[thundernugs]

to remove qty dropdown and text, i found it much easier to do it this way:

create your own buy now or add to cart gif

include it where you want it in product.tpl

use this code for your hyperlink
[img]{$ImagesDir}/addtocart.gif[/img]

then just comment out or erase this entire table

<!--
<TABLE border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

{if $active_modules.Product_Options ne ""}
{ include file="modules/Product_Options/customer_options.tpl"}
{/if}

<TR><TD height="25" width="30%">{$lng.lbl_quantity}{if $product.min_amount gt 1}
<FONT class="ProductDetailsTitle">{$lng.txt_need_min_amount} {$product.min_amount} {$lng.lbl_items}</FONT>{/if}</TD>
<TD>
{if $config.General.unlimited_products eq "N" and ($product.avail le 0 or $product.avail lt $product.min_amount) and $variants eq ''}
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript 1.2">
var min_avail = 1;
var avail = 0;
var product_avail = 0;
</SCRIPT>
{$lng.txt_out_of_stock}
{else}
{if $config.General.unlimited_products eq "Y"}
{math equation="x+1" assign="mq" x=$config.Appearance.max_select_quantity}
{else}
{math equation="x/y" x=$config.Appearance.max_select_quantity y=$product.min_amount assign="tmp"}
{if $tmp<2}
{assign var="minamount" value=$product.min_amount}
{else}
{assign var="minamount" value=1}
{/if}
{math equation="min(maxquantity+minamount, productquantity+1)" assign="mq" maxquantity=$config.Appearance.max_select_quantity minamount=$minamount productquantity=$product.avail}
{/if}
{if $product.distribution eq "" and !($active_modules.Subscriptions ne "" and $subscription)}
{if $product.min_amount le 1}
{assign var="start_quantity" value=1}
{else}
{assign var="start_quantity" value=$product.min_amount}
{/if}
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript 1.2">
var min_avail = {$start_quantity|default:1};
var avail = {$mq|default:1}-1;
var product_avail = {$product.avail|default:"0"};
</SCRIPT>
{*
<SELECT id="product_avail" name="amount"{if $active_modules.Product_Options ne '' && $product_options ne ''} onchange="check_options();"{/if}>
{section name=quantity loop=$mq start=$start_quantity}
<OPTION value="{%quantity.index%}" {if $smarty.get.quantity eq %quantity.index%}selected{/if}>{%quantity.index%}</OPTION>
{/section}
</SELECT>
*}
{else}
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript 1.2">
var min_avail = 1;
var avail = 1;
var product_avail = 1;
</SCRIPT>
<FONT class="ProductDetailsTitle">1</FONT><INPUT type="hidden" name="amount" value="1"> {if $product.distribution ne ""}{$lng.txt_product_downloadable}{/if}
{/if}
{/if}
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="2">
<INPUT type="hidden" name="mode" value="add">
{if $variants eq ''}
{include file="customer/main/product_prices.tpl"}
{/if}
{if $config.General.unlimited_products eq "Y" or ($product.avail gt 0 and $product.avail ge $product.min_amount)}
{if $js_enabled}


{if $smarty.get.pconf ne ""}
<INPUT type="hidden" name="slot" value="{$smarty.get.slot}">
<INPUT type="hidden" name="addproductid" value="{$product.productid}">
{include file="buttons/button.tpl" button_title=$lng.lbl_pconf_add_to_configuration style="button" href="javascript:if (FormValidation()) `$ldelim`document.orderform.productid.value='`$smarty.get.pconf`';document.orderform.action='pconf.php';document.orderform.submit()`$rdelim`"}



{/if}


{*
{if $product.forsale ne "B"}
{include file="buttons/add_to_cart.tpl" style="button" href="javascript: if(FormValidation()) document.orderform.submit();"}

{if $login ne "" and $active_modules.Wishlist ne ""}
{include file="customer/add2wl.tpl"}
{/if}
{else}
{$lng.txt_pconf_product_is_bundled}
{/if}
*}


{else}
{include file="submit_wo_js.tpl" value=$lng.lbl_add_to_cart}
{/if}
{/if}

{if $active_modules.Feature_Comparison ne ""}
{include file="modules/Feature_Comparison/product_buttons.tpl"}
{/if}



</TD>
</TR></TABLE>
-->

this will affect your wishlist stuff, feature comparisons and downloadable products, but if you don't use these it shouldn't be a problem.

works well in 4.0.18, and seems to be an easier solution that the others i saw, and you can incorporate your custom add to cart button, b/c the default x-cart ones are lame.

-mike[/code]