Back In Stock Notifications

Great Script Conor!

Thanks so much for creating it! :clap:

For those that would like to run a cron job for this module, feel free to use / modify the one below:

PHP Code:

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<?php

// filename: cron1.php
// make changes in /admin/includes/init_includes/init_admin_auth.php example below...
// 
################################## init_admin_auth.php ##################################
#
#    if (! defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) {
#          die('Illegal Access');
#    }
#  // New Code Starts Here:
#    if (!isset($_SESSION['admin_id']) && defined('CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID') && CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID != '') { 
#          $_SESSION['admin_id'] = CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID;
#    } 
#  // End New Code:
#    if (!(basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_LOGIN . '.php')) {
#
################################## init_admin_auth.php ##################################

if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']) { // Security measure to make sure only local server runs file! <-- Comment out this line to run browser testing

    define('CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID', '99'); // Pick an ID number and add CRON_ADMIN_USER_ID into admin database, I used phpMyAdmin to do this

    require ('includes/application_top.php');
    require (DIR_FS_ADMIN . DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . 'english/back_in_stock_notifications.php');
    require (DIR_FS_ADMIN . DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'back_in_stock_notifications_functions.php');

    sendBackInStockNotifications();
} // <-- Comment out this line to run browser testing
?>

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Hope this helps someone else that might need this feature.

Best Regards,
Mike

Hi Mike,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ferenczy

Great Script Conor!

Thanks so much for creating it! :clap:

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No problem, glad you like it!

Thanks for posting the cron job script.. it's nice and neat! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Sorry I was snippy....


One more question.....

Exactly where is the text for the subscription email stored.

I found the file to change the text of the subscription screen that is displayed, but I would like to add some text to the actual subscription email that is sent out......


Thanks for a great mod

Never mind.,....

it is the back_in_stock_notification_subscribe.php file!


All good

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by exeter_acres

it is the back_in_stock_notification_subscribe.php file!

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Yes, just create a copy of that file in your includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE folder and modify it as desired!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by exeter_acres

All good

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Glad to hear it! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

i noticed on some of my sold out products the back in stock notification doesn't show up on the product pages but on others it works fine. any idea what could cause this?

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MB1

i noticed on some of my sold out products the back in stock notification doesn't show up on the product pages but on others it works fine. any idea what could cause this?

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Make sure you're using the latest version of the module, earlier versions may not show the link if the quantity in stock is negative rather than exactly zero.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

ok i upgraded to 2.2.4 one thing i noticed was that when i changed my admin folder to another name for security reasons the admin section of the back in notification didn't work anymore any ideas other then having an admin folder strickly for back in stock files

thanks for your help this is a great mod

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MB1

any ideas other then having an admin folder strickly for back in stock files

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That problem can have nothing to do with the Back In Stock Notifications module.. you should check out if you have a problem with an "Admin Profiles" module or something similar.

Also check that you have the correct path to your newly renamed admin folder in your admin/includes/configure.php

All the best...

Conor
ceon

everything else seemed to be working so i never double checked that file, i haven't worked on the site in ages and another thing i was wondering these last few days was why my developers tool kits couldn't find anything.

thanks for replying i found a piece of code that was point to my old folder in the admin configure.php file

I've just downloaded and am testing this script... it looks to do some of what I need except that because half of my products have attribute dependant stock levels, the stock level isn't known until an item is added to the shopping basket (I'm using the Stock by Attributes addon to provide this functionality).

It therefore follows that it is not possible to display the 'out of stock' details on the product details, however, this could be picked up in the shopping cart.

The cart shows 'this product is out of stock' and I think what I need to do is provide a link from here to the back in stock notification processes.

Is this functionality already built in and I've just got something not working? or, if not, can you give me a nudge in the right direction towards the modules I need to be looking at to add this?

Should have said, Zen Cart 1.3.8a, Back In Stock 2.4.0

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by trentham

Should have said, Zen Cart 1.3.8a, Back In Stock 2.4.0

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The module doesn't support the Stock By Attributes module, sorry.

I'm afraid you can't use the Back In Stock Notifications module appropriately with your store.. better to remove it!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Many thanks for your promt response. I had feared as much, although it seems that if I cause the generation of a link such as

<a href="http://mystoreurl.co.uk/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=32_39&amp;products_id=154#back_in_sto ck_notification_form">notify me</a>

In the zen_check_stock function in functions_lookups.php (it's there that it discovers that there is a lack of stock) then it would generate a link into your process... or is it not that simple?

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by trentham

In the zen_check_stock function in functions_lookups.php (it's there that it discovers that there is a lack of stock) then it would generate a link into your process... or is it not that simple?

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No, it's not.. there's no way then to notify the customer about which variation of your product is back in stock.. all customers who have registered to be notified about any attribute-based variation of your product would be notified when the main product is back in stock.

You could never notify about individual variations and also the notification wouldn't ever go out unless you updated the stock level of the main product.

Sorry but there's nothing else that can be done here other than to rewrite the module to work with the Stock by Attributes module.

Honestly, you may as well save yourself the time working on this and simply drop the idea of getting the two modules to work together. Zen Cart simply isn't good enough to manage stock levels for product variations.

Although that should hopefully change when the "will-it-ever-be-released" version 2 is actually released :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Thanks Conor, as you say, it's not worth me spending any more time on this, but thanks for your time.

I have a silly one......

I have a new product that is due out next week.
I have added it to the catalog...
However, I have marked it out of stock and the stock quantity is zero

the product is disabled.
I have a couple subscriptions to the new product!

While it is nice there is interest...
How did these people find the product....

I can't find it in my store anywhere!!

How are people finding this product to subscribe to it....?

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by exeter_acres

How did these people find the product....

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I've no idea I'm afraid!

It's nothing to do with the module though.. the module is simply called from a product page, so the customer had to have found their way there first!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

but the absolute only place that the product shows up is in my notification listing.....

