Ubercart

Hey noira,

for messages if a product is out of stock you will need Computed Field, there should be enough documentation around how to use it. Just in brief:

• Find the UC core function to check stock level
• Get the taxonomy terms of this node (14 days, 10 days,...)
• According to the above results prepare the messages which Computed Field will display for you.

The "more efficient way" to administer stock levels - well - I wrote long time ago a Stock bulk editor, but this is still UC1.x. I want to change a couple of things, so not just port it. But as soon as the VAT issue is done I will come to it. Vydrž

Noira,

I'm not sure if you still have this problem, but for your sake as well as the sake of people googling for answers, here's my take. I have attached two very simple custom-written modules to address the issues you're facing.

The first one, uc_stocknode, adds a stock field to the $node object which is made available to the theme. You will need to do some custom theming to make this work, as the module does not affect the default display. You may also be able to use this module with computed fields, although I neither tested nor investigated this configuration.

The second module, bulk_stock, provides a stock update action. Install the Views Bulk Operations module and edit the admin_content view it provides. You will want to configure the Bulk Operations style within this view to include the "Set stock levels (bulk_stock_update)" operation. In my setup, I have also added a SKU field, a Content: Image field, and a Taxonomy: All terms field to this view as well as several other tweaks to make the view more usable (exposing some taxonomy filters, setting more fields as sortable, and increasing the items per page to 200).

Both of these modules are quick-and-dirty and will be cleaned up before I submit them to drupal contrib, so, as always, use them at your own risk. I have done some limited testing with drupal 6.14 and ubercart 6.x-2.0.

Hope this helps someone.