Stocks by attributes

Can anyone give a step by step tutorial in setting up attributes?

I've read this entire thread and still cannot work out how to get my stock functions to work how I would like.

Item Colour InStock
ABC RED 4
ABC BLUE 2
ABC GREEN 0

I want to be able to do the whole drop down selection for colours or sizes (not tshirts but various products) and am having trouble with the whole attributes thing.

Sorry for asking noob questions.

Excuse the simple question, but have you installed Attributes by Stock?
What Zen version, what Attributes by Stock version are you running?

audradh:

Hey Rebecca,
You won't find it in the individual product pages. Instead, in the admin panel, go to Catalog. You'll find a new option there titled Products With Attributes Stock.

Have Fun!
Audra

Sorry I don't seem to have this option under the Catalog list - just the same ones I had before. Have I done something wrong.

Hey Rebecca,
Are you using a custom template? If so, did you remember to rename the admin folder before uploading the files?
If that's not it, I would just download the mod again, then upload the admin files to your server again. Maybe one of your files was bad.

BTW, look above in this thread for the new thread for the current version of this mod. There will likely be a lot more activity their, and help will come quicker:yes:

HTH,
Audra : )

I am running the Stock by Attributes module for 1.3.6 but for some reason it is not subtracting the inventory for each attribute.

I also have SEO friendly urls mod installed.

Thanks!

hey guys
I really need some help with this...

Heres the problem..

Shoe store ... https://www.foureverfunky.com ... running ZC 1.3.6 ... latest attributes by stock version.

"I have over sold a style of boots. In the Attributes Quantity, I had entered qty. 1 and I have sold 2. Style Sandy in white size 7.5."

All it shows, when the customer is going to check out, is that the product is out of stock and will be on back order, it still lets the customer make the transaction. We want it to stop the customer from being able to buy that quantity and be able to only purchase the quantity available.

Backorder does not exist for us, our products are usually unique.

Thank you!

I realized how to adjust this.. I hope..

I went to Admin / Configuration / Stock

then changed Allow Checkout to false.

:)

howdoin:

I read all the info in the archive forums and cannot figure out if it can do what I want:

I did install the Contribution (thank you for making it) and am now testing it, however I have the same problem as many other people:

• when a size or color (I sell clothes) is out of stock the unavailable color/size still shows on the product page, people can still add it to their cart and it is only there that they have an "out of stock" message.

Would it be possible to have a check on availability to only display a color/size when it is in stock. For example:

a person would need to first pick their color and the size drop-down menu would then automatically display ONLY available sizes. Pick another color and "hop" the size drop-down box automatically displays whatever sizes are available for that color.

Another suggestion:

• could we have the contribution work directly on the product page, i.e. add the attributes from the product page and with the possibility to modify stocks directly for all (vs. 1 by 1). I guess it would look something like this:

Red:
S = X
M = X
L = X
XL = X

Where X would be a box where we can manually update the stock level at once.

PS: feel free to see my site for practical exemple: www.saintjamesboutique.com (look at style Lille in size 10 for example).

PPS: I need a solution implemented ASAP and would gladly hire someone to help me out with that.

I was wondering how you implemented the dropdown list of sizes on your site, if you have a URL that you can give that would be brilliant, thank you, great shop by the way!

I need some help. I installed version 4.3.1 with Zen-cart 1.3.6 a while back.

I thought I tested out of stock indicator on individual attributes. But, just realized now that it is checking on the total inventory (adding up total from all attributes) when the program is checking for out of stock condition.

Did anyone have the same problem out there? Did I miss anything?

I understand this mod doesn't restock the items to its own attributes. But, from readme file, it should check for individual inventory level for each attributes when it comes to out of stock check. Any pointers?

The mods I have installed are:

1. mailing_lable
2. Stock by attributes
3. Google Checkout
4. Column_layout_grid
5. Tax Exempt
6. USPS/UPS Insurance
7. Online Group pricing
8. GoogleSiteMap

Thanks!

woodlandsprite:

Comment on the sql update included in the package.
The first line to create the table says:

CREATE TABLE zen_products_with_attributes_stock (

If your sql database automatically ammends with zen_ then you will wind up with a table called:
zen_zen_products_with_attributes_stock

I assume the module is looking for a table called:
zen_products_with_attributes_stock

so i have deleted the 1st table created and recreated a new one with only one zen_

Haven't gotten any further with the install yet though to confirm.

