Hello,
I am creating my first Magento website, it is for car parts which have many different variations and options. Please see screenshot attached.
An example part would have the following fields
Shared fields for every product
Product - drop down
Vehicle - drop down
Image - upload
Make- drop down
Model - drop down
Year - text
Litre- text
Cylinder- text
Remarks- text
Product Specific Fields ( e.g A/C Hose)
Manifold Assembly - text
Discharge - text
Suction - text
Liquid- text
(Vehicle) We have 2 types, car or heavy truck
(Product) We have 18 different types
(make) We have 100s of different types
(model) We have 100s of different types
(year) a text field currently stored as date (Year) in our present database
We plan on having a search similar to what you see below, First you pick Vehicle, then product, then make, then model, year is optional. We want to create a similar search in our Magento build
Once we get to the 18 product types (e.g A/C hoses ,lower Motor, Compressors, etc.. ), each product will have some similar and some different attributes
So my questions;
1. Should vehicle, product, make, and model be categories or attribute drop down lists? keeping in mind how we want to search
2. How do I create separate extra attribute fields that only apply to certain product types
