title: Magento: item stock availability configuration
body: <p>I would like to know, in Magento, when one configures the inventory
  related to a given product, one can go to the following:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Magento Admin Panel -> Catalog -> Manage Products -> Click on Product
    -> Product Information -> Inventory</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>where a property called "Stock Availability" can be set. I have read
  that this property allows the product to show up as in stock in the
  backend even when out of stock in the frontend (found this info in
  the book Mastering Magento by Brett Williams).</p>
  
  <p>Shouldn't it be the other way round (item shows up in stock on the
  frontend even when out of stock on the backend)?</p>