Keeping on SOLD OUT and Image Pictures

I have searched about 6 pages of information on this forum but can not find my answer.

It seems many want the opposite of what I want.

I need to know where to go in the backend to establish the following when a customer purchases the last of an item:

1. The item's picture still is displayed on my site (so other customers will see what they missed).
2. The SOLD OUT image is displayed.
3. This SOLD OUT item can not be added to the shopping cart.

Here are my settings:

ADMIN->CONFIGURATION->STOCK
Title Value
Check stock level true
Subtract stock true
Allow Checkout true
Mark product out of stock ***
Stock Re-order level 5
Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to 1
Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart 1
Product Quantity Decimals 0
Show Shopping Cart - Delete Checkboxes or Delete Button 1
Show Shopping Cart - Update Cart Button Location 3
Show New Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 1
Show Featured Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 2
Show Special Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 3
Show Upcoming Products on empty Shopping Cart Page 4

ADMIN->CATALOG->PRODUCT TYPE->EDIT LAYOUT

Show Model Number 0
Show Weight 0
Show Attribute Weight 0
Show Manufacturer 1
Show Quantity in Shopping Cart 1
Show Quantity in Stock 0
Show Product Reviews Count 0
Show Product Reviews Button 0
Show Date Available 1
Show Date Added 0
Show Product URL 1
Show Starting At text on Price 1
Show Product Additional Images 1
Show Product Tell a Friend button 1
Product Free Shipping Image Status - Catalog 0
Show Metatags Title Default - Product Title 1
Show Metatags Title Default - Product Name 1
Show Metatags Title Default - Product Model 1
Show Metatags Title Default - Product Price 1
Show Metatags Title Default - Product Tagline 1
Product Price Tax Class Default - When adding new products? 1
Product Virtual Default Status - Skip Shipping Address - When adding new products? 0
Product Free Shipping Default Status - Normal Shipping Rules - When adding new products? 0
PRODUCT Attribute is Display Only - Default 0
PRODUCT Attribute is Free - Default 1
PRODUCT Attribute is Default - Default 0
PRODUCT Attribute is Discounted - Default 1
PRODUCT Attribute is Included in Base Price - Default 1
PRODUCT Attribute is Required - Default 0
PRODUCT Attribute Price Prefix - Default 1
PRODUCT Attribute Weight Prefix - Default 1

This is a copy and paste. I hope I have not missed a few lines. If I have still help.

Please tell me what I am doing incorrectly. I have tried various combinations and am getting exhausted.

Thanks!

Try setting this to false (highlighted in red)

ADMIN->CONFIGURATION->STOCK
Title Value
Check stock level true
Subtract stock true
Allow Checkout true 

This should not allow checkout...and will warn customer that it is not in stock

Thanks for the assistance. However, I have this setting as you noted. It is not working still. Any other suggestions?

A friend of mine went into the backend and changed settings. I have no clue which ones were changed. I apologize.

It is working now. :)

It doesn't have anything to do with Admin>catalog>categories/products and click on the product that is saying sold out and change the product qanitity (below the description box) - that usually does it??? how odd well glad it worked whatever they changed :)

Rabbcon:

I have searched about 6 pages of information on this forum but can not find my answer.

It seems many want the opposite of what I want.

I need to know where to go in the backend to establish the following when a customer purchases the last of an item:

1. The item's picture still is displayed on my site (so other customers will see what they missed).
2. The SOLD OUT image is displayed.
3. This SOLD OUT item can not be added to the shopping cart.

Exactly what I'm looking for. I've set the option in Admin - Config - Stock - Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart =1.

But whenever my stock is 0, the product disappear altogether.

BTW, I'm using ZC1.3.7., with mods like BetterCategories (that I think might be interfering with original setup?).

Below is the link of a site by somebody (credit to him/her) that similar to what I want.
http://www.vapenow.com/index.php/Handheld-Portable-c-44/

Thanks in advance.

Missed a setting:

Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to
Show Products when out of stock

0= set product status to OFF
1= leave product status ON

If you have the status flip to OFF or 0 ... then you won't see it when sold out ... :eek:

:clap:Yippee!! Thanks Linda, as usual, you're a life saver!

Thanks for the update ... glad that this was the missing setting for you ... :smile:

Ajeh:

Missed a setting:

Products status in Catalog when out of stock should be set to
Show Products when out of stock

0= set product status to OFF
1= leave product status ON

If you have the status flip to OFF or 0 ... then you won't see it when sold out ... :eek:

I can't find this????? Can someone point me in the right direction please.

FOUND IT, FOUND IT ! YIPEE!

Hi All

I would like to do the following,
All products are to show on the site that are both in stock and out of stock.
For items that are sold out, i would like the Sold out image to show when i set the product as out of stock
Anyone know how to do this?

The In Stock and Out of Stock really means Show or Do NOT Show a Product in the Catalog ...

If you want a Product to show as Sold Out on the Catalog, just set the Product Quantity to 0 and configure your Stock settings to have Products with quantity 0 be marked as Sold Out and to leave active on the Catalog ...

Thats the issue right there, i dont keep stock, i get stock from the suppliers, thus as people order the stock number goes down, i do not edit this to show say 100 units in stock as i dont have this info for 3000+ products from 10 suppliers, i just want to set the product to not in stock

Is there no other way?

The field for the In Stock and Out of Stock in the products table products_status is used to determin every aspect of the display and functionality of the Products in the Catalog ...

This field would require re-writting 100s of files and coding logic to allow the display and functionality to happen in any other manner than being an On or Off switch in the Catalog ...

The products_quantity field manages the ability to purchase products when setup on tracking Stock ...

You can turn off the "display" of the Product Quantity everywhere but still use the functionality of this field to manage Stock that can be purchased or not in the Catalog ...

Set the quantity to <= 0 and it shows as Sold Out set it to more than 0 and it shows as Available to be purchased ...

In the Configuration ... Stock ...

If you do not want any automatic tracking of Stock (products_quantity) to be used, set to false:

Subtract stock
Subtract product in stock by product orders

If you want Sold Out to show when Stock (products_quantity) <=0 set to 1:

Show Sold Out Image in place of Add to Cart
Show Sold Out Image instead of Add to Cart Button

Now you can manage which Products show as Sold Out ... just set the Product Quantity (products_quantity) to be 0 on those things you want as Sold Out ...

The difference here is, no code re-writes need to be done to manage the Products marked as Sold Out or Available for Purchase ...

Sounds great, so now how do i set all 3000+ products to 100 units in stock at the click of a button?

You can do that directly in the database using phpMyAdmin through your server's control panel. Or you can do it using the free version of Easy Populate -- see the Free Add Ons above.

Rob

This can be done either in phpMyAdmin, as rstevenson indicated, or you can use the Tools ... Install SQL Patches ...

UPDATE products SET products_quantity = 100;

NOTE: as always, backup your database first ...

This is great

thank you all for your help

Is there any way to have the product that is sold out not have the add to cart OR the sold out. Basically, I want it to display the product and the description but have it redirect them to another page within the main site instead of the store. It's weird, I know. But, I was wondering if there was a way to do this.

http://www.causekeepers.biz/stop-it-now-store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=11

Making a Product as the Product Type Document General would make this more a Document than a Product ...

Is that what you are trying to do, perhaps? :unsure: