New Post: Product variations (size and color) and stock problem

Hi,
I have a store developed by someone else.
I am trying to manage products variations and stock but have some issues. I use the models as variations of a product since Robax said in the forum that Models have stock values whilst options do not..

I use the models like so:
Ref Name Extra BarCode Weight Sell Dealer Cost Stock - Max Sort
001 red 18 -------- ------ 900 ------ ------ 10 20 1
001 red 16 -------- ------ 901 ------ ------ 10 20 1
001 blue 14 -------- ------ 902 ------ ------ 10 20 1
001 blue 16 -------- ------ 903 ------ ------ 10 20 1

The developer before me set the selections like this:

<div class="nbdrColorOption">
            color: <select></select>
        </div>
        <div class="nbdrSizeOption">
            size: <select></select>
        </div>

The colors ddl is set from the model name and the size ddl is populated from the Extra.
I must admit that I do not understand how.

Anyhow, this does not really work. For some models the stock management says that the product is out of stock even though I see that it is not.

Also, using this method does not change the price when the user select another model.

Another issue is that I want to put a product, say dress in different colors and ALSO different sizes. Now, if I have a red dress sizes 18,16 and same dress, but blue with sizes 16,18 there is no way to do it that way.

Does this mean I’ll have to put a different product for each variation ? That does not make sense and I am sure I miss something here.
Can anyone tell me how to do it?
Also where can I find documentation for the templates? I remember that there was a document for this but I cannot find it anymore in the site.

Thanks,
Yehuda