Hi,

I have added this module to my shop but it just dosn't appear to be working :-S

All the admin area shows up correctly but when i change the stock of a product to 0.

I just get the same old sold out image as ever?!?!

Any help would be great.

http://bag-safe.co.uk/zencart/fixed/test

I am using the CEON URI mapping module could this be the problem?!

Thanks

that sounds correct...

the Sold out image will be there, but there should be a new line of text with a link that says

To be notified when this product is back in stock please click here.

Hi,

Yes the image is there just no link text.

http://bag-safe.co.uk/zencart/fixed/test

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by wdd49

Hi,

Yes the image is there just no link text.

http://bag-safe.co.uk/zencart/fixed/test

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Quite simply you haven't installed the module properly. Please just repeat the process, making sure all files are copied across and that you upload the overridden template files to the correct address (change YOUR_TEMPLATE to something else).

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi Conor,

Before installing this mod I just want to get an idea of hte admin functionality. Will I, as the admin, be able to see who/how many people have signed up for "back in stock" notifications on certain products?

Thanks,

GG

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by GlitterGoth

Before installing this mod I just want to get an idea of hte admin functionality. Will I, as the admin, be able to see who/how many people have signed up for "back in stock" notifications on certain products?

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You can see the subscriptions for all products, sorted by product name. You can also see the total number of subscribers for each product.

So yes. :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Great Conor!

This could vastly improve my business as I'll know what to order and when! I'll get it installed tonight, when my technical "Oh no something's gone wrong" back up is home from his day job.

Thank you!

GG

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by GlitterGoth

This could vastly improve my business as I'll know what to order and when! I'll get it installed tonight, when my technical "Oh no something's gone wrong" back up is home from his day job.

Thank you!

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No problem.. the idea was of course to help you all get more business! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi I have been trying to get rid of HTML Errors on my pages. I have found that every page that has the back in stock notifications up gives 16 html errors and google does not like html errors. Did I install this mod incorrectly. Here is the error checker
And here is the Cornish Cross Broilers Product that I was checking it on.

Any ideas on where to start with making the changes needed? Is this something that I did wrong or could the mod be improved by fixing these for the whole community by doing a new edition of the mod?

I am trying to modify the email a customer gets when an item is back in stock. It doesn't look like i mod the ones in /email. Which ones do I modify?

I have taken off the large image that the sold out button had. It is still giving a big space for it. How do I make it smaller so that the customer can see the product description?

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by purelypoultry

Hi I have been trying to get rid of HTML Errors on my pages. I have found that every page that has the back in stock notifications up gives 16 html errors and google does not like html errors.

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That's not quite true, google doesn't really care that much.

Nevertheless there are indeed some ids missing from the example template that comes with the module which I will indeed fix for the next version.

I'll probably release a new version within the next few weeks and will check that the HTML of the example template validates.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by purelypoultry

I am trying to modify the email a customer gets when an item is back in stock. It doesn't look like i mod the ones in /email. Which ones do I modify?

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You do modify the ones in that folder which were added by the module.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by purelypoultry

I have taken off the large image that the sold out button had. It is still giving a big space for it. How do I make it smaller so that the customer can see the product description?

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Sorry, design questions aren't relevant for this thread. Please start a new thread for help with that issue.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MB1

is there a way of getting this to work with attributes? so or our products have 6-7 different sizes and if one size is out it would be nice for someone to set -up notification for that size.

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Would it be possible to set it up where someone could sign up in general?

We sell motorcycle apparel and all sizes but one might be out of stock, which means the item is still 'technically' in stock so this mod doesn't kick into effect.

We don't need it to keep up with which size they are specifically interested in (although that would be nice), but we would like for them to be able to get notice when we restock missing sizes.

I love the mod and it works great. It makes notifying customers so easy!

I guess the one change I would like to make in it is to show up all the time as opposed to only when the item is marked out of stock.

Is this possible?

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Boggled

Would it be possible to set it up where someone could sign up in general?

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No, what you want to use in the "Product Notifications" functionality already built into Zen Cart. The Back In Stock Notifications module is not appropriate for what you are looking to do.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

HI,
has anyone tried to insert this add on in tabbed ( TPP ) form?

Having trouble getting this to work. I have installed it three times and I am 99% sure I am doing everything right as I am quite experienced with zen cart mod installs.

Admin looks ok... but the restock box isnt showing up on sold out products.

http://www.experimedia.net/index.php...roducts_id=537

I have went over my templates with a fine toothed comb and tried everything even down to copy the file exactly as it is just for tests sake and it still isnt showing up.

Any help would be much apprecaited.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jbible

I have went over my templates with a fine toothed comb and tried everything even down to copy the file exactly as it is just for tests sake and it still isnt showing up.

Any help would be much apprecaited.

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Unfortunately the only answer is that yhou haven't installed it properly.

Either you are editing the wrong template files (check if you have an override in place in your template folder) or maybe you have disabled the module (have you added the admin configuration group/setting correctly - i.e. is it there and enabled)?

If you're still having trouble send me FTP and admin details via this link and I'll take a quick look.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Well it seems to be working on product listings... just not on the Product Info page itself.
I am actually applying the modified chunks of code to my music product info template... tpl_product_music_info_display.php
Does that fact that it is product_music_info make a difference anywhere?
I have a few other mods added for wholesale pricing etc.

A quick test with the general product template and the fact that it works is making me suspect that the music product template is causing issues.
At least I have an idea of where to look now.

EDIT: Is there a way to get this to work with other product types?

I assume there is something in this addon that says if product type =1 true? Is that correct? If so can it be changed to 2? Been searching the code trying to find the way.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jbible

A quick test with the general product template and the fact that it works is making me suspect that the music product template is causing issues.

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That's the exact reason and was just what I was going to say when I read your next post..

Currently the moduler only supports the standard product type.

