Global Layers

  • Hi there!

    Been eyeing potentially using this plugin for a project but I want to find out some things first. The product that would be sold is furniture. Most of this furniture has similar options (IE table shapes, edges, wood, colors, etc). Do these options need to be built in on a product level or is it possible to set up just one area to where the product pulls those options from there. That way in case updates are made in the future it’s just updating the one area and it affects all of those products.

    Hopefully this makes sense. Let me know if something like this is possible with this plugin or if you need me to explain better.

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  • Plugin Contributor Marc Lacroix

    (@marcusig)

    Hi there,

    At the moment those options are on a product level, so would have to be duplicated for each product.

    Marc

    Thread Starter amishdirect

    (@amishdirect)

    That is a bummer. It would be nice to have a feature like this. For example we have different chairs that all feature the same style seat but the backs, legs, etc are different. It would be nice to pull for each all from one area so if we make a change to the seat, it would affect all of them without having to go into each to add or remove any options.

    +1 for this! So many repeated layers that become really time consuming to manage when an update is required.

    Plugin Contributor Marc Lacroix

    (@marcusig)

    Hi there,

    Could you explain a little more how you would like to use such a feature?
    Which parts would be common? Which parts would be individual to each product?

    Thanks
    Marc

    Thread Starter amishdirect

    (@amishdirect)

    At least for me I would be able to use it a few different ways. One example I already gave was in regards to chairs we offer. The frame of the chair will be unique to that chair but the seat can be changed from wooden to a cushion. The choices for the wooden seat and cushion seat are the same on all the chairs we offer. Fabric choices come and go so it would be helpful having one area to manage versus managing 300+ unique SKUs to make those changes.

    Another example are in regards to tables we offer. Very similar to chairs, the base of the table is unique but the tops can be changed. The table tops options would be interchangeable amongst all the tables we offer. I’m sure there are more examples that I can give but these two come to mind.

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    Plugin Contributor Marc Lacroix

    (@marcusig)

    Thanks.
    So all your images for the table tops or seats will be the same throughout your products using those global layers?

    Thread Starter amishdirect

    (@amishdirect)

    That would be correct. For those particular products they would be. So if the global could even hook to a category, tag, etc if would make future updates a breeze.

    Any news on this?
    It would be of great interest for us, too.

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