I'm playing with testing setting up stockable variants like in your demo for fashion mart template.

In the example the size4 dress is out of stock, but in category view you don't know this Until you select it and click add to cart.

Could you not add in the words "out of stock" next to the size 4 in the dropdown via the template files.

So if the products is out of stock add in this text string.

It just keeps the end customers/users happy

Hi,

Unfortunately it doesn't possible to show "out of stock" message right away (without clicking the add to cart button) in the category browse page. But it is possible in the "product details page" though.

In original Virtuemart, "add to cart" button is not visible in "category browse page" but we have enabled this by our VM2 Template, this is why the AJAX update for "stockable variants" when the variant is out of stock doesn't work succesfully in category browse page. But still, the functionality is there which avoid any confusions. Buyers can't add any variant to cart if it is out of stock. I know, it would better to show the "out of stock" text right away when it is selected, but we tried it, it didn't work out. Some core files of Virtuemart needed to be patched which is not recommended, because modifying the Virtuemart Core files is always a bad thing.

Regards.

I had done something similar for my site in VM1, but recall I had to modify core vm files.

I think my client will want to have the word "Out of Stock " or an image with a red cross showing so I'll have to look into modifying it myself then.

I would suggest you not to touch any Virtumart Core file as you will need Virtuemart Updates in the future. Keep this in mind; once you perform the Virtuemart Update, all your Core changes are retrieved, because update refreshes all the PHP and JS files back to stock.... this means, you will lose your modifications.

Regards.
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