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

Am wondering if some of the actual attribute settings might come into play -- in the regular, ZC attribute parameters rather than relying solely on SBA? I had set up an item that had 2 sets of attribute configurations:
Shirt A (with dropdown color choices)
or Shirt B (with dropdown color choices).

I set up quantities correctly for each, but Shirt A came up "out of stock" every time. So I gave up and finally just did one single dropdown like this:
Shirt A, color
Shirt A, color2
Shirt B, color
Shirt B, color 2

-- and assigned the same quantities as I had before and it's all working just fine now.
But I wonder whether in your case, simwombat, the multiple attribute issue could be controlled some way via the Define the Attribute Settings? Like maybe changing the Attribute Required for Text or something? Just a guess ... until I get a test store back up to experiment and troubleshoot.

That is a good idea but makes my drop down 36 items long and then I still have to worry about the text block where they add what they want printed on the item.:wacko:

I am sure someone has run into this before and solved it.

I did give it a shot but it was very awkward to use even when I broke it down by size.. - still had the text issue as well.

Thanks for the suggestion..

Gary

I have to admit, I haven't read all 139 pages of this thread, but can anyone tell me why all the support info seems to refer to SBA v4.x and the only download I can find is:

Version: 1.4.13
Last Updated: Apr 06 2011
Author: That Software Guy

Is there a more recent download available or has the numbering changed? :blush:

OK, I've figured out that 1.4.x supersedes 4.x, but I still have my original question regarding the installation instructions, which state:

Prepare the package for upload to your server by renaming the following folders to match your template name: includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE and includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE.

Having just downloaded and decompressed the most recent version of the add-on, I find that the includes/modules/ folder contains no files and a single sub-folder called Pages.

I have renamed includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE but I can not find includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE.

Is there an error in the instructions or in the zipfile? Can I safely ignore this inconsistency or do I need to fix something?

Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks

I found that this program installed very easily.
I ran the SQL file as it said then used FTP to upload the other files overwriting existing files. Worked great for me. My only problem was getting the stock to count off 1 attribute instead of all attributes.

Good luck with that..

simwombat: are you sure you used the order.php file that came with the download? I think it handles the stock quantity update and it appears to be working fine for me. If I place an order it subtracts the quantity for that attribute combination only, all other quantities stay correct for me...

\includes\classes\order.php

Yes I did use the package as downloaded. I used FTP to drop all files in place and overwrite the existing.

I think you may misunderstand my question. It does subtract for the attribute combination but I do not want to use a combination.

I just want it to subtract by only one of the 6 attributes. I want it to subtract when a size of an item is chosen. I have 6 combinations of each size which I do not want.

I am selling shirts and hoodies and just want to select the size attribute as that is the way they are ordered.

I get 10 small and 10 large and then while the person orders a small they then add if they want it personalized, and where they want it personalized, and what name they want to personalize it with.

Then I perform that work that they asked for. and it is still a small shirt that is sold. I do not order them with names already on them as I have no idea who is going to order. So that combination is impossible for me to put into inventory like SBA does.

I hope that is clearer..

you can see what I mean at this site just go to a hoodie or t-shirt and you will see the attributes that do not get completed till order is made.

Thank you for your help and I hope I did not misinterpret your reply as to its meaning.

Gary

ZC 1.3.9h (recently upgraded)
Stock by Attributes 1.4.13

Some (not all) customers are seeing the "out of stock" indicator at checkout (three asterisks) when there is actually plenty of stock.

There is no "out of stock" indicator that appears on the product page.
The cart will not allow the user to checkout

The relevant lines from admin > configuration > stock are:
Check stock level true
Subtract stock true Info
Allow Checkout false Info
Mark product out of stock *** Info
Stock Re-order level 5 Info
Show available stock level in cart when less than order false Info
Display Images in Admin false Info
Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to 0 Info
Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart 1

Where should I be looking?