I'll release a new version with support for other types whenever I get time. Can't say when that will be as I'm snowed under with "normal" work at the minute!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Couldnt find it.
I got everything working except for it working correctly on product_music_info
It works if you click the request link in the product listings... with this url...
http://www.experimedia.net/notificat...ification_form (except for the fact that it doubles it up the request link line by the sold out box)
But then it doesnt show when your on the actual product page itself...
http://www.experimedia.net/index.php...roducts_id=574

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,
That's the exact reason and was just what I was going to say when I read your next post..
ceon

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Ahha. Well it does work for those products if you click it from the product listing... just not on the details page themselves... which will do for now until you upgrade it a bit.
Thanks for the info and the great mod!

Hello Conor
Thank you for this great MOD.
I have one questions:
1 - I would like the button back_in_stock in tpl_product_info is active if the stock is equal to -2. Where do the modification?
Thank you again
Patrick

Hi Patrick,

Glad you like the software!

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Originally Posted by patrickuzu

active if the stock is equal to -2. Where do the modification?

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Obviously that's an unusual request but you can change the quantity threshold at which the link is displayed on a product info page by modifying the file

includes/classes/observers/class.back_in_stock_notificationsProductInfo.php

changing the line:

PHP Code:

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if ($products_quantity <= 0 


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to

PHP Code:

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if ($products_quantity <= -2 


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To change this threshold on other pages (listing pages etc.) would require custom coding of some core files.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Great mod!

If anyone else is using Fast and Easy Checkout with COWOA enabled, there's a teeny change that has to be applied to /includes/modules/pages/back_in_stock_notifications_subscribe/header.php (line 145) so that COWOA accounts don't get flagged as having an account:

Change

Code:

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customers_email_address = '" . zen_db_prepare_input($email_address) . "';";

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to

Code:

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customers_email_address = '" . zen_db_prepare_input($email_address) . "' AND COWOA_account = 0;";

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by lat9

Great mod!

If anyone else is using Fast and Easy Checkout with COWOA enabled, there's a teeny change that has to be applied to /includes/modules/pages/back_in_stock_notifications_subscribe/header.php (line 145) so that COWOA accounts don't get flagged as having an account:

Change

Code:

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customers_email_address = '" . zen_db_prepare_input($email_address) . "';";

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to

Code:

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customers_email_address = '" . zen_db_prepare_input($email_address) . "' AND COWOA_account = 0;";

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Can you explain where this is a problem? Does it break the functionality of the notification or populate the fields (potentially pissing off the cowoa people)?

Hey, Conor! This is still one of my favorite Mods of all! I thought of something that would make it even better for Brushwood and wonder if you can do or guide me on something. I'm interested in a text box that Admin can send a paragraph extra with an update. The text that goes out with the email is fine but lots of times, I'd like to send a little more. Something appropriate to the season (we update about 4x per year).

Down the road, I'd like to be able to select which product notices will go out; check boxes and a Select All box.

I am willing to support your efforts on each of these.

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Originally Posted by brushwoodnursery

Can you explain where this is a problem? Does it break the functionality of the notification or populate the fields (potentially pissing off the cowoa people)?

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Without the change, a person who has previously placed a COWOA order will receive a confirmation e-mail for the notification that tells them that they should log into their account to withdraw the notification ... which they can't do because they don't have an account!

With this change, the confirmation e-mail that takes the COWOA person to the back_in_stock_notifications_unsubscribe page to terminate their subscription.

How is it that customers receive HTML versions of the back-in-stock notification email? My admin is set up for HTML and the test customer also has email set for HTML, but when I do a test-run of the notification email ... all I get is TEXT.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by lat9

With this change, the confirmation e-mail that takes the COWOA person to the back_in_stock_notifications_unsubscribe page to terminate their subscription.

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Ah, thank you! I have made the change. Have you noticed any other COWOA glitches? The COWOA is a quickie rigged thing and I'm sure there are other situations that arise.
Conor, I apologize for hijacking this thread. lat9, I can take the answer by PM.

One more minor update. I've got a directory tree like this:

8 -+-> 9
|
+-> 10

where the categories 9 & 10 have special styling, so I need the path to the products to include something like ... &cPath=8_9&products_id=xx. Here's the change I made to /admin/includes/functions/back_in_stock_notifications_functions.php (line 123):

Original:

Code:

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$plain_text_msg .= $products_result->fields['products_name'] . "\n\n" . 'Link: ' .
zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' .
$products_result->fields['product_id']) . "\n\n\n";
                               
$html_msg .= '<p class="BackInStockNotificationProduct">' . '<a href="' .
zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' .
$products_result->fields['product_id']) . '">' .
htmlentities($products_result->fields['products_name']) . '</a></p>';

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My changes:

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$plain_text_msg .= $products_result->fields['products_name'] . "\n\n" . 'Link: ' .
zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'cPath=' . zen_get_product_path($products_result->fields['product_id']) . '&products_id=' .
$products_result->fields['product_id']) . "\n\n\n";
                               
$html_msg .= '<p class="BackInStockNotificationProduct">' . '<a href="' .
zen_catalog_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'cPath=' . zen_get_product_path($products_result->fields['product_id']) . '&products_id=' .
$products_result->fields['product_id']) . '">' .
htmlentities($products_result->fields['products_name']) . '</a></p>';

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Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by lat9

How is it that customers receive HTML versions of the back-in-stock notification email?

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Quote simply if they have their e-mail notification preferences set to HTML they'll get the HTML version as well as the text version.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by lat9

My admin is set up for HTML and the test customer also has email set for HTML, but when I do a test-run of the notification email ... all I get is TEXT.

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You must have something set up wrong.. are you sure you have HTML enabled in the Zen Cart admin E-mail Configuration settings? ("Use MIME HTML When Sending Emails").

Unfortunately this isn't a problem with the module so I don't know what else to say other than to say I hope you find the source of your problem!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi Dan,

How are you?

