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Adding and modifying "apparel" products

The Apparel Add-On adds new settings to the Control Panel's pages used to add or edit products in your store. To turn a standard product into an Apparel Product, locate the product and click on the Details link. To add a new product, select Manage Products > Add New Products from the Products menu.

In order to view and edit the Apparel Product settings, scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the Apparel Product Settings section. By default, the setting This is an apparel product is set to No. Click Yes and a new section of the page will be displayed. Configure the following options:

Out of stock behavior

When a Sub-Product is out of stock, what should happen? You can control the way “out of stock” product variations (sub-products) are shown on the product details page (pc/viewPrd.asp). You can either hide the option that is not in stock, or show a custom message next to it.

For example, assume you are selling a polo shirt, available in a few colors and sizes. Also assume that for the color “Blue”, the sizes “Medium” and “Large” are out of stock, whereas “Small” and “X-Large” are in stock. Depending on how you configure this option, ProductCart will behave as follows:

  • If the option is hidden, when customers select “Blue” from the “Color” drop-down menu, the sizes “Medium” and “Large” are not shown. Only “Small” and “X-Large” are shown in the “Size” drop-down menu.
  • If the option is shown, when customers select “Blue” from the “Color” drop-down menu, the sizes “Medium” and “Large” are shown, and the out of stock message entered here is displayed next to them (e.g. “Currently out of stock”). If customers select an out of stock option, an alert is shown indicating that the product is out of stock. The message should be as short as possible as it is shown next to the out of stock option inside the drop-down menu that displays such options (or next to the radio button label). A long message would stretch that drop-down menu horizontally and not look professional on the page.

The Disregard Inventory option that can be set on the Add/Modify product page does not apply to Apparel Products. This is because inventory is handled at the sub-product level when you are dealing with an Apparel Product. You can disregard stock at the sub-product level by enabling that feature on the Manage Sub-Products page. The same is true for the “Stock” count, as the inventory levels are set for each Sub-Product.

Display Choices

The selectable options can be shown by using either drop-down menus or radio buttons.