Stock by Attributes 5.0 Beta (for v1.5.0)

[mc12345678]

Bump..

How could this be done, one product at a time for 1000s of products with 2, 3, 4, 5 attributes for each product?

Any one with any ideas?

So, Kevin, I don't know if you also watch the EP4 thread. http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...7&goto=newpost
But, shortly after you posted the above question, someone else posted a similar question in that thread. Although it takes three data points to identify a trend, in many cases I respond on just two. As a result, I have been working on implementation of both a detailed and basic export/import using EP4 and the version of SBA that I have installed. (Again not sure which it really is, but once implemented shouldn't be extremely difficult to replicate for other versions).

I have it working for detailed report, though still have some tweaks to make the results more user understandable and to move away from using the stock_id number when writing back to the database.

But, that said and if you're at all familiar with github, you can go to chadderuski's github and then follow the branch to my version and download the latest available.

As I understand though, chadderruski is looking to push a significant change/update. In the meantime, I will also be rearranging my changes so that they can be easily integrated into his mods with minimal effort.

For now, the functionality of the detailed export/import is to affect quantities (and sort order if respected by output(s)) of items that already are being tracked by SBA. A basic SBA function is in the works to add tracking of stock of individually attributal product(s). So basically if you already have blue frames being tracked and want to adjust the quantity of them then you can do that with the updated code already presented (detailed SBA import/export, but if you want to add a new pink frame, then will have to wait for the new functionality (basic SBA import/export) or develop it on your own.

[Strelizia]

Hi

Will the Robophung version work with 1.5.1 Zen Cart? The install.txt says "These files are only for Zen-Cart version 1.5.0!!!"

Thanks!

[mc12345678]

Hi

Will the Robophung version work with 1.5.1 Zen Cart? The install.txt says "These files are only for Zen-Cart version 1.5.0!!!"

Thanks!

I may be going out on a limb, but I have recently begn the process of updating from 1.5.0 to .1 (even though at any time 1.6.0 may get released), from the comparisons and the writeups out there, I would say that there is not enough changed that would prevent it's use. Realize however, in incorporating the changes any core files that are modified (or copies f in the case of templates) may be different than those of 1.5.1. Ultimately I would think the statement was made to prevent installation of the plug-in to older versions of Zen-Cart that would not (or may not) support the product as written.
That said, when doing the appropriate file comparisons care should be taken to understand what the modified does and why it is being changed. (Ie is it part of thhe plugin or there for some other reason.)

[Strelizia]

Yep, so I thought - thanks!

[AmandaGero]

just wondering.....is this being migrated from
Stock by Attributes 4.7Multiadd WITH TABLE FILTER
http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=838

or a different one?

[mc12345678]

just wondering.....is this being migrated from
Stock by Attributes 4.7Multiadd WITH TABLE FILTER
http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=838

or a different one?

Personally, I'm not sure I understand the qestion correctly. I think there are 4 or 5 versions of SBA that zen-cart recognizes as "official" versions of SBA. This thread was begun with version 5 by creinold, but then robophung picked up the software (or a similar version) and went on to develop some "improvements". So this version may now be a mix of several versions, as for migrating "from" another version, not sure that makes sense in this context. There may be attributes of that version captured in this, but I couldn't answer that aspect.

[DivaVocals]

just wondering.....is this being migrated from
Stock by Attributes 4.7Multiadd WITH TABLE FILTER
http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=838

or a different one?

IMHO, SBA is one of the most FRAGMENTED and OVER FORKED modules in use for Zen Cart.. It's hard to say WHICH version of SBA was the basis of SBA v5.0. It was contributed by creinold, then forked or updated by robophung later.. Who knows.. For the record this version seems the best of the bunch..

Best thing you can do is to download this version and do a file comparison with Winmerge or Beyond Compare to see if you can spot the differences and where they occur.

Personally I would love to see a REAL SBA solution put together that covers ALL SBA needs, and not just the one or two needs of the contributors as most of these SBA variants are setup..

Good luck..

[AmandaGero]

The reason i was asking is because when i was using zc 1.3.8 i hired a programmer to create a module for me that would allow me to have unique product sku per attribute. he did so, but in the documentation he sent me it said that i had to have the above module that i have mentioned installed first before it would work. so i installed the sba with table filter that i mentioned, and then installed the module that he created, and it did indeed work. i used it for some time on my site, but then i decided to shut my site down and stop using zc. i have recently decided i am going to start my new site up with wordpress but i wanted to offer some of the old zc modules that i had before. i have been trying to get this one to work with 1.5 but i just cannot get it. so if you guys are close with this one, i wanted to try to merge my old files with this version, but i am really not sure why this had to be installed in the first place.

IMHO, SBA is one of the most FRAGMENTED and OVER FORKED modules in use for Zen Cart.. It's hard to say WHICH version of SBA was the basis of SBA v5.0. It was contributed by creinold, then forked or updated by robophung later.. Who knows.. For the record this version seems the best of the bunch..

Best thing you can do is to download this version and do a file comparison with Winmerge or Beyond Compare to see if you can spot the differences and where they occur.

Personally I would love to see a REAL SBA solution put together that covers ALL SBA needs, and not just the one or two needs of the contributors as most of these SBA variants are setup..

Good luck..

[mc12345678]

The reason i was asking is because when i was using zc 1.3.8 i hired a programmer to create a module for me that would allow me to have unique product sku per attribute. he did so, but in the documentation he sent me it said that i had to have the above module that i have mentioned installed first before it would work. so i installed the sba with table filter that i mentioned, and then installed the module that he created, and it did indeed work. i used it for some time on my site, but then i decided to shut my site down and stop using zc. i have recently decided i am going to start my new site up with wordpress but i wanted to offer some of the old zc modules that i had before. i have been trying to get this one to work with 1.5 but i just cannot get it. so if you guys are close with this one, i wanted to try to merge my old files with this version, but i am really not sure why this had to be installed in the first place.

So to me the reason is that SBA (whatever version employed) or something similar that ties the attributes available for a product directly to each product is the only way to modify a piece of information that is already unique to the product. Certainly an alternative would have been to possibly calculate on the fly, but it seems that you wanted to designate the unique SKU to that product (or at least have that ability). By using the existing program, additional programming was simplified. It may be that it could be modified to work with other versions of SBA, but would have to identify the "triggers" or interface between the two programs. Also, there may be other factors of ZC 1.5.x that are different preventing/inhibiting the use of that mod.

Basically, other SBAs may have be compatible, but the programmer had what they had and knew that it worked with that version, so I would say I don't blame them for making the statement that they did about compatibility.

[AmandaGero]

so my thing is, i want to have this available for the community since it is so wanted but i need help with it. but on the other hand i did pay alot for the programmer to do this for me. im going to keep trying to see if i can get this to work, and if i can get it to work on my own i will host it as a commercial add on, if not i will suck it up and post the package so the community may be able to figure it out.

edit: so i dont have to re-read all 30 pages, what are the known bugs for this version so far.