Magento Product Types Demystified - or: "How to design a product catalog"

1. Demystified
Magento Product Types
Fabrizio Branca (@fbrnc) - San Francisco Magento Meetup – December, 2014
or: “How to design a product catalog”

3. Types
Product

4. Simple
Configurable
Grouped
Virtual
Bundle
Downloadable

5. Simple
Configurable
Grouped
Virtual
Bundle
Downloadable
Mage_Catalog
Mage_Bundle
Mage_Downloadable
Giftcard
Enterprise_GiftCard
+
Modules

6. Simple
Configurable
Grouped
Virtual
Bundle
Downloadable
isComposite

7. Simple
Configurable*
Grouped
Virtual
Bundle*
Downloadable
isVirtual
* if child products are virtual

8. Simple
Configurable
Grouped
Virtual
Bundle
Downloadable*
canConfigure
* if product has links that can be purchased seperately

9. Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type_*
Mage_Catalog_Model_Product
Product vs. Type
getTypeInstance()
isComposite()
canConfigure()
getIsVirtual()
…
facade/proxy

10. 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

11. Attributes
SKU:
Description:
Color:
Size:
Brand:
Weight:
+
General
Prices
Taxes
Images
Inventory
Product Links
+

12. Attribute Types

14. “Visible on Product View Page on Front-end”

15. “Use in Layered Navigation”

16. Attribute Sets

17. Attribute Groups

18. Status
ENABLED
class Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Status extends Mage_Core_Model_Abstract
{
const STATUS_ENABLED = 1;
const STATUS_DISABLED = 2;
weird, huh?

19. Visibility
Not Visible
Individually
Catalog
only
Search
only
+
Catalog and
Search

20. Scopes
Global
Website
Store

21. Scopes
Global
Website
Store

22. Scopes
Global
Website
Store

23. Scopes
http://fbrnc.net/blog/2012/02/magento-website-store-groups-store-views
Global
Website
Website
Store Group
Store Group
Store View
Store View

24. Websites
☐ Website A
☒ Website B
☐ Website C
☒ Website D
☐ Website E
Store 1
Store 2
Store 3
Store 4
Store 5

25. Categories
attached to a “store group”
Controls on which websites it shows up
Root category

26. 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?

27. Lifecycle
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)

28. Products
Simple

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

30. Options
Custom

31. Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Option
Mage_Catalog_Model_Product
Product Options
getOptionInstance()
getProductOptionsCollection()
…
facade/proxy
getType()
getValue()
…

34. Links
Product

35. 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;

36. up-sells
Magento EE allows setting these up with dynamic rules…

37. Products
Configurable

38. same
attribute set
“super- attributes”
simple, virtual or downloadable (= non composite)

39. red
color
green
blue
white
yellow
Super-Attributes

40. color
size
S
M
L
XL
red
green
blue
white
yellow
Super-Attributes

41. color
size
men
women
S
M
L
XL
red
green
blue
white
yellow
Super-Attributes
gender

42. color
size
gender
Super-Attributes

43. color
size
gender
red, XL, woman
Super-Attributes

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

45. Products
Grouped

46. +
+
show up as separate line items

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

48. Products
Bundle

49. options
selections

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

52. Products
Downloadable

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

55. http://www.solvingmagento.com

56. Thank you!
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