Product is not in stock but on "Special Order"

-- url of the page with the problem -- : www.madman.co.za
-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.5
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.0
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : none

Hello All,

Some of the products on my shop are on Special Order - They are not held in stock. I want a customer to see the product and the price but he will not be able to order it.
I would like to put text in the Quantity display box so that the product is not flagged as zero stock but can also not be placed in a checkout basket.
So, instead of quantity display, I want to write "Special Order Only" in that field ?

Or is there a better way ?

Thanks
Brian

Hi,

I think that the best way will be to edit the views "product / add_to_cart_listing" and "product / quantity".
Then in these views do a check on the product category, if it is the special category so don't display the cart button and display a custom text instead thanks to:

echo JText::_('SPECIAL_PRODUCT');