Wrong state of Add2basket button?

[ids]

This is a different question than another question I recently posted. This is more of a how to.

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I have attributes/variants at various states of inventory qty and tracking. The attribute(s) -- defined are radio buttons and are Required. But of the 4 options, there isn't a default option set. Result when loading this product is the add2basket button state is "Sold Out." I think this is the default state because no option is selected. As an aside, With that as the assumption, the button state doesn't make sense. The state should be Add 2 Basket because the "Sold Out" state of inventory isn't known yet. I was thinking I should use some custom coding in the button code definition. What is the suggestion for making this button the desired Add 2 Basket state?

Thanks,

Scott

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Scott,

You could remove the outOfStock (); function in scripts.js, and reference to it, to help correct the issue.

[ids]

There appears to be a side affect. This worked great for the button states. The side affect appears to be that products can't be added to the basket. Not sure what's happening there.

Scott

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Scott,

That is a function of Attribute Machine. When tracking inventory on variants, and no attributes are selected, the button is disabled until a valid selection has been made.

[ids]

Thanks Matt.

I should have been more clear on where the side affect is being seen, which products that are tracked without variants. I am also suspecting there is another change from out of the box RT that I don't know about yet.

Scott

[ids]

A question Matt. Is the default text on the button when no attributes are selected suppose to be "Sold Out?" The button is disabled which is the desired state.

This could be considered an incorrect information given to the viewer of the product. Would you suggest to change the text in the outofStock function?

Scott

BTW: I did try changing this in the function but wasn't correct.

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Scott,

Without using the outOfStock function, the text should be whatever you have set for the button, usually Add To Cart. The outOfStock function would read if the button was set to disabled, by Attribute Machine, and change the text value.

[ids]

OK, that helps I think. Any ideas why a disabled button would be read by the attribute machine on a product that doesn't have attributes/variants?

[lesliekirk]

OK, that helps I think. Any ideas why a disabled button would be read by the attribute machine on a product that doesn't have attributes/variants?

Is there, by any chance, that Inventory has been turned on at the product level? Just a wag...

[ids]

No, but It's a good wag. And that has been part of the test procedure style iteration.

Scott