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Product Manager
Product Attributes
3. Enter a name in the “Attribute Name” field, select a data type from
the “Attribute Data Type” drop-down menu, and click “Add to List.”
Attribute names cannot contain any spaces. The new attribute appears
in the Attributes list box and a TLE variable for this attribute is added
to the “Product Attribute Variables” section of the TLE list panel.
NOTE: You can enhance storefront search performance by choosing the more efficient data types of
“string,” “integer,” and “float” instead of “text,” whenever possible. Choose the “text” data type only
when the attribute is likely to approach or exceed 255 characters in length. (See Simple Template:
Display Links to a Few Variations, on page 329, for template editing information.)
4. To rename an existing attribute, select it in the “Attributes” list box,
enter a new name for the attribute in the “Attribute Name” field, and
click “Save.”
The renamed attribute appears in the “Attributes” list box.
CAUTION: Changing the names of an attribute also changes the name of the associated TLE
variable, and templates that use this TLE variable may misdisplay in the storefront.
5. Click “Back” to return to the Product Attribute Values page.
Each attribute name automatically generates a corresponding TLE variable
with the same name. This variable must be inserted in the HTML of the
appropriate Product Template to make the attribute visible in the
storefront. For example, if you created the attribute “Size,” you now insert
#Size where you want the text description (or image, if you defined an
image file for the value of the attribute) to appear in your template layout.
Abbreviated instructions for this process are given here. See Insert the
Product Attribute Code into the HTML, on page 379, for details.
Define Product Attribute Values
Once you have created a product attribute name, it automatically appears
in the list that is displayed if you click “Product Attribute Values” on any
Product Details page (Figure 84). To apply an attribute to a particular
product, enter a value for the attribute using the Product Attribute Values
page for that product. You can also upload files for multimedia attributes
directly from this page (see Upload Multimedia Files for Product Attributes,
on p. 148).
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