Out of stock help

[EdHarrison]

I do not have stock control enabled so I uncheck the can be bought online check box when something is unavailable - is there a way of a button or notification appearing saying out of stock - my customers are left wondering why they cant buy and I dont have the time to put an out of stock message on and off product descriptions - even if I did in the normal section view it would not show....

thank you

[Mike Hughes]

Yes. Just copy the blockif that contains the buy button if can be bought online, change the logic to the opposite and enter an 'out of stock' message or button.

[Buzby]

The easiest way is to turn stock control on, on that product, and set to 0.

This way the product will still show, but will show as out of stock.

Also when you run a stock report it will show your out of stock items so you can see what needs to be ordered.

[KarenBM]

or just copy and paste this into the description area:

!!<<font color="red"><b>OUT OF STOCK</b></font>>!!

[NormanRouxel]

Theres a variable CanBeOrderedOnline that will do this.
Here's code to put in your Product Layout(s):

<actinic:block if="%21%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22CanBeOrderedOnline%22%20%2f%3e" >
	CAN NOT BE ORDERED ONLINE
</actinic:block>

Or the opposite:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22CanBeOrderedOnline%22%20%2f%3e">
	CAN BE ORDERED ONLINE
</actinic:block>