Edit Product - Button

[igavemybest]

I want to add an "Edit Product" button that would appear on a store front-end products page while browsing the store's products as an admin. This would save tons of time going back into the catalog and looking up the item and I think it would be a great feature to also include in the next update. How would I go about this, or does anyone already have code for this?

[AbleMods]

You can do this fairly easily by changing the BuyProductDialog user control as follows:

Edit /ConLib/BuyProductDialog.ascx and find (near the bottom):

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            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <asp:ValidationSummary ID="ValidationSummary" runat="server" ValidationGroup="AddToBasket" />					
                    <asp:Button ID="AddToWishlistButton" runat="server" Visible="true" OnClick="AddToWishlistButton_Click" Text="Add to Wishlist" EnableViewState="false" ValidationGroup="AddToBasket"></asp:Button>
                    <asp:Button ID="AddToBasketButton" runat="server" Visible="true" OnClick="AddToBasketButton_Click" Text="Add to Cart" EnableViewState="false" ValidationGroup="AddToBasket"></asp:Button>
                </td>
            </tr>

And change it to look like this:

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            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <asp:ValidationSummary ID="ValidationSummary" runat="server" ValidationGroup="AddToBasket" />					
                    <asp:Button ID="AddToWishlistButton" runat="server" Visible="true" OnClick="AddToWishlistButton_Click" Text="Add to Wishlist" EnableViewState="false" ValidationGroup="AddToBasket"></asp:Button>
                    <asp:Button ID="AddToBasketButton" runat="server" Visible="true" OnClick="AddToBasketButton_Click" Text="Add to Cart" EnableViewState="false" ValidationGroup="AddToBasket"></asp:Button>
                    <asp:Button ID="EditProductButton" runat="server" Visible="false" Text="Edit Product" EnableViewState="false"></asp:Button>
                </td>
            </tr>

Now edit the code-behind file /ConLib/BuyProductDialog.ascx.cs and find (near the top):

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    protected void Page_Init(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        _ProductId = AlwaysConvert.ToInt(Request.QueryString["ProductId"]);
        _Product = ProductDataSource.Load(_ProductId);
        if (_Product != null)
        {
            //DISABLE PURCHASE CONTROLS BY DEFAULT
            AddToBasketButton.Visible = false;
            rowQuantity.Visible = false;

and make it look like this:

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    protected void Page_Init(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        _ProductId = AlwaysConvert.ToInt(Request.QueryString["ProductId"]);
        _Product = ProductDataSource.Load(_ProductId);
        if (_Product != null)
        {
            //BEGIN MOD: AbleMods.com
            //8/10/2010
            // Show Edit-Product button if user is admin
            if (Token.Instance.User.IsAdmin && Token.Instance.User.IsApproved)
            {
                EditProductButton.Visible = true;
                EditProductButton.PostBackUrl = string.Format("~/Admin/Products/EditProduct.aspx?ProductId={0}", _Product.ProductId);
            }
            //END MOD:  AbleMods.com

            //DISABLE PURCHASE CONTROLS BY DEFAULT
            AddToBasketButton.Visible = false;
            rowQuantity.Visible = false;

Now every product page will have a 3rd button "Edit Product". The button will only be visible if the authenticated user is both an Admin User and the user account has been approved.

[igavemybest]

Simple enough! Thanks Joe!

[jmestep]

Down at the bottom of the page, underneath the Mode for View Page or Edit, there is a link that you can click to edit the product. There is also one for edit category, but I don't remember if that was originally there or if it came in a newer build.

[igavemybest]

Judy, you are correct. I have never seen that before. I have 7.0.4, guess I must have missed it! I like Joe's approach though, more my style =)

[AbleMods]

SCORE !

sadly, I didn't know it was down there until Judy pointed it out in this thread