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    • Updated: 9/15/2020
      • Andrei Mazulnitsyn
      • Dmitriy Kulagin
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    Specification attributes

    Specification attributes are similar to product attributes, however, they are only used for information purposes (visible on the product details page) and for filtering products on the category details page. They don't define a product price as well as can't be used for the inventory tracking.

    Example

    Let's say you are running an online computer store. What helps a customer to make a decision?

    • Provide a customer full and descriptive information about your products. Despite you fill the short and full description of the certain computer, allow the customer to see the product's characteristic where reflected it's most important details: Specification attributes

      This table can be displayed on the product details page if you select the Show on product page field when adding a specification attribute to a product.

    • Allow your customers to search computers using the filter functionality. Let's say we can search in your store by color, screensize, CPU type and memory. Then the category page will look the following way: Filtering

      Select the Allow filtering field when adding a specification attribute to a product to allow filtering by this attribute for the certain product.

    • Include the "Compare products" functionality in your store. This feature is also uses specification attributes. For your computer store the "Compare products" page will look the following way: Compare products

      To enable the "Compare products" functionality go to Configuration → Settings → Catalog settings. In the Compare products panel tick the 'Compare products' enabled checkbox.

    The next section describes how to create specification attributes. Note that after creating a list of specification attributes you will need to add the specification attributes to the products one by one. Learn how add specification attributes to products in the Add products - Specification attributes section.

    Create a specification attribute

    Note

    By default, there are no specification attributes pre-created in nopCommerce.

    To see and edit a list of specification attributes, go to Catalog → Attributes → Specification attributes.

    Specification attributes

    On this page you can delete specification attributes by selecting them and then clicking the Delete(selected) button.

    Click Add new to add a new attribute. The Add a new specification attribute window is displayed, as follows:

    Add new

    In the Attribute info panel, enter:

    • The Name of the specification attribute.
    • The Display order number.

    Click Save and continue edit to proceed to the Options editing panel.

    Add a new option

    Click the Add a new option button in the Options panel to create a new specification attribute option. The Add a new option window will be displayed, as follows:

    Add a new option

    Define the following option settings:

    • The Name of the specification attribute option.
    • Tick the Specify color checkbox to choose color to be used instead of an option text name (it'll be displayed as a "color square").
      • Choose the RGB color which will be displayed to customers.
    • The Display order number.

    Click Save to save the option details.

    The following screenshot shows the already added options: Options

    Used by products

    If you applied the specification attribute to products you can see the list of these products in the Used by products panel:

    Used by products

    See also

    • Adding products
    • Product attributes
    • YouTube tutorial: Managing Specification Attributes
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