Configuration ≫ Options' Stock Manager
See Variant Stock for details and instructions on use.
General: Enable Products Options Stock Manager?
Key: POSM_ENABLE
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enable the Products' Options' Stock processing for the storefront?
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enable the Products' Options' Stock processing for the storefront?
General: Duplicate Model Numbers
Key: POSM_DUPLICATE_MODELNUMS
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: How should the admin-level tools handle duplicate model numbers? Choose one of:
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: How should the admin-level tools handle duplicate model numbers? Choose one of:
- Allow (default): No message, allows saving.
- Disallow: Issue message, don't allow saving.
- Message-Only: Issue message, allow saving.
General: Divider Color
Key: POSM_DIVIDER_COLOR
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the background color to be used for the divider in Catalog :: Products' Options' Stock Manager.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the background color to be used for the divider in Catalog :: Products' Options' Stock Manager.
General: Options Stock Re-order Level
Key: POSM_STOCK_REORDER_LEVEL
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the low-stock level for products with options' stock. This value is used to highlight low-stock options within the Catalog->Manage Options' Stock tools and, if Configuration->E-mail Options->Send Low Stock Emails is enabled, determines the stock-level at which to send those emails.
Note: The value entered must consist of numeric (0-9) characters only.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the low-stock level for products with options' stock. This value is used to highlight low-stock options within the Catalog->Manage Options' Stock tools and, if Configuration->E-mail Options->Send Low Stock Emails is enabled, determines the stock-level at which to send those emails.
Note: The value entered must consist of numeric (0-9) characters only.
General: Back-in-Stock Date Reminder
Key: POSM_BIS_DATE_REMINDER
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: If your store is using POSM's back-in-stock labels with availability dates, you might want a reminder when a date is imminent. Identify the number of days prior to any expiration that the notification should be issued; set the value to 0 (the default) if you do not want a reminder.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: If your store is using POSM's back-in-stock labels with availability dates, you might want a reminder when a date is imminent. Identify the number of days prior to any expiration that the notification should be issued; set the value to 0 (the default) if you do not want a reminder.
General: Option Types to Manage?
Key: POSM_OPTIONS_TYPES_TO_MANAGE
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the types of options to manage using a packed, comma-separated list. Currently, only Dropdown/Select (0) and Radio (2) option types are supported!
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the types of options to manage using a packed, comma-separated list. Currently, only Dropdown/Select (0) and Radio (2) option types are supported!
General: Optional Option Types List
Key: POSM_OPTIONAL_OPTION_TYPES_LIST
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter types of options to be ignored when determining if a product's option-combination is managed, using a packed, comma-separated list.
The built-in Zen Cart option types are Dropdown/Select (0), Text (1), Radio (2), Checkbox (3), File (4) and Read-Only (5).
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter types of options to be ignored when determining if a product's option-combination is managed, using a packed, comma-separated list.
The built-in Zen Cart option types are Dropdown/Select (0), Text (1), Radio (2), Checkbox (3), File (4) and Read-Only (5).
General: Optional Option Names List
Key: POSM_OPTIONAL_OPTION_NAMES_LIST
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the list of optional product options for your store, using a packed, comma-separated list of their option_id values. All option values associated with the options that you identify here are ignored when determining if a product's option-combination is managed.
Use this value in conjunction with the "Optional Option Types List" to refine your store's option-combination configurations.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the list of optional product options for your store, using a packed, comma-separated list of their option_id values. All option values associated with the options that you identify here are ignored when determining if a product's option-combination is managed.
Use this value in conjunction with the "Optional Option Types List" to refine your store's option-combination configurations.
Stock Status Display: Show Messages?
Key: POSM_SHOW_STOCK_MESSAGES
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Choose where (Store Only, Admin Only, Both or Neither) the POSM in-/out-of-stock messages will be displayed.
If you choose Store Only or Both, this status will be displayed to your customers on the shopping_cart, checkout_confirmation and account_history_info pages. See also the Dependent Attributes: Stock Status Display setting, below, which operates independently of this setting.
