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I was hoping that someone knowledgeable would have replied to my inquiry by now, but my thread seems to be getting buried under the pile.  :-(

Perhaps I just need to boost my request up to the top, again?

Hm??? I was already aware that I could just disable the "add to cart" button in the category listing, but this would add an extra step to the entire shopping process for my customers.

I understand that there may be no room for the options, in the category listing, so I have to ask about another possible solution that comes to mind.

Would it be possible to add a mod to the script, that would take the visitor to an "alert" page if they tried to "add to cart" without selecting an option (for all the products that have options enabled)?

If that could be done, that would be fantastic.

Thanks in advance...

Thanks, Ed_H,

I looked over those instructions, but I think they pertain to an older version of the CCP script because the instructions were posted in 2003, and I was not able to find the exact code that it is instructing me to replace.

Here are the instructions form that post:

In the product category display element that those cateories are using, add the line:
(CGIGET TYPE="SUB" VALUE="ste_prod_show_options")
Right above the add to cart button.

Then it says:

...also make the following change. In the file ./cgi-bin/library/modules/ste_prod.pl in the routine 'ste_prod_disp' you'll see:

Code:

$column_line = "product_id,product_name,product_number,product_pricestatus,product_regprice,
product_saleprice,product_volprice,product_voltext,product_usecatdisc,product_useinv,
product_inv,product_imglg,product_imgsm,product_descshort,product_desclong";

Change to:

Code:

$column_line = "product_id,product_name,product_number,product_pricestatus,product_regprice,
product_saleprice,product_volprice,product_voltext,product_usecatdisc,product_useinv,
product_inv,product_imglg,product_imgsm,product_descshort,product_desclong,product_xopt";

But there is no line that looks like this...

$column_line = "product_id,product_name,product_number,product_pricestatus,product_regprice,
product_saleprice,product_volprice,product_voltext,product_usecatdisc,product_useinv,
product_inv,product_imglg,product_imgsm,product_descshort,product_desclong";

There is, however, a similar line that looks like this...

$column_line = "product_id,product_name,product_number,product_pricestatus,product_regprice,
product_saleprice,product_volprice,product_voltext,product_recurprice,product_recurstatus,
product_usecatdisc,product_useinv,product_inv,product_imglg,product_imgsm,
product_descshort,product_desclong";

Is this the line I need to change? What should I change it to?

Furthermore, the instructions say:

Then in the routine 'ste_prod_show' change:

Code:

($product_id,$product_name,$product_number,$product_pricestatus,$product_regprice,
$product_saleprice,$product_volprice,$product_voltext,$product_usecatdisc,$product_useinv,
$product_inv,$product_imglg,$product_imgsm,$product_descshort,$product_desclong) = @$row;

To:

Code:

($product_id,$product_name,$product_number,$product_pricestatus,$product_regprice,
$product_saleprice,$product_volprice,$product_voltext,$product_usecatdisc,$product_useinv,
$product_inv,$product_imglg,$product_imgsm,$product_descshort,$product_desclong,
$product_xopt) = @$row;

Once again, there is not line that looks exactly like this...

($product_id,$product_name,$product_number,$product_pricestatus,$product_regprice,
$product_saleprice,$product_volprice,$product_voltext,$product_usecatdisc,$product_useinv,
$product_inv,$product_imglg,$product_imgsm,$product_descshort,$product_desclong) = @$row;

But there is a similar line that looks like this...

($product_id,$product_name,$product_number,$product_pricestatus,$product_regprice,
$product_saleprice,$product_volprice,$product_voltext,$product_recurprice,
$product_recurstatus,$product_usecatdisc,$product_useinv,$product_inv,$product_imglg,
$product_imgsm,$product_descshort,$product_desclong) = @$row;

Is this the line I need to change? What should I change it to?


Furthermore, since the script may have gone through other changes since 2003, are there any other changes I need to do?


Once again, thank you in advance for further help.

Thanks, Ed_H,

I followed the instructions. From a technical point of view this did work, but unfortunately it totally messed up the layout of the pages. The script was inserting a large table with the displayed options, right in front of the ADD button. That distorted the entire product display of each product that was listed in the category. Perhaps this is what Rachael was saying?

I was hoping to have just a simple drop-down menu, in front of the ADD button, but instead it is inserting the entire table that is usually nesting the options.

Since this does not seem to work, I was wondering if it would be possible to have a mod for option 2. In my case, option 2 would work so that the visitor would be alerted to select an option before a product can be added to the cart (only when the product has options to select, of course).

Could this be done?

Thanks...