Back In Stock Notifications

Never mind.,....

it is the back_in_stock_notification_subscribe.php file!

All good

Hi,

exeter_acres:

it is the back_in_stock_notification_subscribe.php file!

Yes, just create a copy of that file in your includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE folder and modify it as desired!

exeter_acres:

All good

Glad to hear it! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

i noticed on some of my sold out products the back in stock notification doesn't show up on the product pages but on others it works fine. any idea what could cause this?

Hi,

MB1:

i noticed on some of my sold out products the back in stock notification doesn't show up on the product pages but on others it works fine. any idea what could cause this?

Make sure you're using the latest version of the module, earlier versions may not show the link if the quantity in stock is negative rather than exactly zero.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

ok i upgraded to 2.2.4 one thing i noticed was that when i changed my admin folder to another name for security reasons the admin section of the back in notification didn't work anymore any ideas other then having an admin folder strickly for back in stock files

thanks for your help this is a great mod

Hi,

MB1:

any ideas other then having an admin folder strickly for back in stock files

That problem can have nothing to do with the Back In Stock Notifications module.. you should check out if you have a problem with an "Admin Profiles" module or something similar.

Also check that you have the correct path to your newly renamed admin folder in your admin/includes/configure.php

All the best...

Conor
ceon

everything else seemed to be working so i never double checked that file, i haven't worked on the site in ages and another thing i was wondering these last few days was why my developers tool kits couldn't find anything.

thanks for replying i found a piece of code that was point to my old folder in the admin configure.php file

I've just downloaded and am testing this script... it looks to do some of what I need except that because half of my products have attribute dependant stock levels, the stock level isn't known until an item is added to the shopping basket (I'm using the Stock by Attributes addon to provide this functionality).

It therefore follows that it is not possible to display the 'out of stock' details on the product details, however, this could be picked up in the shopping cart.

The cart shows 'this product is out of stock' and I think what I need to do is provide a link from here to the back in stock notification processes.

Is this functionality already built in and I've just got something not working? or, if not, can you give me a nudge in the right direction towards the modules I need to be looking at to add this?

Should have said, Zen Cart 1.3.8a, Back In Stock 2.4.0

Hi,

trentham:

Should have said, Zen Cart 1.3.8a, Back In Stock 2.4.0

The module doesn't support the Stock By Attributes module, sorry.

I'm afraid you can't use the Back In Stock Notifications module appropriately with your store.. better to remove it!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Many thanks for your promt response. I had feared as much, although it seems that if I cause the generation of a link such as

<a href="http://mystoreurl.co.uk/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=32_39&products_id=154#back_in_stock_notification_form">notify me</a>

In the zen_check_stock function in functions_lookups.php (it's there that it discovers that there is a lack of stock) then it would generate a link into your process... or is it not that simple?

Hi,

trentham:

In the zen_check_stock function in functions_lookups.php (it's there that it discovers that there is a lack of stock) then it would generate a link into your process... or is it not that simple?

No, it's not.. there's no way then to notify the customer about which variation of your product is back in stock.. all customers who have registered to be notified about any attribute-based variation of your product would be notified when the main product is back in stock.

You could never notify about individual variations and also the notification wouldn't ever go out unless you updated the stock level of the **main **product.

Sorry but there's nothing else that can be done here other than to rewrite the module to work with the Stock by Attributes module.

Honestly, you may as well save yourself the time working on this and simply drop the idea of getting the two modules to work together. Zen Cart simply isn't good enough to manage stock levels for product variations.

Although that should hopefully change when the "will-it-ever-be-released" version 2 is actually released :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Thanks Conor, as you say, it's not worth me spending any more time on this, but thanks for your time.

I have a silly one......

I have a new product that is due out next week.
I have added it to the catalog...
However, I have marked it out of stock and the stock quantity is zero

the product is disabled.
I have a couple subscriptions to the new product!

While it is nice there is interest...
How did these people find the product....

I can't find it in my store anywhere!!

How are people finding this product to subscribe to it....?

Hi,

exeter_acres:

How did these people find the product....

I've no idea I'm afraid!

It's nothing to do with the module though.. the module is simply called from a product page, so the customer had to have found their way there first!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

but the absolute only place that the product shows up is in my notification listing.....

Hi,

I have added this module to my shop but it just dosn't appear to be working :-S

All the admin area shows up correctly but when i change the stock of a product to 0.

I just get the same old sold out image as ever?!?!

Any help would be great.

http://bag-safe.co.uk/zencart/fixed/test

I am using the CEON URI mapping module could this be the problem?!

Thanks

that sounds correct...

the Sold out image will be there, but there should be a new line of text with a link that says

To be notified when this product is back in stock please click here.

Hi,

Yes the image is there just no link text.

http://bag-safe.co.uk/zencart/fixed/test

Hi,

wdd49:

Hi,

Yes the image is there just no link text.

http://bag-safe.co.uk/zencart/fixed/test

Quite simply you haven't installed the module properly. Please just repeat the process, making sure all files are copied across and that you upload the overridden template files to the correct address (change YOUR_TEMPLATE to something else).

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon