Content management

Product

eZ Commerce offers a built-in Product Content Type.

Any content of this type can be automatically used for all shop functionalities, such as adding to basket, price calculation and ordering, and can be embedded on the front end with quick ordering buttons.

A Product contains the following Fields:

Name	Identifier	Type	Description
Productname	ses_name	ezstring	Main name of the product. Used to create the URL
Product type	ses_type	ezselection
SKU	ses_sku	ezstring	Unique Stock keeping unit
Subtitle	ses_subtitle	ezstring	Additional product name
Short description	ses_short_description	ezrichtext	Short product description
Long description	ses_long_description	ezrichtext	Long product description
Specifications	ses_specifications	sesspecificationstype	A set of product specification values. They are indexed in the search engine and can be used for faceted search
EAN	ses_ean	ezstring	European Article Number
Variants	ses_variants	uivarvarianttype	Product variants
Manufacturer SKU	ses_manufacturer_sku	ezstring	SKU of the product as assigned by the manufacturer
Unit price	ses_unit_price	ezstring	Product price
Product image	ses_image_main	ezimage	Main product image
Manufacturer	ses_manufacturer	ezstring	Manufacturer name
Color	ses_color	ezstring	Product color
Technical specification	ses_specification	eztext	Technical product description
Video	ses_video	ezstring	Link to a product video
Add. Product image 1-4	ses_image_1	ezimage	Up to four additional images
Currency	ses_currency	ezstring	Default product currency
VAT Code	ses_vat_code	sesselection	One of predefined VAT rates
Product Type	ses_product_type	ezstring	Product type used for grouping products in comparison
Packaging unit	ses_packaging_unit	ezstring	Product packaging unit
Min order quantity	ses_min_order_quantity	ezstring	Minimum quantity that can be ordered
Max order quantity	ses_max_order_quantity	ezstring	Maximum quantity that can be ordered
Unit	ses_unit	ezstring	Product unit
Stock numeric	ses_stock_numeric	ezstring
Discontinued	ses_discontinued	ezboolean	Flag to indicate if the product is discontinued
Tags	tags	ezkeyword	Product keywords

Custom product Content Type

Ez5CatalogDataProvider defines which Content Type is treated as products and which Field in Product Content items is treated as SKU:

const EZ_PRODUCT_CONTENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER = 'ses_product';
const EZ_PRODUCT_SKU_FIELD_IDENTIFIER = 'ses_sku';

If you replace the built-in product with a custom Content Type, you need to replace these constants.

You also need to configure the Content Type to be treated as createOrderableProductNode:

parameters.silver_eshop.default.catalog_factory.<content_type_identifier>: createOrderableProductNode

Product variants

A product can have different variants, corresponding for example to different colors or sizes.

You can select and preview variants on the product's page. Variants can have one or two levels. When you choose a first attribute, the shop narrows down the options for the second level.

Product type

A product type represents a collection of very similar products that differ only in some characteristics. It is used to show a list of products in a tabular way, every product can be added to the basket directly from the overview page.