Product Attribute required when adding parent product in django oscar 0.5.1

[Shu Yang Quek]

Hello,

I really like django oscar and am contemplating using it in one of our company's projects.

I've installed oscar from PyPI (so it's version 0.5.1) and am playing around with it. 

I have a number of queries though:

1. When adding parent products using the dashboard, I find that I'm required to fill in product attributes, even though as a parent product it should be abstract. For example, I've created a Product Class called T-shirts, and a parent product of this class, called Coalesce T-Shirt. Products of this class have an option product attribute, Size. I am required to specify a value for the Size attribute in order to save Coalesce T-Shirt.

2. I've gone ahead to select a value for Size in the case above. I've also specified 2 variants of different sizes. Now in the store, on the product page, the variant selector shows the 2 variants but it does not differentiate by the product attributes, instead showing that both variants have the same name. I've included a screenshot here. I'm worried I'm not doing this right.

Thanks again for the work. 

[Shu Yang Quek]

I realize I should clarify:  for point 2 I was expecting something more along the lines of "Coalesce T-Shirt (Small)" instead of "Coalesce T-Shirt (Size)" as an auto-generated variant title. Is the way the variant title is being generated intentionally done the way it is, or should I explicitly define in the Title field that it is "Small".

[Maik Hoepfel]

Hi Shu,

I'm glad you're enjoying Oscar!

I'm afraid I can't help you with your question at the moment - I have no experience with variants nor the product attributes. My products are a lot simpler ;) But I know there are issues with them: https://github.com/tangentlabs/django-oscar/issues/675 I've added your questions to that issue.

David Winterbottom will be back next from holidays week and should be able to answer your questions.

Regards,

Maik

[David Winterbottom]

Hi Shu,

1. When adding parent products using the dashboard, I find that I'm required to fill in product attributes, even though as a parent product it should be abstract. For example, I've created a Product Class called T-shirts, and a parent product of this class, called Coalesce T-Shirt. Products of this class have an option product attribute, Size. I am required to specify a value for the Size attribute in order to save Coalesce T-Shirt.

That sounds like a bug - I'll fix for 0.6 via https://github.com/tangentlabs/django-oscar/issues/692.  Looking deeper, I can see it's slightly tricky as, in the current dashboard implementation, it's impossible to distinguish between creating a standalone product with no stockrecord and an abstract product.  Consequently, I've started the ball rolling for a reworking of the product dashboard (see https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/django-oscar/VNc-IjQNQCw)

2. I've gone ahead to select a value for Size in the case above. I've also specified 2 variants of different sizes. Now in the store, on the product page, the variant selector shows the 2 variants but it does not differentiate by the product attributes, instead showing that both variants have the same name. I've included a screenshot here. I'm worried I'm not doing this right.

You're right - that's another bug.  It's fixed in 0.6 but is there in 0.5.1.

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[Shu Yang Quek]

Hello Maik / David,

Thanks for the responses. Much appreciated. As I installed directly from PyPI I'll just customise what I can and wait for the next update.