In Store Only

[DandG]

Zen Cart info:
Zen Cart 1.3.8a
Patch: 1::
Database Patch Level: 1.3.8

I was kind of thrust into this job with not much experience with the understanding that the person i would replace would train me. He didn't do so and I have left to my own devices so please excuse me if this is a stupid question.

My bosses would like to put up a few items on our website that will only be available in our physical store. They would still like to have a price and a description and all that but have the customer unable to buy it. At first I simply had the item out of stock but they didn't like this as they figured that our customers would thing we were actually out. Then I linked the category of the product to a broken shipping message so it would error and not let the customer check out if the products are in the basket. The owners don't like this because they are afraid they will loose business.

So is there any way to have the items say something like "available store only" instead of being able to add them to a cart?

[kobra]

If you are not using the "date available" function you could change the text associated with it to "in store only"
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=38
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=39

Also suggest that you setup a test install to do your development stuff on versus messing with a functioning live site
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=107

[stevesh]

You can create products using a different Product Type (selectable on the Product setup page) and set the Add to Cart option for that type to No.

Look in Admin - Catalog - Product Types

You could add the explanation that the product is only available in-store to the product description.

[DandG]

I tried both of those things and while they work it's not the way that the bosses want. The solution I've come up with is to make a custom page with the EZ-Pages tool. Basically I copied the source for a normal page and edited out all the 'add to cart buttons'. I was going to have the links for the products go to a basic description page without any 'add to cart' options. I replaced the add to cart with "In Store Only" as you can see here
http://dandgoccasions.com/test
The only thing I can't figure out is how to have the category point to this page when you click on it. I tried entering /test URI mapping and it just seems to overwrite the page I made.

[gjh42]

You can edit /includes/templates/your_template/templates/tpl_categories.php to insert the ez-page link at the desired point in the loop.
Or you can use Categories Dressing, which allows "headings" above or "subtext" below a specified category. Either of these can have an HTML link/button as its content.

[DandG]

You can edit /includes/templates/your_template/templates/tpl_categories.php to insert the ez-page link at the desired point in the loop.
Or you can use Categories Dressing, which allows "headings" above or "subtext" below a specified category. Either of these can have an HTML link/button as its content.

The top part is most likely what I want. It doesn't seem I have a file with that name stored anywhere on the website's server. Is there some sort of alternative file? We are using a template of some sort.

As far as the second part, I don't think i know enough about Zen Cart to start installing things. I've done some CSS stuff for personal websites but I'm at a loss for commercial set ups.

Thank you guys for all your help so far.

[gjh42]

/your_template/ is the placeholder for your custom template name; if you don't already have a version of the file there, copy it from /template_default/ and edit.

If you are not comfortable with PHP code writing, you would be better off installing Categories Dressing, which has instructions and a support thread to guide you.

[kobra]

The top part is most likely what I want. It doesn't seem I have a file with that name stored anywhere on the website's server.

Categories Dressing is a 3rd party module available in the free software downloads link above left.....

I don't think i know enough about Zen Cart to start installing things.

Re-state what I said in my first posting

Also suggest that you setup a test install to do your development stuff on versus messing with a functioning live site
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=107