Stock by Attribute v4.0 addon for v1.3.5-1.3.9

[kuroi]

This is the support thread for the updated Stock by Attributes add-on for Zen Cart 1.3.5. If you are using an version of Zen Cart prior to 1.3.5 then you will need to upgrade before you can use this add-on.

The add-on can be downloaded from here.

There is also a Wiki with more information about the add-on. You can find the Wiki here.

To put this add-on in context, it is a stop gap. This feature is scheduled to be added to the next major release of Zen Cart, and probably in a rather more integrated way than is appropriate for an add-on such as this. Furthermore the add-on from which this was adapted has a major flaw in its table structure, which I am sure the Zen Cart team will not replicate.

So I have no desire to add extra functionality that will probably have a very short shelf life, may not be included in the Zen Cart solution anyway and might make future conversion to the differently structured and more integrated Zen Cart version more complex. So please don't post requests for new functionality in this support thread.

However, if you are having problems installing or using the add-on or think that there are errors / bugs in it, then your posts will be welcome.

[kuroi]

I guess I should never have referred to v4.0, as just a few hours later, v4.1 has been released. This is a minor bug fix release that incorporates two Zen Cart 1.3.5 bug fixes, removes a diagnostic line and makes a syntactic correction to the SQL file.

[MikeyG]

-removed as I have fixed issue and was being daft -



Thanks

MG

[MikeyG]

I have been testing this further and I have issue with the maths.

If I have sizes small, medium, large and stock of 1 of each and some one buys 2 of medium the stock by attributes will tell me that I have 1 in stock in total. But I have 2 in stock (one large and one small)

So mathmatically 1+1+(-1)=1 but reality 1+1+(-1)=2

can this be fixed - do people want it to be fixed? ie top line tells you total in stock. Variant lines tell you the exact stock for each one.

Logic if I have this right would mean that if I have any positive stock add them up and tell me (ignoring any negatives). If I have all 0 or negative stock added them up and report all as a negative or as 0.

Also a bit of a wish list - is it possible to work out all variants and add them to the database so only the qty has to be added. I know some have asked for a quicker way of entering the data.

Thanks

MG

[trollboy]

I just installed this mod and have the following problem.
When "Add Quantity for Product Variant" I can select the varant from the drop down menus of attributes OK, but then when the variant is listed as
Stock ID Variant Quantity in Stock etc
all the variant are just listed as ":".
Presumably this column is supposed to show the value of the attribute.

Now I have no way of telling which variant is which,

Any ideas?

[buzzville]

I installed this mod a couple of days ago to my test site and it was working just fine, but after some wrestling with some other issues on the site it is now not working. When I try to apply the sql patch in admin, I get the following error:

1062 Duplicate entry 'STOCK_SHOW_LOW_IN_CART' for key 2
in:
[INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, last_modified, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES ('Show stock when low', 'STOCK_SHOW_LOW_IN_CART', 'false', 'When customer places more items in cart than are available, show the available amount on the shopping cart page:', '9', '6', NULL, now(), NULL, "zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false')," );]

I'm thinking this is probably why it's not working, but I'm just not savvy enough to know what I need to do to get it working again. Can someone help guide me?

TIA!

[kuroi]

I just installed this mod and have the following problem.
When "Add Quantity for Product Variant" I can select the varant from the drop down menus of attributes OK, but then when the variant is listed as
Stock ID Variant Quantity in Stock etc
all the variant are just listed as ":".
Presumably this column is supposed to show the value of the attribute.

Now I have no way of telling which variant is which,

Any ideas?

There is a fix for this in a maintenance release 4.2 of this mod awaiting approval from the Zen Cart team. I'm afraid that you will need to delete out the corrupted variants and re-enter them as the details that don't appear on your screen won't be in your database either. To upgrade simply replace all the files in the old mod with those in this version. It's a one-to-one match.

[gerda]

I have installed this twice and after inserting many attributes stock, both were not working anymore. Suddenly the page can`t show and I am not able to insert no more attributes stock. Do you have any idea about that.

Gerda

[mrmarcus66]

I am looking for solutions for a friend of mine who wants to list property on a website for people to rent. I wondered if this stock by attribute would allow you to list a property and use availability attributes to allow people to select a set of dates.

My question made simple is does this mod allow you to setup availability of attributes?

Regards
Mark.

[kuroi]

I am looking for solutions for a friend of mine who wants to list property on a website for people to rent. I wondered if this stock by attribute would allow you to list a property and use availability attributes to allow people to select a set of dates.

My question made simple is does this mod allow you to setup availability of attributes?

Mark

You could do this by setting up each availability range as an attribute and then assigning each an attribute stock of '1'.

That would work, but it really feels like a taking a sledgehammer to a nut. I feel that there must be a better solution and just wish that I could think of it!