Stock by Attribute v4.0 addon for v1.3.5-1.3.9

[ams30gts]

Ok found it and it works.

If anyone has the same issue I had where your customer was still able to add to cart and checkout with out of stock items, this will fix it.

NOTE: This will only work when you are using only 1 attribute from what I have read. I only use color so it works fine for me.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=697756

[DivaVocals]

Let's be VERY clear.. If you do not want customers to checkout with out of stock items, there is an admin setting which is part of DEFAULT Zen Cart admin which control that..

If what you REALLY want is for out of stock product variants to NOT appear in your dropdown lists, then this fix and other variations of this fix posted throughout this thread will do that..

I want to make sure it's CLEAR what all options are for those folllowng this thread..

Ok found it and it works.

If anyone has the same issue I had where your customer was still able to add to cart and checkout with out of stock items, this will fix it.

NOTE: This will only work when you are using only 1 attribute from what I have read. I only use color so it works fine for me.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=697756

[ams30gts]

Let's be VERY clear.. If you do not want customers to checkout with out of stock items, there is an admin setting which is part of DEFAULT Zen Cart admin which control that..

If what you REALLY want is for out of stock product variants to NOT appear in your dropdown lists, then this fix and other variations of this fix posted throughout this thread will do that..

I want to make sure it's CLEAR what all options are for those folllowng this thread..

DivaVocals is EXACTLY right.

In my situation, I have many other products that do NOT have attributes and when they are out of stock I use the "Product Notification" mod which does not work in conjunction with SBA. this modification that I used simply removes the attribute from the dropbox option.

Is there some sort of add-on or fix that will assign each attribute its own SKU so it would update with Easy Populate?

[ams30gts]

Just ran into another snag.

Just say I have qty 1 of a certain product. It is still letting me checkout if I have 2+ in my cart.

Is there any fix for this?

[delia]

I can confirm that this mod NEVER did this.. (and I have used/tested versions going all the way back to Kuroi's original version of this mod)

There have been posted "fixes" in both of the SBA support threads which show how to modify SBA so that attributes which are out of stock will not appear on the product pages. However there is a HUGE CAVEAT with using this code. It only works for SINGLE attribute product variants. Product variants which involve multiple attributes do NOT work with this posted "fix".

The reason why this "fix" has NEVER been included in any SBA release is because of the fact that it will NOT work on variants which contain multiple attributes (ie: size + color)

Hope that clears this up a little..

Thanks so much for the clariification.

And so to state it boldly:

This module allows checkout no matter the number in stock. Be sure to turn on the shopping cart messaging ( edit it as you want stating that you don't do backorders.)

The fix for this? The lower you allow your stock to go, the more likely it is you might have someone who orders something you can't ship. So don't allow the stock to get so low = or put messages on your product - like ONLY ONE LEFT! Etc...

[kuroi]

And so to state it boldly:

This module allows checkout no matter the number in stock. Be sure to turn on the shopping cart messaging ( edit it as you want stating that you don't do backorders.)

Well, it certainly used to prevent checking out with non-existent stock. That was explicitly tested for in each of the releases I put out. But as I haven't used it for what must be getting on for a couple of years, I can't say whether the current problems being reported are down to installation (check that you have have the correct version of the order.php class file), configuration (admin > configuration > stock) or a change in the mod's functionality (seems unlikely).

[DivaVocals]

Thanks so much for the clariification.

And so to state it boldly:

This module allows checkout no matter the number in stock. Be sure to turn on the shopping cart messaging ( edit it as you want stating that you don't do backorders.)

The fix for this? The lower you allow your stock to go, the more likely it is you might have someone who orders something you can't ship. So don't allow the stock to get so low = or put messages on your product - like ONLY ONE LEFT! Etc...

So that I am clear about what I was previously stating, I was referring to the feature which removes attributes from customer view so that it cannot be selected.. That feature has never been apart of this mod. (though there are posted fixes for this which only work with single attributes). When choosing out of stock product variants, SBA does indeed clearly show the item (variant) is out of stock AND if my store admin settings are configured so that I do not allow checkout of out of stock items, then customers are unable to complete the purchase..

Well, it certainly used to prevent checking out with non-existent stock. That was explicitly tested for in each of the releases I put out. But as I haven't used it for what must be getting on for a couple of years, I can't say whether the current problems being reported are down to installation (check that you have have the correct version of the order.php class file), configuration (admin > configuration > stock) or a change in the mod's functionality (seems unlikely).

**nods in agreement**

[Danielle]

I have this mod installed on a 1.3.9h store and it's working great except for one small issue. In my admin, I've turned on the setting for "Show available stock level in cart when less than order". However, it shows the available stock level as 0 regardless of the quantity actually in stock. So for example, if I have 2 black shirts in stock, and the customer adds 2, they can checkout. If they add 3, the shopping cart displays the message "Stock Available: 0" even though there are actually 2. I'm not sure how to fix this? I know I can just turn that feature off, but it's a really nice feature to have if I can get it working!

Thanks!

[ams30gts]

I thought I had it working right until today.

Inventory level is not decreasing when a product with attributes is purchased.

Anyone else have this problem and fixed it?

[janislyn]

I'm working with Zen Cart version 1.3.8a, have the stock by attributes add-on installed for that version and have a couple of stock-related issues.

1. I need for the stock level for a particular attribute to show in the shopping cart when a customer selects a quantity more than what's in stock. Despite having the correct configurations under Configuration > Stock, I don't get the quantity showing in the shopping cart. Rather there is this message:

Products marked with * are out of stock or there are not enough in stock to fill your order. Please reduce the quantity of products marked with * below. Thank you.

2. Relatedly, when a customer purchases a product with attribute, the stock for that attribute is not updated automatically. Rather the product stock itself is updated but I have to go under Catalog > Product with Attributes Stock to manually update the attribute quantity.

How do I get the attribute quantity to show in cart when customer selects more than what's in stock? Also, how do I get attribute stock level to update automatically? I've seen both of these questions posted over and over in this forum with no clear answers. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.