Color Swatches Pro: Magento Extension by Amasty. User Guide.

User Guide: Color Swatches Pro
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Color Swatches Pro
Magento Extension
User Guide
Official extension page: Color Swatches Pro
Support: http://amasty.com/contacts/

Table of contents:
1. How to upload images for attributes …..…………………………………………….…3
2. General Settings ……....…………………….……..……………………………………….…7
3. Price Settings…………………………………………………………………………………….11
4. Category Grid and Image Size Settings…….………………………………………....16
5. Zoomer Settings……………………………………………………..………………………...21
6. Lightbox Settings ……………………………………………………………………….……..23
7. Carousel for thumbnails……………………………………………………..…….…….....24
8. Settings for image label………………………………………………………………………25
9. CSS Selectors for reloadable information………………………………………….….27
10. Use price of simple products………………………………………………………….....29
11. Images of associated product for swatches………………………………………….30
12. Front end examples …..……………………………..……………………………………..31
13. Selection of configurable products on category page.…..………………....…..36
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1. How to upload images for attributes
To upload images to the necessary
attribute please go to Catalog ->
Attributes -> Manage Attributes,
filter out the Color attribute and
click on it.

After you install the
extension, a new tab
called ‘Attribute Images’
will appear for attributes.
Please click ‘Save and Continue Edit’
button to save color swatches
dimensions. At the next step you
need to upload attribute images.
Tick this checkbox before clicking
‘Save Attribute’ button to enable
image-based selection of options for
configurable product attributes.
At this tab you can specify
color swatches size on
product and category pages.

To set attribute image
you can either upload it
or simply drag and drop
it to the place
To upload images to the necessary
attribute please go to Catalog ->
Attributes -> Manage Attributes, filter
out the Color attribute and click on it.

In case you need a solid
color for any product
attribute you can use our
Color Picker option with
a color palette

Choose the configurable
product info that you’d like
to replace by simple product
info. Multiselect is available.
2. General SettingsYou can find the extension settings in admin panel -
> System -> Configuration -> Color Swatches Pro.
Set ‘Yes’ to use only images
for selection of configurable
product options.

2. General Settings
If the option is enabled,
product images will be
reloaded once the first
attribute is selected (first
values of other attributes will
be chosen).
If a product has only one
configurable attribute in the
drop-down, it will be
automatically selected.

2. General Settings
Set the option to ‘yes’ to
display out of stock product
options as crossed-out.
Enable/disable swatches
slider on product view pages.

2. General Settings
See the example of crossed out
product that is currently out of
stock.

3. Price Settings
If you choose ‘Yes’ for All
Products’ the prices for
configurable products will be
automatically taken from
simple products.
Choose ‘For Specified Products’
to set manually the products
where the prices for
configurable products will be
automatically taken from
simple products. In this case
you should tick on the
checkbox ‘Use price of simple
products’ on the product
settings page.
Choose ‘No’ to set each price for
configurable product manually.

3. Price Settings
If you show simple options
of configurable products in
drop-downs, you can enable
prices display for them.
Choose whether to show
actual prices for each
configuration or the price
difference.
Set the option to ‘Yes’ if you
don’t use drop-downs to
show simple options. In case
the option is enabled the
prices of simple options will
be displayed in a swatch title
(see the example).

Show prices of simple
configurations associated
with configurable products
(the example of ‘Actual
Price’).
3. Price Settings

Show prices of simple options
associated with configurable
products (the example of
‘Price Difference’).
3. Price Settings

See the example of prices
displayed as swatch titles.
3. Price Settings

Set this option to ‘Yes’ to show
color swatches and enable
customers to select them on
category pages and search results.
Choose AJAX mode to speed up
category pages download.
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4. Category Grid and Image Size Settings
You can easily
specify the product
thumbnail size.
To improve category pages
performance, set re-indexation
feature to ‘Yes’ (see page 17).

Set the option to
‘yes’ to limit the
number of
swatches visible on
category pages.
Specify the
number of
swatches/images
visible on a
category page.

After you’ve set the Indexation
option to ‘Yes’ (page 12) please go
to System -> Index Management.
Tick Amasty Color Swatches Pro,
choose Reindex Data in the drop-
down and click on the Submit
button.
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See the example of limited
swatches display .
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Set up the dimensions
for preview image.

5. Zoomer Settings
If ‘Enable “Zoom” Feature’
is set to ‘Yes’, zoom effect
will be activated for product
images on front end.
There are three types of zoom
available: Outside , Inside and Lens.
Choose Outside zoom to show zoomed
product image in a separate window.
Inside Zoom will display zoomed
elements of product images right in
the main product image window.
Choose Zoom window
position and insert
corresponding position
number in the field.

5. Zoomer Settings
Set various visual effects for
the outside zoomer window
display.

6. Lightbox Settings
Set this feature to ‘Yes’ to
enable lightbox effect when
customers open full-size
images.
With circular lightbox,
customers can view product
images in non-stop circle.
If set this option to “Yes”
thumbnail helper will appear
in lightbox. The helper shows
thumbnails of all available
product images.

7. Carousel for thumbnails
Set ‘Enable “Carousel” Feature’
to ‘Yes’ to show product
thumbnails in an attractive
carousel.
Choose how many items should be
visible in the carousel at the same
time.
This feature activates circular
carousel. It means customers will
be able to endlessly list product
thumbnails in the carousel.
This option allows you to
display pagination right under
the thumbnail carousel.

8. Settings for image label
Set the option to ‘yes’ to display
a text label for zoomed images.
Choose either
top or bottom
position for a
text label.
Configure display settings
like opacity, text and
background color.

8. Settings for image label
Show text labels together
with zoomed images.

9. CSS selectors for reloadable information
In case everything works
correctly, you don’t need to
change these settings.

If one of the blocks chosen
in the ‘Reload Product
Information’ option
doesn’t reload properly,
please specify your own
data in the CSS Selectors
tab.
9. CSS selectors for reloadable information

10. Use price of simple products
Switch it to ‘Yes’ to use prices
of simple products instead of
setting the prices for
configurable product manually.
For more details please see
page #11 of the user guide.
To enable usage of simple product prices
for a configurable product, please go to
Catalog->Manage Products and open the
configurable product for which you would
like to enable this feature.

11. Images of associated products for swatches
Tick ‘Use image from product’
next to the attribute for which
you would like to use the images
of simple products as swatches.
NOTE: This option will be
enabled only in case you’ve
ticked the checkbox ‘Use images
for selection of configurable
product options’ (see page 4 of
the user guide).
The extension allows you to use images of
associated products for swatches of one
attribute. E.g. you can use the images for
attribute color. For this aim please go to ‘Edit a
configurable product’ and open ‘Associated
Products’ tab.

Here’s an example of extension usage. These are
two screenshots of the same product. The extension
enables you to show images and descriptions of the
simple products configured by customers.
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12. Front end examples
By default image selections are highlighted by yellow frame,
you can modify the frame look by editing the following css file:
skinfrontenddefaultdefaultcssamastyamconf.css
Dropdown fields are used
for selection attributes.

Thumbnails carousel with
one visible item and
enabled pagination.
“Outside” zoom
“Inside” zoom

Attribute tooltip
on the product
page

Attribute tooltip on
the product list
page

Lightbox
Navigation
“Previous” button
Navigation “Next”
button
Thumbnail helper
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13. Selection of configurable products on category page
You can let customers select
options and add configurable
products to cart right from
the category page.

Thank you!
Your feedback is absolutely welcome!
Should you have any questions or feature suggestions, please contact us at:
http://amasty.com/contacts/
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