Product Status

Product Status

Product Statuses are a way to group products by status types like Featured, Clearance, New or On Sale. Product Statuses are used in carousels and search.

This article applies to zeckoShop 7 and higher.

Product Status Types

Product Status Types define the statuses available on the website. You will not need to rebuild the search index for these changes to take effect.

Add a Product Status Type

  1. From the Administration Index go to Products > Status Types
  2. Click New
  3. Check Enabled, enter a name and optionally upload an image for the Status Type
  4. Click Save

You can now assign this status to products through Products > Statuses.

Remove a Product Status Type

Removing a Status Type will also remove all Product Status assignments using that type. If you want to retain the assignments disable the status instead.

  1. From the Administration Index go to Products > Status Types
  2. Find the Status Type in the listing
  3. Click the red X to the right

Disable a Product Status Type

Disabling a Status Type retains the Product Status assignments using that type.

  1. From the Administration Index go to Products > Status Types
  2. Find the Status Type in the listing
  3. Edit the Status Type you want to disable
  4. Uncheck Enabled
  5. Click Save

Product Status Assignments

Assigning a Status to a Product

  1. From the Administration Index go to Products > Statuses
  2. Click on New
  3. Fill out the fields
  4. Click Save

The status will be removed from the product on the end date.

Removing a Status from a Product

  1. From the Administration Index go to Products > Statuses
  2. Find the product in the listing
  3. Click the red X to the right

Managing Status Assignments with Import/Export

We recommend setting a few status assignments using the web interface before using import/export. This lets you export those assignments and use it as a template.

  1. From the Administration Index go to Products > Statuses
  2. Click Export at the bottom
  3. On the export popup
    1. Title is used for the filename
    2. Fields for Export should all be checked
    3. Click Run Export
  4. Select a download location if prompted, otherwise your browser will download the export to it's default location
  5. Open the file with your spreadsheet application
  6. Edit the data
  7. Save As and use CSV (Comma Delimited) as the format
  8. Back in Products > Statuses click Import
  9. Select your file and click Open

Column Glossary
Column
PartNumYour part number
WarehouseIdThe name of the Warehouse containing the product. See Products > Warehouses for a list, the name is in the Description column
ProductStatusTypeIDThe description of the Product Status Type to assign. E.G, "Featured", "On Sale", "New". See Products > Status Types for a list of Status Types
StartDateDate format: YYYY-MM-DD H:MM:SS - Will default to 12:00 AM if a time is not specified
EndDateDate format: YYYY-MM-DD H:MM:SS - Will default to 12:00 AM if a time is not specified


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