Glad you still like the module so much! :)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by brushwoodnursery

I'm interested in a text box that Admin can send a paragraph extra with an update. The text that goes out with the email is fine but lots of times, I'd like to send a little more. Something appropriate to the season (we update about 4x per year).

Down the road, I'd like to be able to select which product notices will go out; check boxes and a Select All box.

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I think there's quite a few ways that the marketing potential of the module could be increased. Certainly the ability to add a custom message to each outgoing message would be a useful/welcome addition.

Unfortunately I just don't have time to add any new features to the module. :(

I have a new version of the module ready for release next week with additional language files (French and Italian) and support for more product types so at least that's something to look forward to! :)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by brushwoodnursery

I am willing to support your efforts on each of these.

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I appreciate your voice of support.. unfortunately not many others seem to be in the same line of thinking.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi, I LOVE this mod - one of my favorites - and am happy to contribute, but I have one small problem. I am using a clean install of the v1.3.8 version of Zen-Cart with the Cherry Zen template mod and a few other stable mods (incl. USPS/Shipping Insurance/Image Handler mods).

Everything works great except for the "Unsubscribe from Back In Stock Notification Lists." link on the Account page. The formatting is completely off - the entire screen shows up Cherry Red and my left/right columns are all skewed. Underneath the mess appears to be a very nice listing of all notifications a person could uncheck to unsubscribe from (which is exactly what I should be seeing).

I scowered this thread to see if any other Cherry Zen zenners were experiencing the same problem, but found nothing. I followed the directions you provided exactly, but I'm not sure where to look. To see the problem in action, simply Register as a new user on my web site - flairbyjdn.com - and then go to My Account and click the link. (I promise I'll remove you from my customer list afterwards.)

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I'm almost there.

--John

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Originally Posted by johnchazz

Hi, I LOVE this mod - one of my favorites - and am happy to contribute, but I have one small problem. I am using a clean install of the v1.3.8 version of Zen-Cart with the Cherry Zen template mod and a few other stable mods (incl. USPS/Shipping Insurance/Image Handler mods).

Everything works great except for the "Unsubscribe from Back In Stock Notification Lists." link on the Account page. The formatting is completely off - the entire screen shows up Cherry Red and my left/right columns are all skewed. Underneath the mess appears to be a very nice listing of all notifications a person could uncheck to unsubscribe from (which is exactly what I should be seeing).

I scowered this thread to see if any other Cherry Zen zenners were experiencing the same problem, but found nothing. I followed the directions you provided exactly, but I'm not sure where to look. To see the problem in action, simply Register as a new user on my web site - flairbyjdn.com - and then go to My Account and click the link. (I promise I'll remove you from my customer list afterwards.)

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I'm almost there.

--John

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Hi I had the same problem as you. What I did was to disable my side boxes for my account. After I did that it work perfect.
If you need to know how to do that find /includes/templates/your_template/common/tpl_main_page and on line 42 add whatever side boxes you do not what to show on what page. For example. Hope this helps.
if

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(in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'contact_us,conditions,privacy,site_map ,returns,shopping_cart,checkout_shipping,checkout_payment,checkout_confirmation, checkout_success,account,account_back_in_stock_notifications,account_newsletters ,account_notifications,contest')) ) {
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;

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Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by johnchazz

Hi, I LOVE this mod - one of my favorites - and am happy to contribute

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I'm glad you like the module!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by johnchazz

I scowered this thread to see if any other Cherry Zen zenners were experiencing the same problem, but found nothing. I followed the directions you provided exactly, but I'm not sure where to look.

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When you say "followed the instructions" you do realise that you can't just copy the template file into your template overrides folder and it will work with a custom template?

You must copy the new Back In Stock Notifications HTML modifications from the sample template file to a copy of *your* template file and put this in the overrides directory. If you try and mix the Cherry Template with the standard template by simply putting the sample modified template file from the BISN distribution download it may well cause the messed up layout you are seeing.

Thjere's a bit more information about this in the section of the FAQs "Some of the template files for the site have already been modified. How can the Back In Stock Notifications code be added?".

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by countrycharm

Hi I had the same problem as you.

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I found a problem with the file tpl_account_back_in_stock_notifications_default.php

It had an unclosed div tag which was the cause of the problems you have both had.. sorry about that!

A fixed version of the template file will be included in version 2.4.1, out this week,

Sorry about the bug!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by countrycharm

Hi I had the same problem as you. What I did was to disable my side boxes for my account. After I did that it work perfect.
If you need to know how to do that find /includes/templates/your_template/common/tpl_main_page and on line 42 add whatever side boxes you do not what to show on what page. For example. Hope this helps.
if

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Thank you for posting this. I see where I could turn off my sideboxes to fix the formatting problem, however this is a "band aid" approach. Conor already fixed the problem for me and is going to put the "bug" fix into his next rev for Cherry Zen zenners like myself. Thanks Conor!!!!!!! :clap:

(I'm assuming he will post the fix here shortly.)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by johnchazz

Thank you for posting this. I see where I could turn off my sideboxes to fix the formatting problem, however this is a "band aid" approach. Conor already fixed the problem for me and is going to put the "bug" fix into his next rev for Cherry Zen zenners like myself. Thanks Conor!!!!!!! :clap:

(I'm assuming he will post the fix here shortly.)

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Thanks Conor for the fix I looked at the tpl_account_back_in_stock_notifications_default.php file and did notice you left off the </div> closing tag at the bottom of the file. It fix mine also. Thank you again.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by countrycharm

Thanks Conor for the fix I looked at the tpl_account_back_in_stock_notifications_default.php file and did notice you left off the </div> closing tag at the bottom of the file. It fix mine also. Thank you again.

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Yes, such a simple, silly omission! I'm quite surprised that it hadn't affected anyone else's template since the module distribution was first released in July 2008! Or that no-one had mentioned it until now! (Pity you didn't say to me when you noticed a problem or I could have fixed it sooner.. ah well, it's fixed now! :) ).

