5.5.4. Items
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#### 5.5.4. Items

Going back now to offering variations on a product: If you want to offer a fixed list of variations for your customer to choose from, rather than allowing them to pick and mix attributes as they please, you need to create some â€˜itemsâ€™ . Note: These are different from the content â€˜itemsâ€™ in Mambo itself. An item in mambo-phpShop is a pre-defined variation on the main product. In order to create an item, you have to set up at least one attribute first. Hence, it is only after you have added an attribute that the â€˜New Itemâ€™ toolbar button and its related menu option appear.

##### Adding Items

To create a new item, a parent product must exist / be created first. When completing the form, keep in mind that the product information, product dimensions, and product images entered here are the ones that will be displayed initially for all items. Once a specific item is selected by the customer, the product information, product dimensions, and product images for that item will be displayed. Next, the attributes that will be used to identify the items need to be created. Open the Product Form of the Parent Item you create in the first step.

Click on "Add Attribute" and a new window will open displaying the attribute entry form. Complete the attribute entry form and click the Save button at the end of the form to save the new item attribute. Once all item attributes have been defined, it is time to create the individual items. Click on the Add Items button on the left side of the screen to display the product entry form for the specific item. This form is the same as previous product entry forms only the vendor and category fields have been populated for you, and item attribute fields for the attributes you have defined are now available. Complete the product entry form and click the Save button at the end of the form to save the new item.

##### Editing Items

To edit an existing item, open the product List and click on the "Item Information" Link behind a Product. You will be presented a List of all Child Items of that product. If you want to make changes to a specific item, click on the name of the item you want to edit to display the item entry form for that item. Make your changes and click the save button at the end of the form to update the item. Click on the Return to Parent Product link at the top of the page to edit another item.

##### Deleting Items

To delete an item, List the Product's Items like in the previous section. Then click on the basket at the end of the row of the item you want to delete. If you want to delete all items, you must delete each item before deleting the parent item.Once all items have been deleted, click on the Delete button at the end of the product entry form of the parent item to delete the parent item.

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