I really could use some help/advice about this problem.
Here is a snippet showing some product codes from the very small company I'm working with
ASU-W60601,salad bowl ,14 cm,,$8.95,White
ASU-W60602,salad bowl ,17 cm,,$11.95,White
ASU-W60603,salad bowl ,20 cm,,$13.95,White
ASU-W60604,salad bowl ,25 cm,,$22.95,White
ASU-B60601,salad bowl ,14 cm,,$8.95,Blue
ASU-B60602,salad bowl ,17 cm,,$11.95,Blue
ASU-B60603,salad bowl ,20 cm,,$13.95,Blue
ASU-B60604,salad bowl ,25 cm,,$22.95,Blue
The variants are coded in the existing product code - size (last char) and colour (5th char)
When I import the products, new product codes are created for the variants which are different from the product codes currently in use.
My reason for including the variants in the product file is that I wanted to include images for each of the variants like this.
How do I get around this problem? The company is looking for an on-line catalog and, maybe eventually, on-line sales.
Jim
PS A further question. I don't understand product_parent_codes. They seem to imply that an item with a product_parent_code is an item that cannot be purchased with the product_parent code, just used internally in the program? For example, on your demo site, there are two product codes pink_shoes and pink_shoes_5_22, for the same item. I feel I must be missing something here.