08. Create products
| Step 7 | Step 8 – Create products | Step 9 |
Once the web-to-print templates are imported into the Magento database you can create simple or virtual products for them. Only templates that have no matching products are used to create new web-to-print products.
Simple products vs. virtual products
Products can be generated automatically by our web-to-print extension from the imported templates. One product is generated per template.
- Simple products – are the most common type of products. They are physically sold and delivered. Ex.: Your customers personalize and order 100 copies of a brochure to be shipped to their address.
- Virtual products – are products that are not sold physically. They do not need to be shipped or delivered in any way. Ex.: Your customers download and print themselves.
Only simple and virtual products can be auto-generated in this way. You need to manually assign web-to-print templates to products of other types.
ZetaPrints products creation profile
These advanced profiles are automatically created when the extension is installed. Navigate to System > Import/Export > Dataflow – Advance Profiles.
- Names: ZetaPrints virtual products creation and ZetaPrints simple products creation
- Action XML: you should see the following XML code in the Actions XML field of the profile:
1 | <action type="webtoprint/products-creation" method="map" product-type="virtual" /> |
or
1 | <action type="webtoprint/products-creation" method="map" product-type="simple" /> |
Run products creation profile
Navigate to System > Import/Export > Dataflow – Advance Profiles. Select ZetaPrints simple products creation profile and click on Run Profile tab on the left. Click Run Profile in Popup button. It will initiate a process which may take several minutes.
Learn how to populate your Magento store with a combination of simple and virtual products.
Note. Newly created web-to-print products are not usable after the import and have to be configured manually.
