Pre-order with date available on itmes with zero stock available

[dnsshop]

Hi All,

 

Have been quite successful with the oscommerce set-up for several years. Now a problem has popped up and not sure where to start. Have scoured past topics with no success.

 

The problem:

 

Item 1 = 10 available (20 more available 25/08/2011)

Item 2 = 5 available (10 more available 31/08/2011)

Item 3 = 6 available

 

If my customer orders 15 x Item 1, 10 x Item 2 and 10 x Item 3 the customer will get to checkout with a note saying insufficient stock please adjust. If i adjust to allow checkout, the order will go through and the customer is none the wiser on stock availability.

 

The question:

 

We would like to be able to let the customer know that for example 10 of Item 1 are available for immediate shipping and the remainder are on backorder for delivery 25/08/2011 and so on until item 3 that will state that only 6 are available for shipping with no mention of the remaining 4 on backorder (due to no available date)

 

Appreciate that this is a mammoth task however have a bit of a handle on php so just looking for some direction.

 

Best,

 

Chris

[vishalchauhan]

Hi,

 

i suggest you a way that i can see

 

1) you have to create a product limit box for every product in backend (that contain minimum quantiry to keep in stock)

because you need to know if stock is below N quantity, message will be displayed on frontend with 'more available on date'

2) if 'more available on date' not entered from backend, the message will be display 'no mention of the remaining N on backorder'

 

So you have to do some changes in admin side and frontend side.

 

'date box' if product quantity is lesser than min quantiry (here is also one box for min quantity) (two boxes at admin side 'min.quantity' to remind and 'date picker'(that contain next date to restock) if quantity is lesser than min.quantity box.)

 

and condition in shopping_cart.php page, if ordered quantity is lesser that available quantity then message will be displayed or popup.

 

Sorry may be my explanation is poor , you can understand what i want to say.