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[RexxBattery]

We are looking to make a "Special Order" button (add to cart) for out of stock items. Any direction to get this going?
Thank you

[qualiteam]

What will that button do?

[RexxBattery]

It will add the item to the cart. Potentially also pop up with a message clarifying to the customer that it will be a special order.

[qualiteam]

The widget that displays the button on the product page and in the Quick Look popup is this one:
\XLite\View\Product\Details\Customer\AddButton

You can alter it as follows:

1. Create a custom template in your module (skins/default/en/modules/[YOUR_DEV_ID]/[YOUR_MODULE_ID]/product/add_button/body.tpl) with the following code (it is a slightly tweaked copy of the code from the skins/default/en/product/add_button/body.tpl file):

<div class="add-button-wrapper {getFingerprint()}">
  <widget IF="!isOutOfStock()" class="\XLite\View\Button\Submit" label="{getButtonLabel()}" style="regular-main-button add2cart" />
</div>

2. Decorate the widget as follows:

PHP Code:

<?php
class AddButton extends \XLite\View\Product\Details\Customer\AddButton implements \XLite\Base\IDecorator
{
    protected function getButtonLabel()
    {
        return $this->isSpecialOrderButton() ? 'Special order' : 'Add to cart';
    }

    protected function isSpecialOrderButton()
    {
        $product = $this->getProduct();
        $result = ...place there your check against the product...

        return $result;
    }
}

You need also a way to configure which products are regular ones, and which should display the custom button label. Depending on this you should adjust the above text.

As for the popup message: do you mean the message that appears at the top of the page? If so, you should look into decorating the \XLite\Controller\Customer\Cart::doActionAdd() and other methods that it calls.

As you see this may require changing a number of files, so you may be better to hire someone who could code this for you.

[RexxBattery]

i just mean a simple message box that pops up, not the message at the top of the page. I assume that wouldn't be difficult at all. Thank you for your help, I'll see if I come up with any new questions.

[RexxBattery]

What specifically determines whether or not the button displays? I can get it to decide what the button label is, but that doesn't help if the button does not show on out of stock products.

[qualiteam]

I believe it is the isVisible() method. However, you may also need to look into \XLite\Module\QSL\CallForPrice\View\ProductPageCol lection::getWidgetsCollection() as this method determines which widgets appear on the product page depending on different checks.

[RexxBattery]

i ended up changing a function in Model/Product.php to look like this:

public function isPublicAvailable()
    {
        return $this->isVisible()
            && $this->availableInDate();
            //&& !$this->isOutOfStock();
    }

I had to alter a few other files to allow the item to actually be added to the cart though. the file you mentioned must be for a different version, as it does not exist.


Where is the location of what the add to cart button actually does?

[qualiteam]

You're right. I copied it from a wrong file. The right method is \XLite\View\ProductPageCollection::getWidgetsColle ction().

Where is the location of what the add to cart button actually does?

It submites the form with "target" = "cart" and "action" = "add". So, you should look into the \XLite\Controller\Cart::doActionAdd() method.

[RexxBattery]

Originally Posted by qualiteam

It submites the form with "target" = "cart" and "action" = "add". So, you should look into the \XLite\Controller\Cart::doActionAdd() method.

Thank you, I ended up finding this not long after asking. What initializes doActionAdd()? I can't seem to get this popup code to work when the button is clicked.

echo '<script type="text/javascript">alert("hello!");</script>';