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Creating the first Simple Product that will be associated to the Configurable Product

1.     Immediately aGer clicking the Create Product buton, the system displays a dialog box where you select the A†ribute Set and the Product Type.

2.     You must select an Atribute Set that has one or more configurable Atributes, such as the one that was set up in the previous secNon.

In our demo store, we selected coffee-by-pound because it contains the configurable Atribute, grind.

The Simple Products can differ in more than just the configurable atribute. For example, suppose you sell t-shirts. Maybe all the small shirts are available only in black, and all the medium-sized shirts are available in black and red. In that case, you would make both size and color as configurable atributes. When a customer selects the small size, (s)he would see only black in the color selecNon column. When (s)he selects the medium size, (s)he would see black and red in the color selecNon. Both Atributes must be configurable, even if you're using them both on only some of the Simple Products in this Configurable Product.

3.     For Product Type, select Simple Product. Remember, you are creaNng one of the Products that will be associated with the Configurable Product. You are creaNng the Configurable Product itself.

4.     AGer you click on the ConInue buton, the Product InformaNon page is displayed.

Fill out this page as you would for any Product.

Pay special atenNon to the seNng for the Configurable Atribute(s) that you set. In our demo store, we selected a value for grind.

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 When we create the other Simple Products for this Configurable Product, we will choose a different grind for each of them.

5.     Make sure that every Product in your store needs a unique SKU.

6.     Set the Status of this Product to Enabled, or else it won't be available to your customers.

 7.     Unlike a normal Simple Product, set the Visibility to Nowhere. This prevents the Product from having its own lisNng in your store. If you forget to do this, the Product will show up as both a normal product with its own lisNng, and as a selecNon under

a Configurable Product. The following screenshot demonstrates that mistake. NoNce that all three Simple Products, which will be choices for the Configurable Product, appear by themselves.

When I set the Visibility to Nowhere, these Products will disappear from the page.

8.     Fill in the rest of the informaNon for this Product, just as you would for any other Simple Product. If you need complete instrucNons, refer to the instrucNons for creaNng a Simple Product enlisted in Chapter 5.

9.     Save the Product.