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



Yes, such a simple, silly omission! I'm quite surprised that it hadn't affected anyone else's template since the module distribution was first released in July 2008! Or that no-one had mentioned it until now! (Pity you didn't say to me when you noticed a problem or I could have fixed it sooner.. ah well, it's fixed now! :) ).

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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Well actually it was a while back when DigitalShadow posted it. I was having the same problem but I just cut off the side boxes and it worked for me that way. Anyway it's fixed now.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by countrycharm

Well actually it was a while back when DigitalShadow posted it. I was having the same problem but I just cut off the side boxes and it worked for me that way. Anyway it's fixed now.

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Actually, searching the thread I see that in August 2009 DigitalShadow did indeed post about a problem with the Cherry Template. I thought it must have been a problem with the Cherry template as the problem didn't show its face with the stock Zen Cart template. Obviously I was wrong! :|

Our policy here is that if it works with a fresh installation of Zen Cart but there is a problem between a third party template/module that we'll take a look for free only at our own discretion.. otherwise we expect to be paid for spending time looking at third party software. Obviously in August I wasn't feeling extremely generous with my time but johnchazz caught me at a more generous time so when I agreed to take a look and logged into his site via FTP to see what was going wrong I eventually narrowed the cause of the problem down to one the the BISN files, which is something I hadn't been expecting of course! :)

It looks like this hasn't affected too many others though or I would have heard from more than 3 people over the past two or so years! :)

At least it's fixed now!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Is there a way to show both the 'buy now' button AND 'notify me when in stock'? I would like my customers to be able to lock in the price by purchasing the product while out of stock.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by vatertime

Is there a way to show both the 'buy now' button AND 'notify me when in stock'? I would like my customers to be able to lock in the price by purchasing the product while out of stock.

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No, sorry, that functionality is not available.

You'd have to have it custom coded, there's no way to do what you are asking in Zen Cart.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hello everybody,

I really appreciate this module! Thank you very much, Conor.

But I encounter a problem recently. After my customers fill in their email adress and click "notify me", the page goes to the shopping cart page but not the confirmation page, and the details (email address & name) are never recorded. I really don't know why. It just worked perfectly before, and I haven't changed anything of this module these days. I'm wondering which part could be wrong. I really need your help!

Thank you so much in advance.

Ashely

Hi Ashely,

Glad you like the module!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ashely

But I encounter a problem recently. After my customers fill in their email adress and click "notify me", the page goes to the shopping cart page but not the confirmation page, and the details (email address & name) are never recorded. I really don't know why. It just worked perfectly before, and I haven't changed anything of this module these days. I'm wondering which part could be wrong. I really need your help!

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This means that the Back In Stock Notification form on the product page is posting to the shopping cart page instead of the BISN subscription page.

That's probably being caused by some messed up code in your product_info template file.. for example not closing a form tag before the BISN form is being included, so it is posting to the wrong place.

You've made some changes on your site recently which have caused this behaviour.

If you take a look at your product_info template(s) you should be able to find where you have gone wrong. You were correct in thinking that it wasn't anything to do with this module as the change has been made outside of the module.

Hope that helps!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Thank you very much for the prompt reply, Conor. Yes, it was the file product_info that was messed up! The position was wrong. It should be after </form>... Now the problem has been fixed.:-)
I really appreciate your help and time!!

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ashely

Thank you very much for the prompt reply, Conor. Yes, it was the file product_info that was messed up! The position was wrong. It should be after </form>... Now the problem has been fixed.:-)
I really appreciate your help and time!!

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No problem.. glad you like the software!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hello Conor,
I have been using this great mod for a few months now, without a hitch, until today.
Although I made one of my products "sold-out" on Monday a customer , somehow, just sent me an order today (wednesday) with the Sold-Out item included in it. How could this be possible? Is there a setting somewhere to avoid this happening in future?
Cheers.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

Hello Conor,
I have been using this great mod for a few months now, without a hitch, until today.
Although I made one of my products "sold-out" on Monday a customer , somehow, just sent me an order today (wednesday) with the Sold-Out item included in it. How could this be possible? Is there a setting somewhere to avoid this happening in future?
Cheers.

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Have you made sure that 'Allow Checkout' is set to false in Admin->Configuration ->Stock?

Hello jbrit,
I just checked it and its set to "true". I suppose it is possible that something was changed after some other mod was installed. There have been quite a few!
Does it have to be set to "false" for this mod?
What would be the functional difference between the 2 settings, in regards to this mod?
Cheers.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

Does it have to be set to "false" for this mod?

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It's nothing to do with the module.

It should be set to "false" simply because you have said you don't want people to be able to checkout with items that are out of stock. Installing the module doesn't affect any other Zen Cart settings like this one, you still have to configure the store to have it work the way you want!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

What would be the functional difference between the 2 settings, in regards to this mod?

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In regards to the module, none. In regards to your store, everything! ("It does what it says on the tin" :) ).

Glad to hear of yet another person who likes the software!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Thanks Conor and jbrit,
I reckon Allow Checkout was probably always left at "true" since I installed this mod. The only reason this particular order caused problems for me was because he had been putting the order together over 4 or 5 days and I changed one of the items' availability in the middle of it.
Am I right in thinking that now that i've set it to "false" a php check will be made on the order,prior to checkout,and the customer (given these same circumstances) will be notified that the chosen item is now out of stock?
Yes, I do like the software Conor as a matter of fact my particular kind of business couldn't operate without it. A must have for shops that operate ON and OFF line and that have stock coming in and going out all the time.Cheers.:smile:

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

I reckon Allow Checkout was probably always left at "true" since I installed this mod.

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I think you meant "since I installed Zen Cart".

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

The only reason this particular order caused problems for me was because he had been putting the order together over 4 or 5 days and I changed one of the items' availability in the middle of it.

