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Originally Posted by hamid

I just added an "Availability" label on my product pages (product.tpl), and next to it put:

{if $product.avail gt 100}
IN STOCK MESSAGE
{else}
OUT OF STOCK MESSAGE
{/if}

So, if the stock level goes under 100, customers see the "out of stock message", otherwise they see the "in stock message".

Thanks Hamid, for this very simple and useful work-around. I used a constant of 10000 to make inventories over 100 more readable, and I also added a message beside out-of-stock items in the cart. For the cart mod, the code update in customer\main\cart.tpl is essentially the same as Hamid's update in customer\main\product.tpl, but instead of:

$product.avail

use

$products[product].avail

My implemenation of the cart portion of the mod was to update cart.tpl by replacing:

{include file="buttons/edit_product_options.tpl" href="javascript:window.open('`$catalogs.customer`/  [etc. ... line too long to show here]
{/if}
{/if}
</DIV>
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="2"><HR size="1" noshade></TD></TR>
{/if}
{/section}

with

{include file="buttons/edit_product_options.tpl" href="javascript:window.open('`$catalogs.customer`/  [etc. ... line too long to show here]
{/if}
{/if}
</DIV>

{* VJ add: follwing div is added out of stock notice; items with inventory under 10000 *}
{if $products[product].avail le 10000}


<div align="left">
  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="400" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
    <tr>
      <td width="100%">
        <div align="left">
          <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
          bgcolor="#F9F9F9">
            <tr>
              <td width="100%">
<span class=dr10b>THIS ITEM IS ON BACKORDER
</span><span class=dg10>You can still order this item now, but it will ship later than the rest of your order, generally by 1 to 3 weeks.  If this delay is not acceptable, you may </span><span class=bu10b>delete this item</span><span class=dg10> from your order.</span>
              </td>
            </tr>
          </table>
        </div>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>
{/if}
{* VJ end *}

</TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="2"><HR size="1" noshade></TD></TR>
{/if}
{/section}

I have some CSS font styles in there. You can change or delete those, or add this code to your css file:

.dr10b {
  font-size: 10px;
  line-height: 12px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #990000;
}
.dg10 {
  font-size: 10px;
  line-height: 12px;
  color: #444444;
}