how do i turn off weight and quantity?

[kuroi]

The official answer is that if you have two types of product, you should set up two product types and format each according to their needs.

However, if you're like 99% of Zen Cart store admins, you'll have tipped them all into product_general, and to be fair, documentation on setting up new product types is sparse and a bit techie.

So here's a second suggestion. Have you tried setting the product weights to zero on those products for which have no weight? If you do, the check for this should kick in and the weight data will be suppressed from the product info field.

[lilyc]

The official answer is that if you have two types of product, you should set up two product types and format each according to their needs.

However, if you're like 99% of Zen Cart store admins, you'll have tipped them all into product_general, and to be fair, documentation on setting up new product types is sparse and a bit techie.

So here's a second suggestion. Have you tried setting the product weights to zero on those products for which have no weight? If you do, the check for this should kick in and the weight data will be suppressed from the product info field.

Thanks. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was already showing up as "0" lbs... instead of the weight not showing up at all. I'll double check, though.

I can try adding a new product type, if someone can give step by step directions. Because we're going to have a few products that weight doesn't apply to.

[lilyc]

uhg, this is frustrating. I'm making all sorts of changes, and none of them are going through today.

I tried just turning off the weight on all the products, for now, and even that didn't do it.

I'm also trying to fix the sort order (sorry, that's another topic) but no changes i'm making are registering.

[Ajeh]

There are a number of locations for weight display ... thus, there are a number of places to turn this off based on your specific needs ...

Catalog ... Product Type ...
Pick a Product Type and hit the Edit Layout button

Configuration ... Product Listing ...

Configuration ... New Listing ...

Configuration ... Featured Listing ...

Configuration ... All Listing ...

Configuration ... Shipping/Packaging ...

Each can be configured separately ...