manually set item with out of stock notice but not shut the item off?

[stevesh]

Are you saying that 'Admin - Configuration - Stock - Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to' is set to 1 ?

You can't set the quantity of a product from some number to 0 in admin and have it become out of stock. The last item of that product has to go through the checkout process for it to be out of stock.

[Trinity14]

Another take on this situation:

Admin -> Configuration -> Stock
Mark product out of stock ***
Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to 1= leave product status ON
Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart 1= on

Edit your product in your new products page:
Products Quantity: 0

Hope that helps,

[djtrillian]

Another take on this situation:

Admin -> Configuration -> Stock
Mark product out of stock ***
Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to 1= leave product status ON
Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart 1= on

Edit your product in your new products page:
Products Quantity: 0

Hope that helps,

ALL my products are set at 0 stock as this is the default. It is a non-issue since I don't want Zen Cart to keep track of the inventory.

So if I go in and set 'Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart' it effectively puts the entire store out of stock! Soooo, nope, 'can't do that.

[djtrillian]

Are you saying that 'Admin - Configuration - Stock - Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to' is set to 1 ?

You can't set the quantity of a product from some number to 0 in admin and have it become out of stock. The last item of that product has to go through the checkout process for it to be out of stock.

Yes, I have 'Admin - Configuration - Stock - Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to' is set to 1' but this is a function that either just plain doesn't work or my cart has a fault.

I am not altering the stock number of the product, which is set by default to 0.

Right now, the 'out of stock' setting in the product edit screen is essentially an on/ off switch. It doesn't matter if I set the date expected below it to some value either, it still turns the item off, removing it from view.