Magento Product Types Demystified

Demystified Magento Product Types

Fabrizio Branca (@fbrnc) - San Francisco Magento Meetup – December, 2014

or: “How to design a product catalog”

Types Product

Simple Configurable Grouped Virtual Bundle Downloadable

Simple Configurable Grouped Virtual Bundle Downloadable

Mage_Catalog Mage_Bundle Mage_Downloadable

Giftcard

Enterprise_GiftCard

+

Modules

Simple Configurable Grouped Virtual Bundle Downloadable

isComposite

Simple Configurable* Grouped Virtual Bundle* Downloadable

isVirtual

* if child products are virtual

Simple Configurable Grouped Virtual Bundle Downloadable*

canConfigure

* if product has links that can be purchased seperately

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type_*

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product

Product vs. Type

getTypeInstance()

isComposite()

canConfigure()

getIsVirtual()

…

facade/proxy

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type_Abstract

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type_Simple

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type_Grouped

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type_Configurable

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type_Virtual

Mage_Downloadable_Model_Product_Type

Mage_Bundle_Model_Product_Type

Enterprise_GiftCard_Model_Catalog_Product_Type_Giftcard

Attributes SKU:

Description:

Color:

Size:

Brand:

Weight:

+

General

Prices

Taxes

Images

Inventory

Product Links

+

Attribute Types

“Visible on Product View Page on Front-end”

“Use in Layered Navigation”

Attribute Sets

Attribute Groups

Status

ENABLED

class Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Status extends Mage_Core_Model_Abstract { const STATUS_ENABLED = 1; const STATUS_DISABLED = 2;

weird, huh?

Visibility

Not Visible

Individually

Catalog

only

Search

only

+

Catalog and

Search

Scopes

Global

Website

Store

Scopes

Global

Website

Store

Scopes

Global

Website

Store

Scopes

http://fbrnc.net/blog/2012/02/magento-website-store-groups-store-views

Global

Website Website

Store Group Store Group

Store View Store View

Websites ☐ Website A

☒ Website B

☐ Website C ☒ Website D ☐ Website E

Store 1 Store 2

Store 3 Store 4 Store 5

Categories

attached to a “store group”

Controls on which websites it shows up

Root category

http://www.aschroder.com/2010/07/why-are-my-magento-products-not-showing-up/

Why are my products not showing up?!

☑ Are they in stock?

☑ Are they enabled?

☑ Are they visible?

☑ Are any child products in stock?

☑ Are they in the expected category?

☑ Did you clear the cache?

☑ Did you reindex?

Lifecycle catalog (catalog price rules), cart (shipping cart price rules) (quote

Catalog Cart (=Quote) Order Archive

add to cart checkout archive

Magento EE

workflow

(status, state)

Catalog Price Rules

Shopping Cart Price Rules

blueprint -> instance (copy)

Products Simple

http://demo.magentocommerce.com/home-decor/electronics/madison-earbuds.html

Options Custom

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Option

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product

Product Options

getOptionInstance()

getProductOptionsCollection()

…

facade/proxy

getType()

getValue()

…

Links Product

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Link

Mage_Catalog_Model_Product

Product Links

getLinkInstance()

getRelatedProducts()

getUpSellProducts()

getCrossSellProducts()

…

facade/proxy

const LINK_TYPE_RELATED = 1;

const LINK_TYPE_GROUPED = 3;

const LINK_TYPE_UPSELL = 4;

const LINK_TYPE_CROSSSELL = 5;

up-sells

Magento EE allows setting these up with dynamic rules…

Products Configurable

same attribute set

“super-attributes”

simple, virtual or downloadable (= non composite)

red color

green blue white yellow

Super-Attributes

color

size

S

M

L

XL

red green blue white yellow

Super-Attributes

color

size

men

women

S

M

L

XL

red green blue white yellow

Super-Attributes

gender

color

size

gender

Super-Attributes

color

size

gender

red, XL, woman

Super-Attributes

http://demo.magentocommerce.com/women/tops-blouses/nolita-cami-496.html

Products Grouped

+ + show up as

separate line items

http://demo.magentocommerce.com/luggage-set.html

Products Bundle

options

selections

http://demo.magentocommerce.com/home-decor/bed-bath/pillow-and-throw-set.html

Products Downloadable

http://demo.magentocommerce.com/home-decor/books-music/around-the-world-in-80-days.html

http://www.solvingmagento.com

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