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Yup, that would make sense.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

Am I right in thinking that now that i've set it to "false" a php check will be made on the order,prior to checkout,and the customer (given these same circumstances) will be notified that the chosen item is now out of stock?

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As I said before.. "it does exactly what it says on the tin".. the customer can't check out with an item that's out of stock if you set the option "customer can check out with an item that's out of stock" to "false". :-)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

Yes, I do like the software Conor as a matter of fact my particular kind of business couldn't operate without it. A must have for shops that operate ON and OFF line and that have stock coming in and going out all the time.Cheers.:smile:

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I'm glad to hear it's so useful to you, makes all the work writing and supporting it that bit more worthwhile!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hello Conor,

I really want the product model (or even with manufacturer) to be also included (just shown behind the $product_name) in the back-in-stock-notification subscription email. Because I hope to get a better idea of what is exactly wanted by the customer just from reading the notification email.

Is there a way to achieve that? Could you please show me which file(s) should I edit and what kind of codes should I add?

Thank you very much in advance.

Best Regards,
Ashely

Hi Ashley,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ashely

Is there a way to achieve that? Could you please show me which file(s) should I edit and what kind of codes should I add?

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You can easily add that functionality by modifying the file includes/modules/pages/back_in_stock_notification_subscribe/header_php.php

You can add a SQL lookup to populate a variable with the model and then add it to the e-mail as part of the product name, or edit the e-mail templates to add a "placement variable" to have it as a separate part of the e-mails.

Hope that helps!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hello Conor,

Thank you very much for the quick reply.

I tried to edit the header_php.php file. But the product model was still not properly shown. The code I added to that file is as follows:

PHP Code:

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$product_model_query = "
    SELECT
        products_model
    FROM
        ". TABLE_PRODUCTS . "
    WHERE
        products_id = '" . (int) $_GET['products_id'] . "';";
$product_model_result = $db->Execute($product_model_query);
$product_model = $product_model_result->fields['products_model']; 


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There must be some mistakes there. Could you please help me with that? Sorry, I know little about programming.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,
Ashely

Hi Ashely,

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Originally Posted by Ashely

Thank you very much for the quick reply.

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No problem. Glad you find the software useful!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Ashely

I tried to edit the header_php.php file. There must be some mistakes there. Could you please help me with that? Sorry, I know little about programming.

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You're most of the way there. Now you just need to use the $products_model variable.

Right after $form_errors = array(); put in the line:

PHP Code:

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$products_name .= ' ' . $products_model; 


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This will add a space then the model to the name. (Which is the most basic way to get this information included in the e-mail.. personally I'd myself prefer to have it listed in the e-mail separately, but that's just the way I do things and this "quick fix" is what you were looking for I think!).

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Thank you for the answer, Conor. Much appreciated!

Great! Now it works perfect! Product model clearly shows up. I just love this module even more. :-D

Thanks again,
Ashely

Hi,

I uploaded all the files and the sql to the server. When I select "Back In Stock Notification" in the admin, it show "Not Found". I double checked the file location. It's correct.

Any idea why? :frusty:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



No, sorry, that functionality is not available.

You'd have to have it custom coded, there's no way to do what you are asking in Zen Cart.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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I got 'er working with a little php goodness. BTW, there is a missing </div> tag at the very end of tpl_account_back_in_stock_notifications_default.php

Makes everything look crappy on your logged in account page.

Otherwise, a really slick little mod. I really like its verboseness. If anyone is looking to test it out you can on my site if you want: nelsontactical.com

Hello again Conor,
I've installed this mod on a Local 1.3.9b website and it seems to be working well. Can you confirm if it should be ok on 1.3.9b?Cheers.

Hey Conor, kind of same question here. But first of all, GREAT add-on !

I'm running on 1.39b, an upgraded from 2.2.4 to 2.4.0. Merged the files properly and it works fine... until I change the functions_general file.

Then my site goes blank, I don't even access the home page... Any idea what it could be ? Is there any SQL to be done ?

Thanks a lot for your help,
Please if anyone else on this thread has an idea, that would be very nice to help,
Cheers to all,
Jordane

Hi Jordane,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jordane

Hey Conor, kind of same question here. But first of all, GREAT add-on !

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I'm glad you like the software and that all the effort writing it is appreciated!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jordane

Then my site goes blank, I don't even access the home page... Any idea what it could be ? Is there any SQL to be done ?

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You probably haven't uploaded all the files properly. When you get a blank page in Zen Cart it means that a PHP error is occurring. This is often caused by required files being missing.

If you search the forums you will find out how you can check what the error is. (Basically you need to enable "strict error reporting" in includes/application_top.php).

However, first things first, I'm just about to release a new version of the module so you should download it and use its files. Follow the entire installation process for 2.6.0, from start to finish.

If you are still having problems with blank pages then you should read the thread(s) about blank pages and that should hopefully get you sorted.

Please don't reply here asking about the blank page issue if it is still continuing, but ask on one of the threads to so with that. (The reason I ask this is that I want as many people as possible to see the message I'm about to post about the new version being available and if you post about a site specific problem chances are no-one will know about version 2.6.0! :) )

As I said though, hopefully installing version 2.6.0 will get things working. If not and you can't sort out the blank page issue please send me FTP and admin details for your site at this address and I'll take a quick look.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by piker

I've installed this mod on a Local 1.3.9b website and it seems to be working well. Can you confirm if it should be ok on 1.3.9b?Cheers.

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You should upgrade to 2.6.0.

(Please don't reply to this on this thread, I want as many people to see the announcement about the new version as possible).

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hi,

I'm pleased to release version 2.6.0 of Ceon's Back In Stock Notifications module!

From the Revision History:

[UPDATED] Template class updated with latest version of code from Ceon Site Engine/CardPay software. All placement tags now have a “ceon” namespace - all users must update their version of the main template file inc.html.back_in_stock_notifications.html!

