buzzville:

Well, I've got the units set to .5 yards for all items sold that way, and it works fine for products without attributes. I've looked in the files for the stock by attributes mod for a decimal or unit designation, but I haven't found anything. But, I probably have no idea what I'm looking for! I'm sure there must be a way to adjust the unit for the attributes - I'm just not savvy enough to know where that is...

Apologies if I'm stating the obvious :)
But for products with atttributes and units of .5 yards...

if you have 10 yards, then you need to state that you have 20 of the item...

is the quantity field in the database set to int or float ? int requires whole numbers, whereas float allows decimals of varying precision

DrByte:

is the quantity field in the database set to int or float ? int requires whole numbers, whereas float allows decimals of varying precision

applause Thank you DrByte! That seems to have done the trick! Thanks for helping those with zero skills to figure this stuff out!

MikeyG:

could some one please explain how the stock_attributes column in the table product_with_attribute_stock can be translated back to work out the name (value) of the attribute option.

MG

Sorry to bounce but would really like some one to explain how this works so I can use it in other ways to manage stock.

Thanks

MG

Hey all!

I'm just about to upgrade my ZC from 1.2.7 to 1.3.0.2.
Everything has been running smoothly but now I've met some hard resistance.

I've downloaded this contrib and installed it without any problems.
But now it fetches ALL attributes on each product who has attributes.
As far as I can see the package is missing attributes_controller.php

Am I right? Anyone who could supply me with the file?

Svanis:

attributes_controller.phpThat should be "main_template_vars_attributes.php"

Bunster:

Just to follow up on my previous post.

I have managed to convince my cart that it should display the stock level warning in red by editing the following piece of code in includes\functions\function_lookups.php

// modified to include attributes
function zen_check_stock($products_id, $products_quantity, $attributes = '') {

$stock_left = zen_get_products_stock($products_id, $attributes) - $products_quantity;
$out_of_stock = '';


if ($stock_left < 0 && !is_array($attributes)) {
  $out_of_stock = '<br/><span class="alert bold"><span class="markProductOutOfStock">' . STOCK_MARK_PRODUCT_OUT_OF_STOCK . '</span>';
}
elseif ($stock_left < 0 && is_array($attributes)) {
  $out_of_stock = '<br/><span class="alert bold"><span class="markProductOutOfStock">' . STOCK_MARK_PRODUCT_OUT_OF_STOCK . '</span>';
}

return $out_of_stock;

}

Hi Bunster,

I'm having the same problem and tried this fix, but it's still not working for me... I can either get the insufficient stock message for products with attributes or products without, but not both at the same time. Is this still working for you? I'm starting to think this mod is hurting me more than it's helping me...

buzzville:

Hi Bunster,

I'm having the same problem and tried this fix, but it's still not working for me... I can either get the insufficient stock message for products with attributes or products without, but not both at the same time. Is this still working for you? I'm starting to think this mod is hurting me more than it's helping me...

try my fix on previous post within the same thread; http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=229417&postcount=39

Hi Buzzvile,

yes as tajul_ashyqin said you will need to add that piece of code as well.
But it still will not display your available stock so your customers will have to guess the magic number for available stock.

To be honest I have now given up trying to get this to function as I want it to and am now looking for alternatives.

I believe this functionality will be in ZCv1.4 but it'll be a while before that see's the light of day, the dev team have more than enough on their plate to be getting on with so no point in pestering them.

good luck

Bunster

Thanks Tajul_ashykin and Bunster. It was the functions_lookup.php file that was the trick. I kept changing one section of code, but missed a second section that did the trick. Now the low stock message is working for both types of stock... I just need to pay a little more attention! Now to see if I can figure out how to get the quantities to show...

buzzville:

... Now to see if I can figure out how to get the quantities to show...

do not forget to post it in these forum as i am also trying to achieve it but still no luck... :blush:

When I've added a product to my cart and then goes back to the product to add it once more this takes me to the cart but doesn't add the product.

This occurs both when adding a new attribute aswell as adding the previously added attribute to the shopping cart.

Products with no attributes works fine.

Seems to be some problems with sessions since removing the session id from the addressbar makes it possible to add the product/attribute to my cart.

I do not know if this relates to this contrib but I saw the problem after installing it.

Svanis:

When I've added a product to my cart and then goes back to the product to add it once more this takes me to the cart but doesn't add the product.

This occurs both when adding a new attribute aswell as adding the previously added attribute to the shopping cart.

Products with no attributes works fine.

Seems to be some problems with sessions since removing the session id from the addressbar makes it possible to add the product/attribute to my cart.

I do not know if this relates to this contrib but I saw the problem after installing it.

works fine on my site!:D

tajul_ashyqin:

works fine on my site!:D
Yeah, thats a good answer..

Anyone got it working in ZC 1.3.5 ?

I receive this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function zen_get_new_date_range() in c:\xxxxxx\includes\templates\template_default\sideboxes\tpl_categories.php on line 75

But when I was "un-installing" it, it seems that the error message comes from functions_lookups.php because when I overwrite the file with the original one, the message disapaers...

/Typhoon

MikeyG:

Sorry to bounce but would really like some one to explain how this works so I can use it in other ways to manage stock.

Thanks

MG
Sorry MG, I can't help you out. The mod was written by danielcor. He was kind enough to offer it to the community even though he did not have the time for that. I packed it up for him, but have no programming knowledge myself. It was a gift to be taken as is. Although he does not frequent this thread I believe he is active on the forums.

Typhoon,
I have not tried this on 1.3.5, but expect to shortly. I will report back.

Audra

All credit to danielcor for getting this working in Zen Cart 1.3. However, it's been three months since he posted anywhere in the forum, so I think we have to assume that he isn't around at the moment to take it forward.

Consequently, as a personal favor to Bunster, I have taken this add-on, tidied it up a little (i.e. reduced the number of core files that need to be over-ridden) and upgraded it to work with Zen Cart 1.3.5, with the intention of also looking at some of the problems people, e.g. Bunster, have been experiencing with it.

However, there's a catch. I have no previous experience of using Zen Cart to manage stock by attributes. The good news is that there seems to a fairly active user community for this add-on, so this is a call for Beta Testers.
:beta:
If you have used previous versions of this add-on, understand that this will be a beta version supplied for testing purposes only, are ready to test on Zen Cart 1.3.5 and promise to provide feedback on what works and what doesn't, then PM me. The add-on is in alpha test at the moment and will be ready for beta test shortly.

audradh: Thank you, looking forward for your answer...

kuroi: This is a very good initiative from you that is very appreciated around here, for sure. Please let me (us) know when you have the beta test available, I'll be happy to try it out.

Regards,
/Typhoon

Thanks Kurio, I think you have just put a big smile on a lot of faces knowing this mod is being looked at.

Bunster

I sure hope so Bunster.

Good news is that alpha testing is progressing very smoothly, so smoothly in fact that I've been going back over this thread and adding fixes for those of the bugs reported that I understand.

Please note however, that as I hope this code will become redundant when Zen Cart 1.4 is released, there are quite strict limits on the amount of development that will be done to this add-on.