attribute quantity box

**mibelloboutique** · 19 Jul 2009, 08:49 PM

I need this too. I have customers who are ordering too many of a certain color, more than I have in stock of that color, but I have no way of showing how many of that certain color I have in stock. Any news on this?

**thomasharding** · 20 Jul 2009, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by mibelloboutique

I need this too. I have customers who are ordering too many of a certain color, more than I have in stock of that color, but I have no way of showing how many of that certain color I have in stock. Any news on this?

It sounds to me as if you need the Stock By Attributes module (http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=310) rather than an attribute quantity box.

**gprit** · 28 Jul 2009, 12:14 PM

I posted this in another section before finding this thread - it sounds like the same problem a lot of people have. Is there a reliable solution before any new release??

I installed the Stock by Attribute' module by Kuore ok and can now add stock attributes.
It has thrown one further question however.
The (sub) Category (and page) shows eg 6 items in stock AS A WHOLE, with the individual ones set internally as for eg
Age 2 = 2 items
Age 4 = 3 items
Age 5 = 0 items
Age 7 = 1 Item

Fine so far.....

However - if the customer selects Age 5 they wont know it is out of stock until they see it in the basket with *** against it and a comment it will be placed on backorder....they then have to remove or pay for it.

Is there any way:
a) an 'out of stock' message can be determined/displayed BEFORE it reaches the basket?
or
b) set the stock quantity to show against the drop down list ages so at least a customer can see there is zero quantity against an age range?
thanks

**PRedmond** · 4 Sep 2009, 02:53 AM

Originally Posted by crankyjim

Hello all.

The site in question is my wife's site. I did the custom coding necessary to display the stock on hand.

There is no module available that I am aware of that replicates this functionality.

For those of you technically minded, it is really just a matter of filling two multi-dimensional arrays and looping through them to write out the html required for the table.

The first array is filled with the attribute type names and becomes the column heading contents.

The second array is filled with the attribute value names and includes the quantity as a final element within each array row.

The most difficult part of this was calculating the correct nested loops to ensure that we would always have only 3 "columns" of information and it would be limited to a maximum of 30 items per "column".

The display itself is rendered as an html table and is styled using css.

Hope this helps get you started.

Jim

Hey crankyjim - are you still around? I am going to modify the 'Stock By Attributes' mod to solve this problem (well, I'm going to give it a go!!). It sure does sound like it would be helpful to have a look at your code... would you mind?

Not sure when the next release of Zen Cart is planned, or if there are guidelines for making mods compatible with future versions? If so, now would be a great time to find out, so I don't have to re-write everything in 6 weeks...!

Cheers,
Pat

**cliffvt** · 18 Oct 2009, 05:12 PM

Hey guys

In case you haven't noticed, you can install 2 add-ons that make this work quite easily, Stock By Attributes

HTML Code:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=310

and also Product Attribute Grid

HTML Code:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=876

- when both of these are installed, you can set up an attribute grid with either one attribute or two. See example from my website below. Customers are able to choose a combination of the number of tickets they require for a specific performance, and ticket type. In addition by adding a 3rd value for each attribute, and setting only that combination to one with stock, they are able to make a once-time donation as well!

See here:

Cheers

Cliff

**FunkyPapa** · 22 Oct 2009, 09:07 PM

After having a few chats with the gentleman that hosts our website. He wrote coding in it for us to show stock by attribute in this type of grid

It splits stuff by color and size and then shows the quantity you have in the box with it as well as an input box for qty wanted to buy. I'm sure this could work for anything with attributes like shirts, clothing etc.

If you need more help than the coding you can see from the page source send me a msg and I can forward his name and ways to get in touch with him.

**kobra8** · 29 Oct 2009, 10:47 AM

Another request for this one.
Is there somebody who can solve this BIG problem!!!!

**Crunch** · 22 Nov 2009, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Ajeh

This is not available in Zen Cart at this time but it will be in a future release ...

Originally Posted by Ajeh

We really cannot say other than this year ...

Any update to the future feature of attribute quantity boxes? This didn't come out in 2008 and 2009 is almost done.

Thank you!

**jackie.taferner** · 26 May 2010, 08:08 PM

I am also in need of the same thing. Anyone have any solutions? it's halfway through 2010!!

**hellagood** · 31 Jul 2010, 01:23 AM

Hello,

I'm a new member! WOOT! I've been a long time user of Zen Cart. I played around with it a lot before but never got around opening a shop. Now, I have found a business that I love. And I would love to have Attribute Quantities shown as well. I can pay if needed!