If you choose Admin Only or Both, the in-/out-of-stock messages will be displayed within your Customers->Orders details display, invoices and packing slips.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Choose where (Store Only, Admin Only, Both or Neither) the POSM in-/out-of-stock messages will be displayed.
If you choose Store Only or Both, this status will be displayed to your customers on the shopping_cart, checkout_confirmation and account_history_info pages. See also the Dependent Attributes: Stock Status Display setting, below, which operates independently of this setting.
If you choose Admin Only or Both, the in-/out-of-stock messages will be displayed within your Customers->Orders details display, invoices and packing slips.
Stock Status Display: Messages for Unmanaged Options?
Key: POSM_SHOW_UNMANAGED_OPTIONS_STATUS
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Should the store-side processing include in-/out-of-stock messages for non-POSM-managed products? If set to true, the messages will be displayed depending on the unmanaged product's stock quantity — In Stock if > 0; the default out-of-stock message (PRODUCTS_OPTIONS_STOCK_NOT_IN_STOCK), otherwise.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Should the store-side processing include in-/out-of-stock messages for non-POSM-managed products? If set to true, the messages will be displayed depending on the unmanaged product's stock quantity — In Stock if > 0; the default out-of-stock message (PRODUCTS_OPTIONS_STOCK_NOT_IN_STOCK), otherwise.
Stock Status Display: Include In-Stock Status?
Key: POSM_SHOW_IN_STOCK_MESSAGE
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Choose whether to include the display of the "in-stock" product status, wherever that status-display is enabled. If set to false, only out-of-stock messages will be displayed.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Choose whether to include the display of the "in-stock" product status, wherever that status-display is enabled. If set to false, only out-of-stock messages will be displayed.
Admin: Model Number Field Width
Key: POSM_ADMIN_MODEL_WIDTH
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Use this setting to control the width of the Option Model/SKU field displayed by Catalog :: Manage Options' Stock and Catalog :: Options' Stock — View All pages. Enter a valid CSS "width" value, e.g. 9em (default) or 9px.
Note: Leave the setting blank to use the database-defined field width.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Use this setting to control the width of the Option Model/SKU field displayed by Catalog :: Manage Options' Stock and Catalog :: Options' Stock — View All pages. Enter a valid CSS "width" value, e.g. 9em (default) or 9px.
Note: Leave the setting blank to use the database-defined field width.
Dependent Attributes: Enable
Key: POSM_DEPENDENT_ATTRS_ENABLE
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should be enabled.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should be enabled.
Dependent Attributes: Insert "Please Choose"?
Key: POSM_DEPENDENT_ATTRS_PLEASE_CHOOSE
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should insert a "Please Choose" selection into a product's drop-down options. If false, the first option value for each attribute is assumed to be a "Please choose …" type value.
Note: This setting does not apply when a product has a single drop-down option.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should insert a "Please Choose" selection into a product's drop-down options. If false, the first option value for each attribute is assumed to be a "Please choose …" type value.
Note: This setting does not apply when a product has a single drop-down option.
Dependent Attributes: Show Model Number?
Key: POSM_DEPENDENT_ATTRS_SHOW_MODEL
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should include the model-numbers for each attribute value on the final, selectable attribute's option.
Note: A model-number is included only if that value is not an empty string.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should include the model-numbers for each attribute value on the final, selectable attribute's option.
Note: A model-number is included only if that value is not an empty string.
Dependent Attributes: Show Stock Status?
Key: POSM_DEPENDENT_ATTRS_STOCK_STATUS
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should include the in-/out-of-stock status for each attribute value on the final, selectable attribute's option.
Note: In-stock status is included only if Stock Status Display: Include In-Stock Status? is set to true.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should include the in-/out-of-stock status for each attribute value on the final, selectable attribute's option.
Note: In-stock status is included only if Stock Status Display: Include In-Stock Status? is set to true.
Dependent Attributes: Show In-Stock Quantity in Status?
Key: POSM_DEPENDENT_ATTRS_STOCK_STATUS_QTY
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: When Dependent Attributes: Stock Status Display and Stock Status Display: Include In-Stock Status? are both true, should the in-stock quantity be displayed when the option-combination is In Stock?
