Guest Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Any help gratefully received! Most of the items I intend to sell in my shop are one offs. Once they are sold I won?t have any more. I would therefore like it that the product is not displayed once sold - not just the current system of a warning (by means of ***) that the item is out of stock. I've spent an age reading the install notes and this forum, but I can't find an answer. Is there any method or setting by which I can do this? I have a reasonable knowledge of php so I don?t mind getting my ?hands dirty? on the front. Thanks in advance. Regards, Peter. (www.pkc494.co.uk)
driftwood Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Any help gratefully received! Most of the items I intend to sell in my shop are one offs. Once they are sold I won?t have any more. I would therefore like it that the product is not displayed once sold - not just the current system of a warning (by means of ***) that the item is out of stock. I've spent an age reading the install notes and this forum, but I can't find an answer. Is there any method or setting by which I can do this? I have a reasonable knowledge of php so I don?t mind getting my ?hands dirty? on the front. Thanks in advance. Regards, Peter. (www.pkc494.co.uk) Hi, I have a similer setup because I sell memorabilia. My out of stock items don't show but to be honest I'm not an OSC expert so I can't tell you how I did it but it must be an admin setting about when to restock ?. Another tip don't read the notes :D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSC user for years and no coder, so I've earned my stripes. Feel free to private message me.
Guest Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks very much. Reading the notes is always a guaranteed headache! I'm attempting to sell auotmobilia, ie. car related memorabilia so we're in a similar situation. Does anyone know the setting I need to change to make my out of stock items not appear?
driftwood Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks very much. Reading the notes is always a guaranteed headache! I'm attempting to sell auotmobilia, ie. car related memorabilia so we're in a similar situation. Does anyone know the setting I need to change to make my out of stock items not appear? I have the following in my admin Configuration-->stock control Check stock level true Subtract stock true Info Allow Checkout false Info Mark product out of stock *** Sorry you missed this one *** Info Stock Re-order level 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSC user for years and no coder, so I've earned my stripes. Feel free to private message me.
♥Vger Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 In your osCommerce admin panel, in the Catalog section, go to the product, and under Status you'll see a pink circle to the right of the green circle - click that and it will turn to red and the product will still be in your database but won't show up on your website at all. Vger
choosealogin Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 The function is already there... :D Read through this thread (make sure to read all the way through :thumbsup: ) http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?sho...mp;hl=disappear
Guest Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks again. I did have to change my reorder level to '0', but I'm still getting stock displaying. I think I need to try again with a new item as I'm not sure I've confused the poor system. I'll report back later. In the mean time if anyone could confirm either way that this is the fix I'd be most grateful. All the best, Peter. Update: Cheers for the extra thread choosealogin!
choosealogin Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks again. I did have to change my reorder level to '0', but I'm still getting stock displaying. I think I need to try again with a new item as I'm not sure I've confused the poor system. I'll report back later. In the mean time if anyone could confirm either way that this is the fix I'd be most grateful. Your welcome. Not sure where it came from, but re-order level won't help you ...I guess you figured that out. That doesn't do what the poster asked. Vger I'm not sure who you're talking to.
driftwood Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks again. I did have to change my reorder level to '0', but I'm still getting stock displaying. I think I need to try again with a new item as I'm not sure I've confused the poor system. I'll report back later. In the mean time if anyone could confirm either way that this is the fix I'd be most grateful. All the best, Peter. Update: Cheers for the extra thread choosealogin! I think now it's just a case of turning those items off as Vger said. If that setting was in place when the items when out of stock it would have done that for you but I don't think it does it retrospective. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSC user for years and no coder, so I've earned my stripes. Feel free to private message me.
♥Vger Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Setting 'Allow checkout' to false does not stop items which are out of stock being listed on the website - it merely prevents people from checking out with items which are out of stock. Switching the Green button to Red does prevent them from being listed - without removing them from the database. They can be reactivated when in stock again. Vger
driftwood Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 I think now it's just a case of turning those items off as Vger said. If that setting was in place when the items when out of stock it would have done that for you but I don't think it does it retrospective. What he wants is when the last of the stock is sold, then the item does not show in the shop. Thats how my site works, I don't have to go into the admin each time a stock level goes to "0" the system does this. but I think thats what your saying ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSC user for years and no coder, so I've earned my stripes. Feel free to private message me.
choosealogin Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Setting 'Allow checkout' to false does not stop items which are out of stock being listed on the website - it merely prevents people from checking out with items which are out of stock. Switching the Green button to Red does prevent them from being listed - without removing them from the database. They can be reactivated when in stock again. Vger Yes, completely agreed. But if you set the stock level accurately, and have the two settings below in place...the green light will turn red automatically when stock reaches zero...after the product has been purchased, and the customer has checked out. Check stock level true Subtract stock true I'm not an expert at anything, but I just know this because I only list a quantity one of each item in my store....just my experience :blush:
Guest Posted July 5, 2006 Posted July 5, 2006 Yes, completely agreed. But if you set the stock level accurately, and have the two settings below in place...the green light will turn red automatically when stock reaches zero...after the product has been purchased, and the customer has checked out. Check stock level true Subtract stock true I'm not an expert at anything, but I just know this because I only list a quantity one of each item in my store....just my experience :blush: Hello again! This does the job I'm after. As with others most of my stock is just one unique item. If someone logs on, picks the item and purchases it through checkout the stock is then not visable to other customers. If I look in my admin section the item has been switched to red ie. unavailable. Thanks for everyone's help and just to confirm the answer can be found here (but do read the whole thread): http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?sho...mp;hl=disappear
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