Using attributes

At first glance, attributes look like tags when we're accessing the function using the menu, Products | Attributes:

However, there is an important difference between Attributes and Categories. Attributes deliver a powerful mechanism to create different kinds of products. Besides that, working with Attributes is often smarter than working with Categories alone. Categories are used to organize entire products, whereas Attributes are a way of organizing product properties. Let's start with an example to clarify this.

Our simple product that we created earlier (the Brown Women's Belt) could easily be put in a category structure like: Women | Accessories | Belts. But that would give us all available belts in your store, right? And not just the brown ones. Ok, so we'll add another category for that! But no, although it is possible, it's not the best way to do it. Using Attributes in such a situation for the color is much more powerful. It will give your...