[ADDED] Support for additional product types added: Music Product, Free Shipping Product, Document General, Document Product and Book Product (Multilanguage extended book product type version 4).

[ADDED] Italian translation added for admin and catalog files. Thanks for the translation goes to Claudio!

[ADDED] French translation added for catalog files. Thanks for the translation goes to Marie-Amelie Masnou <murimari AT murimari DOT com> - http://www.murimari.com.

[UPDATED] Template updated to fix XHTML Validation issues (including missing IDs on form elements). Template will now output fully valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional code.

[ADDED] Sample modified core file and sample modified template files for Zen Cart 1.3.9b added.

[ADDED] Version information and associated version checker added to admin utility file.


Download 2.6.0 Now!

The new version will be available for download in the Zen Cart downloads area soon.

Enjoy!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

We have many products that are the same but have to be categorized separately, it would be amazing if there was a way to have a batch sign up process.

Perhaps after searching for a product they are shown the standard search return page, and the products are listed as normal with the link to the back in stock form. Now if there was a way they could tick a checkbox on all the items they want to be notified about then proceed to a back in stock page where the customer only has to put their details in once and they are then signed up to as many of the out of stock products as they had ticked.

You think that is possible?

Also, would it be possible to email everyone who is in the back in stock notification list, perhaps add it as an option in the newsletter send to list.

Hi,

How are you? It's been a while!

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Originally Posted by DigitalShadow

Perhaps after searching for a product they are shown the standard search return page, and the products are listed as normal with the link to the back in stock form. Now if there was a way they could tick a checkbox on all the items they want to be notified about then proceed to a back in stock page where the customer only has to put their details in once and they are then signed up to as many of the out of stock products as they had ticked.

You think that is possible?

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It is certainly is something which could be coded but there are no plans to add any new features to the module at this time.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DigitalShadow

Also, would it be possible to email everyone who is in the back in stock notification list, perhaps add it as an option in the newsletter send to list.

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Again that is possible but would have to be coded.

I'm sure if you put an advertisement in the help wanted forum that someone should be able to code these features for you.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

http://www.playbunk.com/zc/index.php...&products_id=2

i got some errors :(

i manage to get it to work, but how will i get notification ? i tested it out but i notice that i will not get the recipiant email

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



No, what you want to use in the "Product Notifications" functionality already built into Zen Cart. The Back In Stock Notifications module is not appropriate for what you are looking to do.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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what about having it always on under the add to cart area and if people realize that something is out of stock they just sign up to the back in stock notification system

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MB1

what about having it always on under the add to cart area and if people realize that something is out of stock they just sign up to the back in stock notification system

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That is totally unnecessary. The whole point of the module is that it displays a subscribe button only when a product goes out of stock. There is no need for anyone to "realise" anything.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



That is totally unnecessary. The whole point of the module is that it displays a subscribe button only when a product goes out of stock. There is no need for anyone to "realise" anything.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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I will agree with Conor. It works like it suppose to.

of course it works, just not with attributes :) which sucks if 95% of your products have attributes. and i'm sure there are others on the same boat

last time i was curious about this was in 2008 on my last major upgrade, and i remember reading that no real modifications will be done to this mod regarding attributes till v2.0 comes out as it would be a waste of time, but can this be modified in the mean time. as i'm sure i'll be running 1.39 for the next 2years even if v2.0 comes out tomorrow

i'd love to see this mod as a permanent box or only pops up if an attribute is out of stock the add to cart box in the product info page that way people can subscribe to the notification if they see your are out of stock a specific size that they want. how much would that cost to do? $$$

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MB1

of course it works, just not with attributes :) which sucks if 95% of your products have attributes. and i'm sure there are others on the same boat

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I understand where you are coming from. Zen Cart 1.x's attribute handling is abysmal. Obviously 2.0.0 is now two years overdue, we were all expecting it a long time ago and its vastly enhanced attribute functionality will be of great benefit to someone like yourself.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MB1

last time i was curious about this was in 2008 on my last major upgrade, and i remember reading that no real modifications will be done to this mod regarding attributes till v2.0 comes out as it would be a waste of time, but can this be modified in the mean time. as i'm sure i'll be running 1.39 for the next 2years even if v2.0 comes out tomorrow

i'd love to see this mod as a permanent box or only pops up if an attribute is out of stock the add to cart box in the product info page that way people can subscribe to the notification if they see your are out of stock a specific size that they want. how much would that cost to do? $$$

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I'm afraid that I don't have time or motivation to rewrite the software to work with third party Stock Attributes modules and we no longer do custom Zen Cart development, but I'm sure if you posted a request on the help wanted forum someone could add the dynamic lookups and have the button display for out of stock attribute-based products.

You could have a permanent box displayed easily enough by modifying the zen_get_buy_now_button() function further to always add a button, however the current functionality is designed for products without attributes and subsequently only records the Product ID/Name and not the attributes currently selected by the customer. You'd have to add some nifty JavaScript lookups to record the specific attribute information as well. You'd then have to modify the database and admin notification scripts appropriately. Quite a bit of work really.

Sorry I don't have more positive news for you than that but hopefully you can find the help you need in the help wanted forum.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

You could have a permanent box displayed easily enough by modifying the zen_get_buy_now_button() function further to always add a button, however the current functionality is designed for products without attributes and subsequently only records the Product ID/Name and not the attributes currently selected by the customer. You'd have to add some nifty JavaScript lookups to record the specific attribute information as well. You'd then have to modify the database and admin notification scripts appropriately. Quite a bit of work really.

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hmmm that might work but without the java stuff i just want a way for people to add themselfs on the notification list for that product regardless of attribute as we normally restock right across the attribute spectrum anyways.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MB1

hmmm that might work but without the java stuff i just want a way for people to add themselfs on the notification list for that product regardless of attribute as we normally restock right across the attribute spectrum anyways.

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In that case, just modify the zen_get_buy_now_button() function to always output a link to the back in stock form. Then always have the form display by changing the code the checks for quantity <= 0 to not ever check the quantity.