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: When Dependent Attributes: Stock Status Display and Stock Status Display: Include In-Stock Status? are both true, should the in-stock quantity be displayed when the option-combination is In Stock?
Dependent Attributes: Outer Selector
Key: POSM_ATTRIBUTE_WRAPPER_SELECTOR
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the outer CSS selector (default: an empty string) that wraps all elements associated with a single option.
Notes:
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the outer CSS selector (default: an empty string) that wraps all elements associated with a single option.
Notes:
- For Zen Cart's built-in
responsive_classicandtemplate_defaulttemplates (and clones thereof), this value should be set to .attribBlock. - For the
bootstraptemplate (and clones thereof), this value should be set to an empty string.
Dependent Attributes: Inner Selector
Key: POSM_ATTRIBUTE_SELECTOR
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the inner CSS selector (default: .wrapperAttribsOptions) that contains, at a minimum, each option's name. Note: This value should be changed only if your custom template has modified the attributes' display formatting.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the inner CSS selector (default: .wrapperAttribsOptions) that contains, at a minimum, each option's name. Note: This value should be changed only if your custom template has modified the attributes' display formatting.
Dependent Attributes: Option Name Selector
Key: POSM_OPTION_NAME_SELECTOR
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the CSS selector (default: .optionName) that identifies the element that contains the current option's name. Note: This value should be changed only if your custom template has modified the attributes' display formatting.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the CSS selector (default: .optionName) that identifies the element that contains the current option's name. Note: This value should be changed only if your custom template has modified the attributes' display formatting.
Dependent Attributes: Attributes Images Selector
Key: POSM_ATTRIBUTE_IMAGE_SELECTOR
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the CSS selector (default: .attribImg) that wraps, if configured, each attribute's image. Note: This value should be changed only if your custom template has modified the attributes' display formatting.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify the CSS selector (default: .attribImg) that wraps, if configured, each attribute's image. Note: This value should be changed only if your custom template has modified the attributes' display formatting.
Dependent Attributes: Use Minified Script File?
Key: POSM_USE_MINIFIED_JSCRIPT
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should load the minified version of the jQuery script, reducing the page-load time for a product's page.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Identify whether or not the plugin's dependent-attributes processing should load the minified version of the jQuery script, reducing the page-load time for a product's page.
View All: Allow Model Number Updates?
Key: POSM_VIEW_ALL_MODEL_UPDATE
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Should the "View All" processing for Catalog->Manage Options' Stock enable the managed variants' model numbers to be updated? If set to false, the model numbers are displayed but cannot be updated; you'll need to update the model numbers on a product-by-product basis.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Should the "View All" processing for Catalog->Manage Options' Stock enable the managed variants' model numbers to be updated? If set to false, the model numbers are displayed but cannot be updated; you'll need to update the model numbers on a product-by-product basis.
View All: Maximum Products/Page
Key: POSM_MAX_PRODUCTS_VIEW_ALL
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the maximum number of products to display on a single page of the View All tool.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Enter the maximum number of products to display on a single page of the View All tool.
Shopping Cart: Display Model Numbers?
Key: POSM_CART_DISPLAY_MODEL_NUMBERS
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Should the
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: Should the
shopping_cart page display a product's model-number? If you choose true, a product's model number is appended to its name for the display, e.g. "Product Name [model]", if the model-number is not empty.Enable debug?
Key: POSM_ENABLE_DEBUG
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: If enabled, the POSM processing will write debug information to either a myDEBUG-POSM-*.log (for store-side actions) or a myDEBUG-POSM-adm-*.log (for admin-side actions) file in your store's logs directory.
Path: Configuration > Options' Stock Manager
Description: If enabled, the POSM processing will write debug information to either a myDEBUG-POSM-*.log (for store-side actions) or a myDEBUG-POSM-adm-*.log (for admin-side actions) file in your store's logs directory.
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Last modified July 13, 2024 by Scott C Wilson (70f5bea3).