal.

permalink #4 Thu, 09/25/2008 - 11:42
TutusForToddlers

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My apologies.
It is an issue with my theme not displaying correctly.

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Thanks,
Claire
Tutus for Toddlers sells Tutus using UberCart for e-commerce with Drupal.

permalink #5 Thu, 09/25/2008 - 12:30
Ryan

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TutusForToddlers wrote:
My apologies. It is an issue with my theme not displaying correctly.

It happens. Glad you got it figured out. Laughing out loud