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    • CommentAuthortarnok
    • CommentTimeJun 26th 2009
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    Hey Justin,

    I know you have been extremely busy and have done so much with SI. The only thing that is holding me back from fully adopting SI is the lack of an inventory control module. I know one has been in the "works" for a while but as I relieze you have been busy working on SI. Just wondering how things are going and if you have any one else helping you out with all the "requests"? Seems like a lot of work for just one person. I don't know much about PHP, I wish I did so that I could help out.

    Regards.
    • CommentAuthorjustin
    • CommentTimeJun 28th 2009
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    Hey Tarnok

    re inventory control
    - no work has been done on this
    - can you detail what type of stuff you require

    note: if you do details what type of features you need then anyone is free to help out whenever they want it they want this feature

    once i see what you mean by inventory control i post more details

    Cheers

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    • CommentAuthortarnok
    • CommentTimeJun 29th 2009
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    Hey Justin

    Our company sells computers/servers so we have multiple headings/specs to search from. Currently we use spreadsheets to organize the machines. The one "description" line in SI products dosn't really cut it out for us atm as we need multiple specs to individually put in or search from.

    Also, lets say for instance that we sell 3 machines to a client but they choose to only keep two and return one of them, I am unaware if SI has the ability to adapt for a situation like this.

    Regards,
    Tarnok
    • CommentAuthortarnok
    • CommentTimeJul 2nd 2009
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    Just as an update, with our current spreadsheets we have 10+ headings. Starting from serial #, processor type, Clock rate, RAM, etc. Is there anyway to have that many headings in the "products" portion of SI?
    • CommentAuthorbmcgonag
    • CommentTimeJul 2nd 2009
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    I would think you could do a second table called si_product_details, then add each of the fields you need. Relate it to the Main Product category by the product_id...now you just need the php and template to make a page, then call that page when a new main product is entered....something like that..

    Of course i'm making this sound much easier than it is...especially since I don't know squat about php, but i do know about sql, database structure, and I stayed at a Holiday inn Express last night.
    • CommentAuthortarnok
    • CommentTimeJul 3rd 2009
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    Well Staying at the Holiday Express usually increases your intelligence by a few points, whenever I have a exam to do, I immediately book a room at a holiday express for the additional benefits. Hahaha.

    I understood what you are trying to say. I could even just use the product table and php pages that we have available and just add the extra fields that I am looking for, kinda like just hacking it in into the original structure. Issue is my php-fu is next to null and for some reason I cannot seem to get around to playing with the code.

    Thanks for the additional discussion bmcgonag.
    • CommentAuthorbmcgonag
    • CommentTimeJul 7th 2009
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    Same here. I"ll start working on some of the things I"d like as soon as I get an extra 5 seconds.
    • CommentAuthorbryan
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2009
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    I don't know if I am straying from the topic first posted, but I'll shoot it out anyways.

    An inventory system is also what is preventing me from adopting Simple Invoices, but I am very interested in where it is headed. By inventory system, I mean a way to keep track of the quantity of product in stock. For example, if I create an invoice for x amount of a product then it is automatically subtracted from the inventory. I suppose I could just create a custom field with quantity and subtract it manually, but anything to make my life easier would be great :-P

    I appreciate what you've done here. Thanks.