Magento: Product attribute as a sticker - css

Question

I created a custom attribute with 10 options ( mix10, mix20 .... mix100). What I am trying to do is when I select mix10, to get "mix10" as a custom sticker on product thumbnail image. I have no clue how to add this custom attribute as a small CSS on the thumbnail image of products.

Answer 1

First of all your going to have to look at z-index the styling property and then you're going to need to get the attribute in relation to the image.
Create a simple div over your product image
<div id="mix-sticker" class="mix-sticker_<?php echo $_product->getAttributecode()?>">
<img YOUR PRODUCT IMAGE/>
</div>
Then for your CSS styling you'd need to do something similar to
#mix-sticker {
z-index:500;
width: 400px;
height: 400px;
}
.mix-sticker_1 {
background:url(../images/mix1.png) top left no-repeat;
}

Answer 2

Let's assume you want to put this sticker on the thumbnails in your category listing. Open up /app/design/frontend/[YOURPACKAGE]/[YOURTHEME]/template/catalog/product/list.phtml and find the section that outputs your thumbnail images. It will likely look something like:
<li>
<a>
<img />
<a>
...
</li>
What you will need to do is insert some code right inside the <a> link:
<?php $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId()); ?>
<div class="sticker">
<?php if($_product->getData('mix')=='mix10'){echo '<span class="mix10">'.$this->__('Mix10').'</span>'; }
elseif($_product->getData('mix')=='mix20'){echo '<span class="mix20">'.$this->__('Mix20').'</span>'; }
elseif ...
?>
</div>
Added all your options as elseif statements.
Then, in your CSS file, add styling for those stickers. That file will likely be located at /skin/frontend/[YOURPACKAGE]/[YOURTHEME]/css/styles.css:
.sticker {
position: absolute;
left: -5px;
top: -5px;
}
.sticker > span {
font-size: 0;
text-indent: -77777px;
width: 75px; /*image size*/
height: 75px; /*image size*/
background: url(../images/mix10.png) no-repeat left top; /*image location*/
display: block;
}
.sticker > span.mix20 {background: url(../images/mix20.png) no-repeat left top; margin: 1px 0 0 1px}
...
Add styles for all the sticker options you used in your PHTML file and then make sure your images are loaded to the server.