Post edited 1:56 pm – January 27, 2010 by mhackney
Post edited 1:57 pm – January 27, 2010 by mhackney
Post edited 1:57 pm – January 27, 2010 by mhackney
Post edited 1:58 pm – January 27, 2010 by mhackney

My new book is in print and I wanted to list it in my store but not take orders for it yet (http://www.eclecticangler.com/store).

I tried creating my product like normal but not setting a price. Then I said something like "This book is coming soon…" in the product description. However, in places where the product is listed (categories, grid) the "SOLD OUT" message is displayed. Not what I wanted!

So, I added a few lines of code to frontdoor.php (and all derivatives if you've made any), mkt_language.php, and style.css to check if the item's price is "" and display the message "Coming Soon".  Here's the code:

style.css - it doesn't matter where you put these but search for "sold" and place these there

mkt_language.php - it doesn't matter where you put this but search for "mkt_THEME_TEMPLATE_FRONTDOOR_SOLDOUT" and place this there

frontdoor.php – this needs to be inserted in the proper place. Search for "// if there is a price at the moment show it"

This is the start of the code that displays the price. The original code displays a price if $price is not equal to 0. Otherwise it displays "Sold Out". We're just going to do an extra check to see if the price is null ("") and display "Coming Soon" if it is.

Replace the "if" … "else" code with this:

Don't forget to add this block to all of the files you copied from frontdoor.php – to support product categories in the menubar for instance.

You can see this in operation on my site at http://www.eclecticangler.com/store and click on the Reelsmithing menu (at least until I price the book!).

Hope this helps some people.

Cheers,

Michael

Note: my store location is going to change to the root, so if the above links don't work, use http://www.eclecticangler.com

Thanks. I had considered that but I also wanted to have a Sold Out capability too. I hand-make small batches of my reels and furling engines so having sold-out is important for those.

cheers,

Michael