Of course, don't forget that to get the admin notification to run you'll have to update the stock level for the main product to a "quantity in stock" of greater than 0.

Hope that helps!

All the best..

Conor

I had the mod Back in stock Notification installed on my site, but have following problem. is this 'as designed' or was it erronesouly installed?

Now the user's clicking on the link at 'To be notified when this product is back in stock please click here' will cause a display of three fields (name, E-mail Address:, Confirm Email) and, if one fills those out and submits, one will get a confirmation email.

If I have an existing account under that email address it will correctly store the back in stock notification subscription under that customer account, even without me logging in (which seems wrong to me, is this as designed?)!

If I do not have a a registered customer account however, I'll still get a confirmation email, but there is no place, so no account to retrieve the subscription or remove it. is the latter as designed too? Shouldn't the script instead first request for the user to log in or register before accepting any back in stock subscription?

If this is fixable, does anyone have a suggestion who can fix this? The way it now works I cannot use it as it will confuse my buyers.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by papyria

I had the mod Back in stock Notification installed on my site, but have following problem. is this 'as designed' or was it erronesouly installed?

Now the user's clicking on the link at 'To be notified when this product is back in stock please click here' will cause a display of three fields (name, E-mail Address:, Confirm Email) and, if one fills those out and submits, one will get a confirmation email.

If I have an existing account under that email address it will correctly store the back in stock notification subscription under that customer account, even without me logging in (which seems wrong to me, is this as designed?)!

If I do not have a a registered customer account however, I'll still get a confirmation email, but there is no place, so no account to retrieve the subscription or remove it. is the latter as designed too? Shouldn't the script instead first request for the user to log in or register before accepting any back in stock subscription?

If this is fixable, does anyone have a suggestion who can fix this? The way it now works I cannot use it as it will confuse my buyers.

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Quote:

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Now the user's clicking on the link as 'To be notified when this product is back in stock please click here' will cause a display of three fields (name, E-mail Address:, Confirm Email) and, if one fills those out and submits, one will get a confirmation email.

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That is correct.

Quote:

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If I have an existing account under that email address it will correctly store the back in stock notification subscription under that customer account, even without me logging in (which seems wrong to me, is this as designed?)!

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Why is it wrong? Seems to be working like it was designed.

Quote:

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If I do not have a a registered customer account however, I'll still get a confirmation email, but there is no place, so no account to retrieve the subscription or remove it. is the latter as designed too? Shouldn't the script instead first request for the user to log in or register before accepting any back in stock subscription?

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This module was designed to let potential customer as well as customer subscribe to a product that is not in stock and to be notified when it is. If a product is discontinued you can delete those customers or potential customers. When it comes back in stock you can let them know also.
As Conor says in the docs for the back in stock module.

The Back In Stock Notifications is an extremely handy module which lets customers subscribe to a notification list for a product that has gone out of stock.
The subscription process is completely automated, customers don't have to have an account to subscribe themselves, but if they do the subscription is automatically associated with their account.
Once a product is back in stock, an e-mail can be sent to all those subscribed to the notification list for that product, using the convenient admin utility.

Quote:

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If this is fixable, does anyone have a suggestion who can fix this? The way it now works I cannot use it as it will confuse my buyers.

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Nothing confusing at all. Once again.

• Fully-automated, dynamic subscription display
  
  • As soon as a product goes out of stock, a message asking customers if they want to “be notified when this product is back in stock please click here...” is shown everywhere the Buy Now button would have been; on the Product Info page and - new for 2.4.0 - on every Product Listing page (category listings, featured product listings etc.).
  • A subscription form is also displayed directly on the Product Info page to encourage a quick and easy subscription! It is pre-filled if the customer is logged in!
  • If a customer is already subscribed to the Back In Stock Notification List for a product, a message “You have requested to be notified when this product is back in stock” is displayed instead of the subscribe message. The subscription form also isn't added to the Product Info page.
  • If a customer is not logged in when they subscribe to a notification list, the subscription is automatically associated with their account.
  
  
• Fully-automated unsubscriptions
  
  • If a customer has an existing account with the store, they can manage their Back In Stock Notification subscriptions directly in their “My Account” section.
  • Customers who have subscribed to a notification list, but don't have an account with the store, can click on a link in their subscription e-mail to unsubscribe, or browse to the unsubscription page on the website and enter the code they were sent in this e-mail.
  
  

• Intuitive, comprehensive admin utility
  
  The admin utility allows a store owner to view existing subscriptions, send subscription notification e-mails and delete old subscriptions. The options it provides are as follows:
  
  • The current list of products with subscriptions can be viewed. This allows the store owner to quickly and easily see which products customers are interested in as well as the current stock level for each of these products.
  • The current list of products with subscriptions can also be viewed with additional information about the customers subscribed and when they subscribed.
  • A “Test Run” of the subscription notification mailing can be run. This will let the store owner see who would have been e-mailed, and about which product(s). The first e-mail that would have been sent is sent to the store owner so that they check if the e-mail is formatted correctly before the actual run!
  • The actual, real run of the subscription notification mailing can be run. The subscriptions for the completed notifications will then be automatically removed from the database.
  • Subscriptions for products which no longer exist can be expunged from the database.
  
  
• Intelligent notifications
  
  • If a customer is subscribed to several notification lists and a mailing is going out which includes more than one of these products, the notifications for that customer will be combined so they will only receive one e-mail. This looks more professional and minimises any irritation or thoughts of spamming!
  
  

Now what confusing about that.

Conor,

I appreciate you taking the time to highlight the differences between what I was experiencing with this mod and how it should work.

Before posting here I had informed the installing developer of these issues and he suggested I pay him extra to fix the issues I had.

Loh and behold after this posting on the board, suddenly the exact functionality appeared on my site as you described it.

One wonders......

So all works great now with this mod.

Thanks,

Peter