Ordering options allows the customer to make choices regarding their purchase at the point of sale, such as color and size. The customer's choices will appear with the report of the sale in the email notification and in the order section of the back office. Be aware, though, that if the price of the item changes due to options that the customer specifies, the differently priced items must be entered into the database separately, so the ordering options feature can not be used. If the size XL sweatshirt is $2.00 more, it must be a separate product, or else the order total will not be correct.
First, set the ordering options text, which will appear under the product on the shopping basket screen, after the customer has clicked on the order button. You can give the customer instructions regarding their choice, or simply ask them to make the choice. This text is optional, because if you use the "pull-down menu" feature the menu may display simply "large, medium, small" which is self-explanatory.
The "pull-down menu" feature creates one or more menus for the customer to make selections from. List each menu item on a separate line (hit return after each item) and skip a line (hit return twice) between menus. For example, see below how to make two menus, one for color, and one for size:
If you choose to have an options box, a text field will appear on the shopping cart below the text and the pull-down menus. This provides a text field for the customer to enter any information you might need to ask for. Also, if you think that people will be likely to order more than one of each item in different colors, for example, you may want to provide a text field, because the pull down menu will not allow them to specify "one in green, two in red, and one in brown."
Here is an example of how ordering options are displayed on the shopping basket screen:
