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

[jgold723]

Hmm, that doesn't seem to work. I went into catalog > option value manager and changed the default order for several of the attributes.

While that change did affect their order in that screen (option value manager) it had no effect on their order in the "Stock By Attributes" screen. Did I miss something?

John

[DivaVocals]

Hmm, that doesn't seem to work. I went into catalog > option value manager and changed the default order for several of the attributes.

While that change did affect their order in that screen (option value manager) it had no effect on their order in the "Stock By Attributes" screen. Did I miss something?

John

When you add attributes to a product they assume the default sort order of the attributes (it's flexible so you can change the sort order of your attribute name and values at the time you add the attributes if you want a different order for whatever reason).. If you change the sort order of the attribute names and values in the attributes manager, the default sort order will be modified for any future products you add your attributes to. Products that you've already added your attributes (with the old sort order values) to will remain the same as the original default sort order.. this means you must edit your products that you have added attributes to with the new sort order values..

[jgold723]

I think I understand, but to clarify -- when you say "edit the products" do you mean I need to delete attributes and re-add them so that the new sort order will take effect?

Also -- I just want to change the order in the "Stock by Attributes" admin screen -- I don't want to change how the attributes are arranged in the front end.

John

[DivaVocals]

I think I understand, but to clarify -- when you say "edit the products" do you mean I need to delete attributes and re-add them so that the new sort order will take effect?

Edit your products in the attributes manager.. simply change the sort order of the names and values as you wish.. no need to delete and start over..

[jgold723]

Thank you.

However, my concern is that changing the sort order in the Attributes Controller section changes how the attributes are ordered on the product page -- something I don't want. I just want to change them in the Admin screen of "Stock by Attributes"

I tried this and is seems to work: I went into Stock by Attributes and deleted every attribute.
Then I readded them in the reverse order in which I want them to appear.
That seemed to do the trick -- at least with a product that had three attributes.
Does this seem correct?

John

[jgold723]

I'll answer my own question -- it didn't work.

[jgold723]

Finally -- success!

Hmm, that doesn't seem to work. I went into catalog > option value manager and changed the default order for several of the attributes.

While that change did affect their order in that screen (option value manager) it had no effect on their order in the "Stock By Attributes" screen. Did I miss something?

John

This did work -- but you have to click the very small "sort" link at the top of the Stock by Attributes admin screen before you see the new sort order. Thanks to everyone for your help.

[barendfaber]

Hi,

I hope someone can help me. I am working on www.dragonslivestore.com, using Zen Cart 1.3.9 h and StockByAttributes_1.4.13_with_my_stock_id_MOD_1.0.2. The module installed correctly, and I have given each attribute it's own model number. However when a customer places an order, in admin - orders - it shows the product and attribute, but the model column is empty. What can I do so the model number shows up on my orders?

[athena]

barendfaber:
If I understand correctly what you have to do is actually include the model number as part of your attribute value.

so if you go to catalogue > attribute controller

and create a the option name "size"

then create the value "small #12345" for the particular item that this part number will apply to.

If the part number is different for the option "small" for other products you create different option value for "size" that includes the part number as it applies to each product. That way the part number shows up on the invoice. We do this to avoid mis-picking the order.

[barendfaber]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, but I do not think this will work. This will be a huge amount of work and will still not add a model number in orders, only adds the model number next to the attribute description. It also means that next to each product on the site, the attribute drop down will change from “Small” to “Small - 63-AN-011-1”, or “Medium” to “Medium - 63-AN-011-2”. Good to know for future.

I think I will have to ask the customer to allow us to add a model number for the main product, and they will just have to check sizes on the orders.