Within the following ZenCart examples we’ll be describing product Attribute levels and how best to manage them.
We will start from the basics and build upon these.

The product examples we are going to work with are Clothing (something we should all be wearing

Category: Clothing
Sub Category: Jeans
Product A1: Jeans Blue Small – Stock: 10
Product A2: Jeans Blue Medium – Stock: 8
Product A3: Jeans Blue Larger – Stock: 5

Single Products with single Stock level
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If your store is holding single products then out of the box ZenCart very much catters for your requirements

Within ZenCart Category/products each product will be added individually and within a products details you can simple enter and manage the STOCK quantity

Advantages:
- Simple to manage
- Full description of each individual product can be added
- Stock levels are managed for that product

Disadvantages
- Multiple entries for the same product to cater for each attribute
- Each product needs to be edited to enable a stock quantity change

JSWeb SUGGESTION: Installation of the “admin_product_quantity_changer module”

This module enhances your Zen Cart admin allowing you to make product quantity changes WITHOUT having to edit each and every product individually. This is a much faster approach to keeping your product stock up to date

This is how your ZenCart Store side would generally look like:

Products with Attributes (multiple stock) levels
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Rather than adding each product indivudally with their own stock level, a more streamline way (for you as store owner and your customers who are looking for products) is to have just one main product and within that product provide attribute selection. Here is an example:

Category: Clothing
Sub Category: Jeans Blue
Product A1: Jeans
Attribute: Size: Small – Stock: 10
Attribute: Size: Medium – Stock: 8
Attribute: Size: Large – Stock: 5
Total Stock: 23

Note: A great explanations of how to add product attributes is available on the www.zen-cart.com website within [Tutorials/FAQ).

On your store front end this would look at follows:

Product listing page:

Product Details page:

The next question is how best to manage the STOCK QUANTITIES of each of these attributes?

JSWEB SUGGESTION: Installation of the “Stock by Attributes” module.
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This add-on allows a store owner to set a stock value for each variant of a product. Let’s see this in action:

The result is your product and its attributes stock level being up to date. Now that is quick and easy!

If this is of interest to you then you can order this module at http://www.jsweb.co.uk/stock-by-attributes-p-279.html

Want more?
How about using attributes to build your product prices?
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This new Dynamic Attribute Pricing module will allow you to dynamically show prices of your products based on attributes selections! This will keep your customer informed before they hit the ADD TO CART button

Read more about this module at http://www.jsweb.co.uk/dynamic-attribute-pricing-p-367.html

Here at JSWeb we like to think outside of the box. We like to create and develop new and exiting products for our customers and to enhance their eCommerce website.

So, What is AJAX?

Ajax (shorthand for asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a group of interrelated web development techniques used on the client-side to create interactive web applications. With Ajax, web applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behaviour of the existing page. – Wikipedia Source

How will it improve my site?

With the JSWeb Ajax Modules you can instantly gain:

• Faster Navigation
• Friendly Customer Interface
• Improved Design
• Improved Shopping Experience

Here is a list of some of our Ajax Modules…

JSWEB Ajax Modules

1. Ajax Pop-Up Basket Content

Improve your add to basket feature for your customers. When a customer adds a product to their basket, a clean pop up will appear showing them that their product has been added to the cart and give them some options to quickly check out.

View example of  the Pop-Up Basket Content
Click here to purchase this module

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2. Ajax Pop-Up Zen Cart Customer Login

This mod will replace your existing customer login and replace it with a sleek login box that pops up as a layer on top of the website. It also includes a button will link to the sign up form so customers can register.

View example of  the Pop-Up Zen Cart Customer Login
Click here to purchase this module

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3. Ajax Search Engine for Zen Cart

A Zen Cart Ajax Search module that displays multiple drop down menus on the  front end of your store making it easier for clients to find the right results rather than getting NO RESULTS FOUND.

The drop down values are created on the fly from the database.

Benefits

• can be displayed on every page
• new technology
• reduces time to view and search products
• working without page refresh
• they are always search results

How does it work?

Each Search is built to a clients requirements! Some examples can be viewed on 3rd parties LIVE sites…

It was built as follows:

• Product Type: e.g. Car Lights
• Vehicle Make: e.g BMW
• Vehicle Model: e.g. SERIES 3
• Exact Model: e.g. ABC123 Front Light

Within the Zen Cart admin > Products page you are provided with NEW additional fields.

There are a wide number of ways this search can be built to best suit your website. Below are some example alond with further details to wet your appatite!

http://www.toys4cars.co.uk who needed a search to help their customers find parts fast based on their vehicle type

http://www.incarhandsfree.co.uk who use the module to allow their visitors to choose the right module phone device to match their needs

http://www.f1btn.co.uk who need a search to help their customers find parts fast based on their vehicle type

http://www.motorbikes675.fr who use the module for their bike vehicle products
Click here to purchase this module

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4. Ajax Shopping Cart Sidebox for Zen Cart

This Ajax mod will allow your customers to add products to the basket which will appear on the website. They will then be able to change the attributes from any part of the website, change quantity and also proceed to checkout quickly.

View example of  the Shopping Cart Sidebox for Zen Cart
Click here to purchase this module

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Wait! There’s more!
If you like what you have seen above you can visit our Ajax Module page

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