"more info" instead of "buy now" (even with no attributes)

[p m]

in the categories view (display all products in selected category), i either see "more info" if the product has attributes (to force customers to the product page where they select the attributes) or "buy now" otherwise.

i want to remove the "buy now" option from the category page, and show "more info" for all products. that way, customers are pushed to the product info page for all products, even if there are no attributes.

not sure if i can do this from admin or whether i should edit the file directly. also not sure which file it would be.

BONUS question: is there any way to turn off the "max:1" feature in products that are limited to one? this doesn't have to be a global fix -- i just don't want it to show up on the category-->products view.

here are 2 categories to compare:
1. "prints". these all have attributes (different sizes) so they display "more info" (the orange "go" button). since they're not one-of-a-kind, "max:1" doesn't show up
2. "original drawings" these are all one-of-a-kind and have no attributes. so they all show "buy now" and "max:1".

basically, i want "original drawings" to look and act like "prints".

[vr4indian]

can you tell me how you are able to put "go" button instead of "more info"?

thanks

[p m]

for vr4indian,

to show a button instead of "more info":
in english.php ...

define('MORE_INFO_TEXT','<img src="/link/to/your/button.gif">');

...

for my problem -- found the answer by combining ideas from a couple of older threads...

1. to switch the "buy now" button and activity to a "more info" button and activity:

in /includes/modules/product_listing.php, find:

// qty box with add to cart button
            if (PRODUCT_LIST_PRICE_BUY_NOW == '2' && $listing->fields['products_qty_box_status'] != 0) {
              $lc_button= zen_draw_form('cart_quantity', zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($_GET['products_id']), zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=add_product&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']), 'post', 'enctype="multipart/form-data"') . '<input type="text" name="cart_quantity" value="' . (zen_get_buy_now_qty($listing->fields['products_id'])) . '" maxlength="6" size="4" /><br />' . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', $listing->fields['products_id']) . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_IN_CART, BUTTON_IN_CART_ALT) . '</form>';
            } else {

replace the line just below that with:

$lc_button = '<a href="' . zen_href_link($_GET['main_page'], zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=buy_now&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_BUY_NOW, BUTTON_BUY_NOW_ALT, 'class="listingBuyNowButton"') . '</a>';

2. to hide "max:1"...

you can always remove max:1 by setting the maximum field in the admin->categories-->product listing to '0' ("Qty Max":0 , meaning "unlimited"). that hides the max:1 but then the product behaves as if there are potentially many of them.

i wanted the product to behave like a one-of-a-kind, since the shop sells original drawings. if you set Qty Max:0 (unlimited), you can still set the "products quantity" field to 1. in that case, customers can add more than one of the product to their cart by going back to the product page and clicking "add to cart" again and again. if they do that, they'll get a RED error message saying that there are insufficient quantities in stock so please reduce the number in the cart. but if you've turned off the "number of products" field in the shopping cart, there's no way to do that except by deleting the product from the cart and starting again, just adding it once.

on the other hand, if "Qty Max:1", customers who try to add additional copies of the same (one-of-a-kind) item to the cart get a YELLOW error message saying that the quantity has been (automatically) altered, since they can't add more than the MAX to their cart. in other words, Qty Max:1 prevents customers from adding more than one of that item to the cart. and the customer doesn't have to do anything to correct the situation.

so that's good, but then you have "Max:1" showing up on your categories page, shopping cart, etc -- right?

not necessarily.

in /includes/functions/functions_price.php , find:

if ($check_max != 0 {

and replace that line with

if ($check_max != 0 && $check_max != 1) {

NOTE that you can't save a functions/ file to functions/your_template/whatever.php and expect it to override -- it won't.

so i've saved the original file as functions_price.bak (as backup), and the new file (with the change above) is the new functions_price.php

and just like that, Max:1 is gone.

[Ajeh]

Or ... you could edit the Configuration ... Product Listing ... and turn off all of the buy now buttons the easy way ...

Display Product Add to Cart Button (0=off; 1=on; 2=on with Qty Box per Product)
Do you want to display the Add to Cart Button?

NOTE: Turn OFF Display Multiple Products Qty Box Status to use Option 2 on with Qty Box per Product

[Ajeh]

Ah ... scratch that ... lack of coffee ... thought you wanted all more info and just now finshed looking at the links ...

[thechoyboy]

I have a similar question that I don't believe was answered in this post. I don't care about buttons, I just care that "more info" is always shown instead of the "buy now" without having any attributes set for an item. Thanks.

[yaby]

how do i make it show Neither the "buy now" button nor the "... more info"?

in the admin seems like it forces to show something..

[khopek]

I am also trying to figure out how to hide "more info" and "buy now" on the product listing pages. The option "Display product price/ add to cart" does not work because if you set the status to 0, it (obviously) hides the price as well as "more info."

[khopek]

Had to get a friend to figure out for me, but to hide the "...more info" here we go....

I had it set it up in Admin to NOT display the Add To Cart button. This makes everything show the "...more info"

Then in includes/modules/product_listing.php

find this code

$lc_button = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? 'cPath=' . $_GET['cPath'] . '&' : '') . 'products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . MORE_INFO_TEXT . '</a>';

change it to this (just delete everything in between the first ' and the last')

$lc_button = '';

then find this code

$products_link = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? 'cPath=' . $_GET['cPath'] . '&' : '') . 'products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . MORE_INFO_TEXT . '</a>';

change it to this (just delete everything in between the first ' and the last')

$product_link = '';

for me it was line 154 and 185, but i think i have a modified product_listing file, in my default file it's on line 115 and 147.

The first code was to hide the "...more info" BUT it doesn't remove it from showing on products that are SOLD OUT. The code we replaced removed it from these products.