Custom Fields on Product Admin Pages

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DavidX Ecommerce Template Expert 934 Posts	Posted - 09/04/2022 : 16:07:57 Is it possible to create custom fields and/or check boxes in the product page within the admin that would be invisible to customers? We're wanting to have some way to show us the location of items (upstairs, downstairs, etc.) and also have a field where we can show how many of something we have in our warehouse. Any way we can achieve this?
Vince Administrator 42766 Posts	Posted - 09/05/2022 : 01:47:49 Hi DavidX Sure thing and you can do that by setting... admincustomlabel1="Admin Label" admincustomlabel2="Admin Label" admincustomlabel3="Admin Label" admincustomlabel4="Admin Label" ...setting "Admin Label" to whatever you want the label to be in admin. Unless you then actually specify the custom columns in the productpagelayout or detailpagelayout parameters then these won't appear on your product pages. Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
1818charlie ECT Moderator United Kingdom 1194 Posts	Posted - 09/05/2022 : 03:08:33 Morning David Just in case you would like/require more than three custom fields, since version 7.4.7 the initial limit of three custom fields has been removed which now means that you are now able to have as many as you choose. The write up of this is in Vinces post regarding this release in the updater https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=114584 ----------------------------------------------- Steve Manchester UK How to update your store https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/updater_info.asp QuickBuy, Product & Product Details Layouts https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/layouts.asp User Manual - an easy read! https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/free_downloads.asp#usermanual Request Updater https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/updaters.asp Edited by - 1818charlie on 09/05/2022 03:09:34
DavidX Ecommerce Template Expert 934 Posts	Posted - 09/06/2022 : 10:04:48 This looks like it's exactly what I want. Please forgive me here, my coding and CSS is pretty rusty but I assume the admincustomlabel1="Admin Label" line goes into the includes.asp and I also assume the actual page I'm working with is adminprods, is this correct? If it IS correct, what, exactly, do I need to add to the adminprods page? Edited by - DavidX on 09/06/2022 10:05:17
1818charlie ECT Moderator United Kingdom 1194 Posts	Posted - 09/06/2022 : 12:13:26 Hi David Yes, adding admincustomlabel1="Admin Label" to your includes.asp file will allow the custom field to show in the product admin only, which seems to be what you would like, correct? If you would like a custom field to appear on the product detail page then by also adding detailcustomlabel1="Detail Label" to the include file this will then show the content of the custom field in the admin on the product detail page. To do so all you need to do, again in the includes file, is add the detail page layout & then add to that where on the detail page you would like your custom field content to appear - so in the example below your custom field 1 would appear between the manufacturer name & the SKU. detailpagelayout="navigation, checkoutbutton, productimage, productid, manufacturer, custom1,sku, productname, discounts, instock, description, listprice, price, quantity, currency, dateadded, options, addtocart, previousnext, emailfriend, reviews" Edited by - 1818charlie on 09/06/2022 12:31:17
DavidX Ecommerce Template Expert 934 Posts	Posted - 09/06/2022 : 14:35:07 I'm not sure I'm understanding this correctly. I added: admincustomlabel1="Backstock" to my includes.asp and did nothing else beyond that and it didn't change anything in my adminprods.asp page. Did I miss something or is this changing a different page. I WANT it to add the field to every product page in the admin so I can note the backstock amount of any given item. Ideally it would show up as a quick entry option one level back as well.
dbdave ECT Moderator USA 10411 Posts	Posted - 09/06/2022 : 17:34:34 Hi David, be sure you uploaded the includes file to the server in the proper location (vsadmin older) and if you happen to be accessing the admin via a secret (other than vsadmin) folder, add the parameter to that includes file as well. When you open the product details in the admin, you should see this custom field among other fields. There is a parameter you can use to add this to the quick entry. This was introduced some time back and described here https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=109004 quote: customquickupdate="CustomDBColumn,CustomDBColumn2" ' ASP You can specify more than one column by using a comma to separate. The Quick Update menu will display the database column name, unless also specified separated by a colon. For instance... "CustomDBColumn:DB Column 1,CustomDBColumn2:DB Column 2" Finally, the datatype of the column will be assumed to be text, unless also specified separated by a colon as NUM for numeric or CHECK for checkbox / (Yes/No). For example... "CustomDBColumn:DB Column 1:NUM,CustomDBColumn2:DB Column 2:CHECK" So, something like customquickupdate="pCustom1:Backstock" should do the trick for that. Thanks, David Edited by - dbdave on 09/06/2022 17:35:43
DavidX Ecommerce Template Expert 934 Posts	Posted - 09/06/2022 : 20:49:33 OK! So, I kept trying and couldn't get it to work then, I noticed an update was available and I applied it and it worked! Then, I reapplied the Servelink image upload and that killed it again. Any way to fix this? Is it a Servelink thing?
Vince Administrator 42766 Posts	Posted - 09/07/2022 : 06:13:59 Hi DavidX I would get in touch with Servelink to see if there is an updated version, yes. Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
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