support for attribute inventory levels

[brad512]

Does ZenCart support different inventory levels for attributes, in other words if I have a stock of T-shirts of different colours can I set the attributes to reflect stock levels for each color.

Thanks

[Ajeh]

No, not at this time ...

Zen Cart will have its Attributes Stock built in within the next release or so ... but we do not have a definitive date, time, version etc.

It is coming soon ... but we just cannot say until it is done ...

[simple]

Does ZenCart support different inventory levels for attributes, in other words if I have a stock of T-shirts of different colours can I set the attributes to reflect stock levels for each color.

Thanks

you probably need to create separate product id's for each size attribute combination and enter corresponding stock and not include any attributes on the product page itself. then you can create a page(s) containing the list/table of products that have drop down attribute menu for each item. so, that when a visitor selects an attribute from the dropdown menu, she is taken to the product page for that specific product/attribute combination.

i am tackling the same issue as we speak and just thought of this solution. any other suggestions are super welcome.

[brad512]

Thanks - I'll try that on my test machine

[damonp]

I coded the basic functionality for this for a client. It only supports one attribute not compounded attributes. (ie; size OR color not size AND color). It will work with most any type of attribute.

The problem is when you start dealing with compounded attributes like: small/red, med/red, large/red, size12/leather. The matrix required to capture the inventory of compound attributes gets way too complicated in the admin panel.

It would be trival to support multiple attributes on the public side, if getting the data into the admin panel could be simplified. If anyone has any ideas on this PM me. Right now I'm looking at rewriting some of the admin side attribute handling to facilitate this.

We faced a similar problem when dealing with the x-sell admin panel. We figured out it was much simpler to use PHPMyAdmin and insert the x-sell relations directly into the database. Its such a simple relation:

products_id A = products_id B

and only takes a second to fill in both products_id in PMA's insert form.

Some times low tech solutions work best. ;)

[woodlandsprite]

I coded the basic functionality for this for a client. It only supports one attribute not compounded attributes. (ie; size OR color not size AND color). It will work with most any type of attribute.

You wouldn't happen to be willing to share how you did this would you?
I saw the thread on the mod availible for previous versions of Zencart, but have not been able to find anything compatible with V1.3.0.1...

Thanks!

[damonp]

You wouldn't happen to be willing to share how you did this would you?
I saw the thread on the mod availible for previous versions of Zencart, but have not been able to find anything compatible with V1.3.0.1...

Thanks!

I added a quantity variable to the attribute value table and admin panel and then modified the checkout code to subtract from this value on checkout.

I built on a v1.2.4 version. Haven't upgraded to v1.3 yet so can't say what that would affect.

[woodlandsprite]

ah. Thanks :)
I'm now debating downgrading from 1.3 to make my life a little easier while the various modules get updated since I'm no good with coding myself.

Appreciate your pointer :)

[davale]

Since I have not been able to find out how to search on specific attributes (sizes) through the searchbox I'm thinking maybe I should have my products categories set up for each available size instead of actual productcategories I have now. This would mean a great deal of moving products around so that products with mulitiple sizes show up in multiple size categories.
Not a very attractive alternative but it might be a way for me to have my customers find their size without going through all products manually looking for the required size.

Attribute inventory levels would help tremendously if it was possible to hide a product within the specific size category if a specific size ran out of stock. The product would still have to show in size categories for sizes that are still available.

Will this be the case if the update for ZC130 sees the light?

[damonp]

I would think it easier to add the attributes to the search than changing the way your products/categories work and moving all the product.