Changing the date of an added item

[ashley76]

Can you change the date an item was added to the store? For example as I add new thing (pre-orders) they appear on the main page under new items... If I add something that I already have in stock (just forgot to add it to the site in the beginning) it show up under new items... How can I get it out from under the new items page?

[schlegk]

Can you change the date an item was added to the store? For example as I add new thing (pre-orders) they appear on the main page under new items... If I add something that I already have in stock (just forgot to add it to the site in the beginning) it show up under new items... How can I get it out from under the new items page?

 

I have a similar problem.

Up until today, when I uploaded a new product_info.php to my web server, I was able to back date the Date Available when adding a new product or editing an old one. This was perfect for when I wanted to add a product to my Coming Soon section, but did not want it to show up in What's New. All I had to do was make the Date Available a previous month and it would not show up in What's New. When I was ready to make the product active I changed the Date Available to the current date.

 

For some reason, with my new product_info.php, I am no longer able to backdate a product so it doesn't show up in What's New.

 

Any ideas?

Regard,

K.

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I have a similar problem.

Up until today, when I uploaded a new product_info.php to my web server, I was able to back date the Date Available when adding a new product or editing an old one. This was perfect for when I wanted to add a product to my Coming Soon section, but did not want it to show up in What's New. All I had to do was make the Date Available a previous month and it would not show up in What's New. When I was ready to make the product active I changed the Date Available to the current date.

 

For some reason, with my new product_info.php, I am no longer able to backdate a product so it doesn't show up in What's New.

 

Any ideas?

Regard,

K.

 

You could do one of two things.

 

Either use your old version of product_info.php OR use a program like diffdaff to compare the two files to see what you need to edit in the new file (I suggest the latter ONLY if you are confident with php)

[schlegk]

You could do one of two things.

 

Either use your old version of product_info.php OR use a program like diffdaff to compare the two files to see what you need to edit in the new file (I suggest the latter ONLY if you are confident with php)

 

Sorry, I meant to say categories.php not product_info.php . Also, I was able to find a solution here:

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=244310

 

Works like a charm and let's me backdate newly added products.

 

Thanks for your reply!

K.