Remove Add to Cart from Categories...

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I like the idea of showing images on the shopping cart home page and on the categroies page, but my problem is the Add to Cart button being at those levels. Almost all of my products require the buyer to go to the actual product page to select specific options. If they click the Add to Cart from either of the two mentioned pages, it just takes the default label options and adds it to the cart which, 99% of the time, will not be what the customer really wanted to order and they will have to remove it.
Is there a way to remove the Add to Cart button from everything except the actual product view?

http://www.slyfoxart.com/shop
User 2144239 Photo


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Hi Douglas,

Unfortunatly, there is not an option to remove the "Add to Cart" button from within the software. You can however view the HTML coding using the HTML Editor and remove the following code from each item:

<input type="submit" value="Add to Cart" />


You will then need to save the edited file and reupload it replacing the original. (Be sure to save a backup of the original before replacing.)

Sincerely,

Monica
User 336750 Photo


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PERFECT... Thanks
That did the trick!
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Also, remember that any 'updates' you apply to the store will overwrite the editing that you just did. This means that you will have to manually remove the button again after you prepare 'updates' to be placed on server.
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User 52204 Photo


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Hi

An alternative method to remove the add to cart link is to modify the default css file in the theme you are using by adding the following line;

#item_list .buylink {display:none;}



if you add the line at about line 358 of the css file, it is near other lines associated with the item list.

This line tells the browser not to display the link, the link remains hidden on the rendered page. By making the change in the theme file, any updates you make to the shop i.e. additional products etc will not change the css file.

However as Phil pointed out any CC updates to the theme itself will overwrite this change.
User 336750 Photo


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Thanks guys. I really appreciate the help!
User 1889462 Photo


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Doug Stainbrook wrote:
Thanks guys. I really appreciate the help!


This is not work for me. My default.css file doesn't have a line 358. It only has 165 lines. So where would I insert the line:

#item_list .buylink {display:none;}

I too need to remove the add to cart buttons on each of my category pages. I only want them on each individual item's page.

Thanks anyone for your help.

John
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I hate to be so bold as to mention this, but I also hate to see a lot of you fiddling with your code, so, rest assured that although i won't tell you the exact specifics, that this won't be a problem in Pro version :P
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When is pro version coming out?
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John Robinson wrote:
When is pro version coming out?


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