Question

I have two variations in my website color and size. I have added it to my “Default Attribute Set” and updated respective color and size for each product.

But now i need to display the color and size option in a drop down box, and when user selects it and adds the product to cart. It should appear in the shopping cart along with product information and in the entire checkout process.

is there any option in backend to enable this? or should i do this by modifying the code?

if i should do it by modify the code, how do i do it?

(I learnt ways to show the attribtues in drop down in product page through the link is it possible to show custom attributes of associated products under a grouped product in front end? (Magento), but not sure with showing them in cart page)

please suggest.

Thanks,

Balan

Answer 1

Add below code in your catalog/product/view.phtml page.That will bring the custom options to your product page.

   if ($_product->isSaleable() && $this->hasOptions()):
        echo $this->getChildChildHtml('container1', '', true, true) 
   endif;       

    if ($_product->isSaleable() && $this->hasOptions()):
      echo $this->getChildChildHtml('container2', '', true, true) 
    endif;

Shopping cart

check you checkout.xml for addItemRender methods are added or not in checkout.cart block.

 <checkout_cart_index translate="label">
  <reference name="content">
     <block type="checkout/cart" name="checkout.cart">
....
<action method="addItemRender"><type>simple</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer</block><template>checkout/cart/item/default.phtml</template></action>
                <action method="addItemRender"><type>grouped</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_grouped</block><template>checkout/cart/item/default.phtml</template></action>
                <action method="addItemRender"><type>configurable</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_configurable</block><template>checkout/cart/item/default.phtml</template></action>
...
     </block>
  </reference>

and check template files is it called correctly or not.

Check with magento default is your blocks are called correctly in cart.phtml and other pages