Product Quantity field

[HeleneWallis]

Is there a difference in how 1.57c handles the product quantity field in the product listing? I have this set to zero in our 1.55a store, so the product quantity will not show in the listing. We don't keep huge quantities on hand and I don't necessarily want our customers to know how many we have. Setting that field to zero prevents the product quantity from being displayed, but it's not working that way with the test installation of 1.57c. It doesn't matter what I put in that field, the product quantity still shows up.

[lat9]

Are you referring to the setting Show Quantity in Stock that's changeable when editing the layout settings for a product type (Categories/Products :: Product Types)?

[swguy]

There are also listing page flags for product quantity display:

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/templ...configuration/

you'll want to be sure all of these are zero too.

[HeleneWallis]

Are you referring to the setting Show Quantity in Stock that's changeable when editing the layout settings for a product type (Categories/Products :: Product Types)?

Layout settings under Configuration is where I was looking for that. But my brain must not be in gear today because I don't see anything in Product Types that would allow me to turn that feature off. All my product types are Product - General, and that category's edit options don't include any way to turn off showing the quantity in stock.

[simon1066]

Layout settings under Configuration is where I was looking for that. But my brain must not be in gear today because I don't see anything in Product Types that would allow me to turn that feature off. All my product types are Product - General, and that category's edit options don't include any way to turn off showing the quantity in stock.

I think you'll find it in:

Admin > Catalog > Product Types, click the 'Layout Settings' button for the product type i.e.

[swguy]

These pages might help too:

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/admin...product_types/

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/admin...s_edit_layout/

Many people never click in this area so it's unfamiliar.

[swguy]

One other common problem: some lazy template developers don't use the flags Zen Cart provides; they just display whatever they think most people want. So be sure that in

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php

there is some code that checks the variable $flag_show_product_info_quantity, like say

<?php echo (($flag_show_product_info_quantity == 1) ? '<li class="list-group-item">' . $products_quantity . TEXT_PRODUCT_QUANTITY . '</li>' : '') . "\n"; ?>

if the template just does <?php echo $products_quantity . TEXT_PRODUCT_QUANTITY; ?> or something like that, you'll need to delete this line.

[HeleneWallis]

I think you'll find it in:

Admin > Catalog > Product Types, click the 'Layout Settings' button for the product type i.e.

Thank you so very much. My eye apparently focused on the big Edit button and never saw the less prominent Layout Settings. I do remember having a hard time finding this when I set up the current store five years ago. But I had all the time in the world to work on it then, and this time I'm working under a deadline. I appreciate the help!

EDIT-- looking back at the current store, I see the buttons are both the same format, and instead of 'Layout Settings,' the older version says 'Edit Layout.' That makes it a lot more obvious that there are two buttons and that one of them is meant for editing the layout. Of course, my level of fatigue isn't helping either, but I do think the older version was more intuitive.

[HeleneWallis]

One other common problem: some lazy template developers don't use the flags Zen Cart provides; they just display whatever they think most people want. So be sure that in

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php

there is some code that checks the variable $flag_show_product_info_quantity, like say

<?php echo (($flag_show_product_info_quantity == 1) ? '<li class="list-group-item">' . $products_quantity . TEXT_PRODUCT_QUANTITY . '</li>' : '') . "\n"; ?>

if the template just does <?php echo $products_quantity . TEXT_PRODUCT_QUANTITY; ?> or something like that, you'll need to delete this line.

Thanks, I will check for that as well.