Thanks,

John

I have a problem that should be simple to fix, but I don't see a way to do this. Nothing that I have tried has worked. I am using Stock by Attributes version 1.4.10. I have a product that has two color variations. I am going to stock only one color.

I want to remove the drop-down color choice from the product page, but do not see a way to do it. I tried using Delete Variant for both color attributes, but that doesn't work. The Save button does not work on the admin page.

How do I remove a product from the Stock by Attributes contribution?

I found the bug fix for the Save button issue and that works.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1068750&highlight=save#post1068750

I still need to figure out how to delete a product from this mod.

If I try to use Delete Variants, the product page shows Out of Stock.

How do I delete the entire product entry in Stock by Attributes?

Never mind. I finally found it. I had to delete all of the attributes related to the product on the Catalog > Attributes Controller page.

I was previously trying to delete individual attributes on the Catalog > Products With Attributes Stock page. I could not delete the attributes from there.

Hi all,

I just downloaded and tried to install SBA to my Zen Cart.

Zen Cart ver 1.3.9h
SBA ver 1.4.14

I am using a norwegian translation of Zen Cart.

I followed the instructions in the included readme file, inserted the extra rows in the SQL database and renamed the MY_TEMPLATE folder to my template name. I also made norwegian versions of the SBA language files.

Then I uploaded everything to the server.

The problem is that SBA does not work at all. Nothings shows, no changes made. No menu item in "Catalog", no nothing.

I just simply can't figure out why this is not working.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Kristian W.
Norway

Hello i found this topic through Searching for "stock_attributes.css" .

I have not never installed the module "Stock by Attribute v4.0" but in my admin panel whenever i refresh the "who is online" i see that my ip is looking at file "/admin/includes/stock_attributes.css" which does not exist.

How can this happen?

It did not happen a few days ago and i think that maybe it started happening since i moved my files to another hosting server of the same hosting company.

I have this installed and it seems to be working as I need. My only complaint is the fact that all of the products that have defined attributes loads on 1 single page. I have several thousand products so the load time basically sucks.

I would like to be able to break it down into several pages.

Any suggestions on how I may accomplish this?

Has anyone tested this with the new zc version 1.5? I've been using it with v1.3.9h and am wanting to upgrade to 1.5, but I need some sort of way to manage my stock by attributes.

Is there a way to make an out of stock attribute show as being out of stock on the products page? Currently the customer doesn't know the product is out of stock till they add it to the cart but then it comes across as the whole product range being out of stock not just that one attribute.

I'm having a problem installing this module. When I install all of the appropriate files, It will no longer let me log into the admin side of my website. I've narrowed it down to two files, admin/orders.php and admin/includes/functions/general.php

I have my admin on my site, but when I compare my current files to the ones in stock by attributes, they appear to be identical.

Thank you.

psr racing:

Is there a way to make an out of stock attribute show as being out of stock on the products page? Currently the customer doesn't know the product is out of stock till they add it to the cart but then it comes across as the whole product range being out of stock not just that one attribute.
There is code for showing attribute stock levels on the product page. I think it (the solution) is actually posted somewhere in the 140 pages of this thread. It has to do with editing your template file for the product info. I seem to recall that it doesn't work with dropdown attributes, but will work with radio selections.

TamaraSFL:

Has anyone tested this with the new zc version 1.5? I've been using it with v1.3.9h and am wanting to upgrade to 1.5, but I need some sort of way to manage my stock by attributes.

I tried version 1.1.14 of stock by attributes in Zen Cart v1.5, but I don't think it fully works. When I try to add a product to the cart it goes to a blank screen. I have to go back and then click go to cart. I think Stock by Attributes is causing this. I will remove it and see if the cart works.

Update: I tried removing Stock by Attributes and the cart still doesn't work. Therefore, Stock by Attributes might work in Zen Cart v1.5 and my problem is something else. Maybe it's my template.