Thanks. This gives me some direction. If nothing else, your response lets me know that I'm at least not missing the obvious.
On May 5, 4:37 pm, davis <[email protected]> wrote: > If a Product has a 'DownloadableProduct' subtype, then it's > downloadable. My understanding (I could be wrong in my approach -- I > found it somewhat confusing) is that a specific Product can be the > "parent" of multiple ProductVariations that are based on it, but each > variation becomes the actual Product once created. > > In my situation I have an application for Mac/Win that's available via > shipped cd (cd contains both Mac&Win), shipped cd + download, and > download only. I ended up with 7 Products: > cd-only, > cd+download (ConfigurableProduct), > cd+download Mac (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct, and > "shippable"), > cd+download Win (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct, and > "shippable"), > download-only (ConfigurableProduct), > download-only Mac (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct), > download-only Win (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct), > > And the customer sees three products because the ConfigurableProducts > just represent the variations based on them. > > Maybe there's a better way to do this, but it's what I was able to > figure out when I was setting it up. > > On May 5, 11:19 am, pspierce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Could someone at least tell me if the behavior I'm seeing is the > > intended behavior? That is, a downloadable product is provided when > > its parent product is purchased and doesn't appear to be setup for > > sale on its own. > > > thanks. > > > On May 4, 12:40 pm, pspierce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The subject isn't exactly what I want but I envision some products are > > > download only, some are physical only and some are physical or > > > download. If you wanted both, you'd have to buy both a physical and a > > > digital. It looks to me like the out-of-the-box scenario is that if a > > > product is available for download then you get that product > > > automatically when you buy the physical product. It would seem I can > > > turn shipping off and that will create a download only product but how > > > would I create a scenario where you can purchase either the download > > > product, the physical product or both? > > > > One other assumption from looking at things, a Product is both the > > > parent of all subtypes it represents the physical product. If the > > > parent were not also the physical product but rather just the parent > > > that all subtypes (e.g. DownloadableProduct) were based off of and the > > > physical product were a subtype as well... I believe I could then work > > > toward what I'm after. > > > > I hope I have been clear. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Satchmo users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Satchmo users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
