Add a custom field to product and in front end option to filter acording to this filed

Question

I want to add a new filed in 'catalog->manage products->product information' say "Age". It will be droppdown ( Compulsory field). values can be 0-6 month, 1-2 year, 2-5 year etc

In front end just like there is a box for showing Categories there will be another box showing these values ie 0-6 month, 1-2 year, 2-5 years etc When user will click on these links it will list only particular products having same vale for Age.

I have found:

• Magento - adding a new field to the product options in admin
• Magento - adding a new field to the product options in admin

As you can see they are not enough for my work.

Answer 1

When you add the attribute for "age" make sure that "Use In Layered Navigation" is set to yes. More info http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-creating-attributes-custom-fields