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When this component is enabled, the store administrator can relate products to one another, and a customer viewing the details of a product for which related products are defined will also see a clickable set of related products. Fields and options listed below (Figure 4) control related products settings:
| • | Enable the functionality - select this checkbox to be able to define related products, deselect to disable the functionality; |
| • | Display related products in the Customer Zone - select this checkbox to enable displaying of related products in the Customer Zone (you might want to deselect this checkbox while you are working on product links to temporarily hide this functionality); |
| Note: | The 'Related products' functionality must be enabled first in order to activate the related products displaying. |
| • | Look&feel of a product list - this setting defines how the set of related products is to be presented to customers, available options are: 'List', 'Icons' and 'Table'. If you choose the 'List' option, the following additional setting will appear: |
| • | Show product description – select this checkbox if you want to display brief product descriptions in the list of related products; |
If you choose the 'Icons' option, the following additional setting will appear:
| • | Number of columns - choose the number of related product icon columns to display to a customer; |
Figure 4: Configuring 'Related Products' settings
| • | Show product price - select this checkbox if you want to display related products' prices; |
| • | Show 'Add to Cart' button - select this checkbox if you want to display 'Add to Cart' buttons for related products. |
| • | 'Enable multiple additions at once' – this option becomes available when 'Show 'Add to Cart' button' option is activated. Place a check mark in this field if you want to enable the capability to add multiple related items to the shopping cart at once. |
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When both the ProductOptions module and the ProductAdviser module are installed and enabled at your online store, it is important to remember that if a product has product options, it adds an extra step to the process of adding a product to cart or to the Wish List.
If the option 'Enable multiple additions at once' is activated in the ProductAdviser configuration, it will work in accordance with the ProductOptions logic.
Example:
You have two products: product A has no options and product B has some options. You add product B as a 'Related product' of product A and enable multiple additions at once. In the Customer Zone a "Checkmark to add" option will be displayed for product A, but for product B displaying such an option is not possible because we have to define the product options first. So an 'Add to Cart' button will be displayed for product B. Clicking on it will redirect the customer to the product options page. After selecting the necessary product options the customer will be able to add the product to cart.
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