Magento: Special Price not Visible in Product Information

Question

I am using Magento 1.6.1.0 and would like to use the special_price attribute (which is enabled for 'All Product Types'). Like so:

However the special price field, which I have seen visible on countless screen shots from other systems, is not visible. Here's a screen shot of my 'prices' tab in the product information editor:

What have I missed here? As you can see from the screen shot, the Tier Price is showing (and working) completely fine. Do I need to enable the special price attribute elsewhere?

Answer 1

so, as i see you have attribute value set as required, but i dont see any red asterisk symbol (*) near to it. and actually i dont see on screenshot Special Price field either?? so all you need is:

1. create attribute.
2. name it Special Price with code special_price.
3. set to Display on product page.
4. Add it to your Attribute Set.
5. edit product and enter Special Price value.
6. then call it on product view.

there is no magic. i dont see what you have done exactly. But it looks like you did something wrong.

ps. by the way isnt it default Magento feature?? Special Price with dates From/To?? have you modified your core features somehow??