Product Flags

[lesliekirk]

Looks like Shadows doesn't have the Product Flags custom field. Has anyone added the code? Is there a snippet for it?

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

It might be easier to just add your own. There are quite a few examples on the webs for these types of displays.

[lesliekirk]

I guess I could just go grab the conditional code from another ReadyTheme too...

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Yea, though it's pretty simple and you can create your own with more flexibility. For example. We did one where we had one field for the 'tag name' and a couple of boolean fields that represented styles (the actual field name of the boolean was used as the style tag). That way, NEW! could be yellow, SALE! could be red, GOING FAST, blue, etc. If a new style is needed, you just need to add another boolean custom field and then add the style rules needed.

[kayakbabe]

I used the levels theme as my inspiration for this same thing. but I took it a step farther cause I wanted different colors for the different flags too.
Though I didn't use a boolean. I just added the value of the flag to my css. That way I save the cpu from having to do the boolean check in the first place


example in pseudo logic

custom field
name: product flag
values (dropdown) : New, Sale, Hot

css in my page templates:

<div class="flag custom_field:value">custom_field:value</div>

[kayakbabe]

oh.. and I setup a scheduled task that runs a feed which determines to set/unset and what flag to set.
So my flags are all automated. Much easier to keep track of.
Hot sellers are calculated by what is selling best in the last x number of days.
New as always assigned to the products in the new product category (and that is automated too using the date created date)
and sale is from items assigned to the sale category and overstock category.
Also.. the flags are also set in a heirarchy.
of course HOT is never changed to new or sale. Seems like people like to know and buy what is HOT selling.
new is low flag on the totem pole for us.

HOT
sale
new

it works great.

[kayakbabe]

I suppose someone might want all three flags.. if so, maybe assign them to different css tags. And instead of a drop down choice for one custom field.. maybe three fields instead of using one?
Lots of ways to tackle this one.

[Jim Cockerham]

oh.. and I setup a scheduled task that runs a feed which determines to set/unset and what flag to set.
So my flags are all automated. Much easier to keep track of.
Hot sellers are calculated by what is selling best in the last x number of days.
New as always assigned to the products in the new product category (and that is automated too using the date created date)
and sale is from items assigned to the sale category and overstock category.
Also.. the flags are also set in a heirarchy.
of course HOT is never changed to new or sale. Seems like people like to know and buy what is HOT selling.
new is low flag on the totem pole for us.

HOT
sale
new

it works great.

Awesome idea!

[lesliekirk]

Oh good grief...I find my own post about no product flags in Shadows. Seems they are not part of 2.0 either.

[Jim Cockerham]

Oh good grief...I find my own post about no product flags in Shadows. Seems they are not part of 2.0 either.

Leslie are you looking for a single flag or multiple like the solution above from kayakbabe? If you are looking for a simple "Sale" flag, I have a very simple solution.

[lesliekirk]

Leslie are you looking for a single flag or multiple like the solution above from kayakbabe? If you are looking for a simple "Sale" flag, I have a very simple solution.

Yeah, wow, I'm back again. I think I'm just missing some small piece of CSS to get the (single) flag to overlay the image....