Out of Stock - Popup

[Mr_Gareth]

Is there any way to highlight a product which is out of stock by creating a popup message of flashing graphic (giff) when added to the cart?

I want people to order but be well aware that there will be a delay in delivery.

[leehack]

Don't you think it would be an infinitely better solution to relay this info on the product layout, before they go to add to cart? Try and help people shop, certainly don't annoy them with silly ideas like that, i can't imagine anything more frustrating in a world where everybody wants everything now. Animated gifs, hidden stock statuses, geez it's like a glimpse backwards about 7 years with ideas like that.

Keep it simple, on the product layout explain that the item is currently out of stock, but you are allowing back ordering and items will be sent out as soon as back in stock. If you understand blockifs and variables you can get this info to fire automatically from the stock status in actinic. Just remember an upload needs to have occurred after an order is received, to ensure stock levels online are true.

[Mr_Gareth]

We've included out of stock warings on the product page. No matter how big and bright we make the font, some people still place orders and then wonder where their items are. We're simply after a safety net. The solution doesn't have to be my suggestion, I just wonder if anyone has and ideas.

[Mike Hughes]

The major difficulty with this is that the cart has no information about the stock status of the products.

The easiest way to let the customer know is on the product page. You could use some javascript such as this:

http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/ti...it_button.php3

to change the 'buy now' image when hovered over to a warning button and some hover text. You could even change the standard 'buy now' button to something that warns of the delay.

Alternatively:

If you really want something in the cart, then you could use the thumbnail image for the product. The simplest way is to manually change the thumbnail image on out of stock products to one that warns of the delay.

The smarter way would be to link or import the product details to an external file which could automatically change the thumbnail image depending on the stock status.

http://kb.actinic.com/activekb/quest...+shopping+cart

Mike

[Mr_Gareth]

Having a custom Add to Cart button for these products sounds like a good idea and worth looking into. I know little about Java Script so any pointers would be useful.