You can add additional non-standard fields to the product table. For example, this might be used to add 'Author' and 'ISBN' fields to a product that is a book.
Click on Extra fields in the Products menu.
Use the 'Add extra field' subsection of the 'Extra fields' form to enter a name for the new field and the default value for this field (The default values are not shown to customers unless they are approved by the admin/provider).
Picture 1: Adding an extra field.
Click on Apply.
If you want to remove an extra field, select the check box next to it
and click on Delete selected.
You can use the Check
all / Uncheck all links to select or unselect all the boxes.
If you do not want to make a field visible to your customers, unselect
the Show check box next to the
extra field and click on Apply.
Picture 2: Extra field will appear in the product table
An extra field does not appear on the product details page of a product in the customer zone until a value is assigned to it by the admin/provider in the product details section of this specific product. To assign a value to some extra field in the product details, open the product for modification, go to its product details section, make sure the default value displayed in the corresponding extra field is correct, otherwise replace it by the correct value, then click on Submit changes.
Note. If a provider adds an extra field to the product table it will be added to all the products of this provider.
Note. In X-Cart PRO the store admin can limit the number of extra fields per provider (General settings -> General options -> Extra fields limit (per provider))
Tip:
(PRO only) If you want only
one group of products to have extra fields, the administrator should create
a new provider account and you should use that account to add extra field(s)
to the product table and add new products.
Related topics:
Managing the Featured Products List