I've done everything lese for this except the 1st step: 'Create a new database table and a new configuration switch by running the 'stock_attribute.sql' via Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches. If you prefer to use another method to create this table, you will need to edit the file if you use a prefix such as "zen_" for your tables.'

I have no clue how to go about doing this and the more I read the more confused I feel.

Anyone feel like posting a step by step guide on how to get this done please? It's really fustrating when I know what I gotta do just don't know how to and this is the only thing standing between me and having attributes working.

I really appreciate it. Thank you.

I have finally installed the mod and it's working and I'm really excited as I really, really, really need this.

However ..... (haha) I now have a prob or 2.

I have an item, beads in diff colors so I've set up the colors. I have started setting up the qties for each individual color available. And I also have price breaks on the item.

One of the colors costs 0.15 less than the rest. So I set the product price as 2.45 and that particular color I set it at -0.15, the rest are all +0.00.

When I add the lesser costing color to cart the price shows as 0.00 but when i add one of the others the price displays correctly. However, when I enter a quantity which should give me a discount, it doesn't.

I am using ZCv1.2.7 and mod version 4.4. Any ideas?

Also, I've read a few ppl talking about wanting to show the quantities available for each diff option but I haven't seen clear instructions on how to set it up or if it is available or not for this version. Is it?

Thank you.

Also, I used checkbox instead of dropdown. I was hoping that by using checkbox customers would be able to choose a combination of the different colors and get a price discount rather than having to buy a set quantity per color to get the discount.

Is that posible somehow? As I said b4 it isn't discounting at all even when I add the same color but even when i tried to check 2 colors and then add to cart it comes up as sold out even thought both colors have stock available. So I'm thinking the checkbox option may not be posible.

Thank you.

Here's an interesting twist. I added an attribute to another product which also has price discounts. When I entered the qty required for the dicount it worked.

But it definitely cannot add multiple color choices at once and offer a discount. Which I'm spewing about as I was hoping to offer my customers discounts on the same porduct regardless of the color choices. It looks as though they will need to buy x amount of each color to get a discount.

Unless I haven't set it up right, if anyone else has it working in this manner, do not hesitate to share it with us please.

Thank you.

Ok, ignore all of the above. Whatever the problem was, it only had to do with the one product I was working with. Price discount work across the board and all seems well.

The only question I have now is, is it posible to display the attributes pics horizontally rather then verticaly? And is it posible to display each attributes qty available on the product info page?

Sorry for the bother and thanks for your patience.

vivaraquel:

I am using ZCv1.2.7 and mod version 4.4. Any ideas?

Hey there, glad to see you managed to get the mod installed -
one thing that you should note - the current versions of the mod that are available for download, I believe are for ZC v 1.3+

If you are running ZC v 1.2.x you might want to check the archives for information on further customizing the mod.

I downloaded and installed Stock By Attribute 4.4 with Zencart 1.37 and everything seems to be working. However, we are having issues with it allowing customers to check out with more items than are available without giving our "insufficient stock" message. Customers who try to check out with more than the total quantity of all the attributes get the usual error message. It may be easier to give an example.

I have an item at http://bodybangles.net/index.php?mai...oducts_id=2350

that has 5 colors - I have 4 in stock of each color - for a total quantity of 20. If a customer chooses 5 of any particular color, they do not get an "Insufficient Stock" message as they should, because there are only 4 in stock. It is only after I place 21 in the cart that I get an "insufficient stock" message. It appears that the program is not checking individual stock - only total.

woodlandsprite:

Hey there, glad to see you managed to get the mod installed -
one thing that you should note - the current versions of the mod that are available for download, I believe are for ZC v 1.3+

If you are running ZC v 1.2.x you might want to check the archives for information on further customizing the mod.

I missed typed my version, I have v1.3.7. Sorry about that.

This is the exact question I have as now it seems they can even purchase one that is out completely creating a -1 in the stock on the attributes by size screen? Anyone else, or is there a fix for this that I am not aware of?
~Renee

Can this module for stock by attribute made compatible with easy populate?
I would like to upload my products with attributes AND Stock.

I am also willing to pay for it.

Regards,

Bram

manage-it:

Can this module for stock by attribute made compatible with easy populate?The person in the best position to do this is Langer, the developer of Easy Populate. However, now is not a good time to do it, as the stock by attribute functions are scheduled to be taken into the core Zen Cart code in its next major release. So development work undertaken now, is likely to be wasted.