Setting 2 attributes, other one has stock that is visible, other one doesnt have stoc

[Juhanuha]

Hi,

struggled with this for a few days now.

Ie. selling t-shirts with printable pictures.
Customer selects shirt what he likes, chooses first attribute (size) and then second attribute (picture to print on the shirt).
Shirt sizes has stock levels, but pictures obviously does not.

It is necessary to show stock levels, I managed to get them up with Stock By Attribute, but when there's 2 attributes, the second one did not appear at all and the stock levels were also funny because there also needed to set quantities for pictures, that did not need quantity.

This could also happen with one dropdown menu that lists all the sizes and pictures, but it really needs to show what is on the stock.

[kobra]

Best asked in the 3rd party addon - stock by attributes support thread
Where you issue may have already been answered

[Juhanuha]

I'm not looking support for BSA module :)

Looking for a solution for my problem :)

[kobra]

Looking for a solution for my problem

I managed to get them up with Stock By Attribute

You are asking in "Setting Up Categories, Products, Attributes" which is for default code questions and you are using the 3rd party addon "stock by attributes"
Look at the support thread for it where your issue may have already been answered which is here
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...r-v1-3-5-1-3-9

[mikeel100]

I believe I'm feeling Juhanuha's pain and can not find a solution anywhere.

Here is my issue...I'm really stumped and could use some help. I am not using any third party attribute controls. I am using EasyPopulate 4.0 and Database Backup plug-ins...don't think they have anything to do with this issue.

I have various clothing items for which only one picture is provided by my dropshipper for multiple sizes and colors. This causes the same image to be viewed multiple time by my shoppers and it is very annoying. So, I used ZenCart Admin to make all but one of the similar products inactive and used the attribute controller to indicate the various sizes and colors on the active product. That solved the repeating picture issue while browsing the shop....however......

If a customer orders a size or color that is out of stock (other than the active product size), then ZenCart will not stop the order from happening.

Is there a way to link inactive product prices, sizes, colors, or other attributes with the active displaying product?

[mikeel100]

More info for the above post.

I spent the last 2 days writing an Excel macro that broke down my apparel products by size. My categories looked like this:

Athletic Wear
S
M
L
1XL
2XL
etc.

This did ease the duplicate image displaying considerably, however, where multiple colors are available, duplicate images did appear. So, just like I indicated above, I made one color active and created a dropdown box for colors. That enabled me to get down to one image with attributes for the product. However, if a customer selects a color that is not in stock, zencart will continue to process the order.

I am literally out of ideas on what to do...please help.

[Juhanuha]

You are asking in "Setting Up Categories, Products, Attributes" which is for default code questions and you are using the 3rd party addon "stock by attributes"
Look at the support thread for it where your issue may have already been answered which is here
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...r-v1-3-5-1-3-9

Yes, I'm looking for a solution for my problem, which is how to get 2 attributes set and with other one's stock quantitity.

I dont care which addon will get it happen or will it happen by default code.

But, hey, thanks for the help :)

[mikeel100]

This is not a slam on the developers of Zencart...I think that the people who started and developed this are really extraordinary and appreciate all of the contributions given by everyone over the years.

After much study and reading, I'm convinced that Zencart if fundamentally flawed. The designers assumed that there would be a picture for each product, quantities for the different attributes would be the same, and prices for different sizes would be the same. In the real world, that does not happen. I'm going to have to use excel macros to break the products down by size and color in order to solve the problem. The categories will look like this:

Performance Wear
-Athletic Wear
--Shirts
---Size
----Color
---Size
----Color
---Size
----Color
Ect.

It's going to be a coding nightmare but at least customers will not have to browse through several identical pictures, hundreds of products will not have to be deactivated, I will not have to mess with the attributes functions of Zencart, and I'll not have to worry that a customer will order something that is not in stock.

If I'm wrong...someone, please give me a simpler solution than writing a macro in excel to deal with this issue.

[kobra]

I'm convinced that Zencart if fundamentally flawed. The designers assumed that there would be a picture for each product, quantities for the different attributes would be the same, and prices for different sizes would be the same

It is not "flawed" - as there are many ways that attributes can be added and just as many reasons
As an example look HERE - where attributes define additions to a base product

If I'm wrong...someone, please give me a simpler solution than writing a macro in excel to deal with this issue

Have you experimented with selecting in the products setup screen "Priced by attributes"
Have you installed and configured the 3rd party plugin "stock by attributes"?

[mikeel100]

Thanks for the quick response!

I have not installed any third party attribute plug-ins.

I have not changed any of my products to priced by attributes because I have not seen or read of a way to link all of the inactive products with the active product with attributes.

Apparently, I need to do some more reading unless you can explain your reply more clearly.

How do I make the active product, that has all attributes set to it, into "the base" product and link each hidden (inactive) product to the base product? Knowing that, I assume that selecting the "price by attributes" in the product setup screen will take care of any of the issues I mentioned above.

Thanks again for your help.

P.S. The example you mentioned above is meaningless without knowing what quantities and pictures are available for each attribute.