Query - Base Price + Attributes (Upgrades)

[Nick_H]

Thanks - that's one way around it! However my client has asked for this feature to be added to his shop.

It's a paid project, so i'm happy to pay someone to write this functionality

[johna8]

Like I said, it appears fine once the system has been added into the shopping cart. Surely you could use the same calculations given on the check out display.

Surely you select the upgrade prices as you go and this total it up but we're still missing the crucial base price in the whole sum of it :).

Anyways, unfortauntely with myself I'm not a programmer so editing PHP files etc isnt my thing!

Removing the price prefixes would pretty much defeat the purpose of showing a user how much he/she is willing to spend for a system etc if they can't see it ;(.

[Ajeh]

Make sure that you are using Priced by Attributes correctly ...

If you have a Product Base Price of $100 and then:
Small (should be $100 no additional charge)
Medium is +$25.00
Large is +$50.00

If you want the Product Price to read $100 and then see:
Small
Medium (+$25.00)
Large (+$50.00)

then this is NOT a Priced by Attribute ... this is a Product with Attributes that may add to the charge ...


If you want the Product Price to read Starting at: $100 and then see:
Small ($100)
Medium ($125.00)
Large ($150.00)

Then this is Priced by Attribute and you set the Product Price to 0.00 and set the Priced by Attributes to YES then put the full price (with or without the prefix) on each attribute ...

Priced by Attribute takes the lowest priced Option Value of all of Option Name groups and adds them together to make the Displayed Price ...

[Nickoli0]

Hi Ajeh, John and I are working together on the Competo project - you clearly know your Zen Cart, thank you for your reply.

Basically, we are trying to offer a base product (computer) at a set price with a number of default options (CPU, Hard drive etc). We then want customers to be able to choose upgraded options in certain areas if they wish. Eg:

Base price $999.00

CPU
Option 1 (default)
Option 2 (+$25)
Option 3 (+$50)

Hard Drive
Option 1 (default)
Option 2 (+$30)
Option 3 (+$60)

Memory
Option 1 (default)
Option 2 (+$15)
Option 3 (+$25)

We currently have the product(s) set with a base price and also selected "priced by attributes". From your last post (and the results we have experienced!) this is clearly not the way to do it.

What we can not do is price everything by attributes. This is because there are costs built into the base price such as labour charges, as well as components that we do not want the user to be able to change (eg motherboard).

An example of a what we are trying to achieve can be found at: http://www.competo.co.nz/index.php?m...&products_id=9

What would you recommend as the best way to set this up?

Thanks!!

Nick

[Ajeh]

Based on your example, your Products are NOT Priced by Attributes ...

Your Products get a base price and then Attributes that may or may not have additional prices ...

So, turn off the Priced by Attribute on your Products and add the Product Price as your base price ...

Then, go to your Attributes and enter them with the specific price for the Attribute and the proper prefix so the customer knows it will add or subtract from the price when chosen ...

NOTE: If you have a Product that is $100.00 and an Attribute that is always 10% of that price, then you could use the Price Factor and this lets the Attribute Price change when you change the Product Price ...

[Nick_H]

Thanks for your help Linda, "Price by attributes" makes more sense now. The only niggle is that the price on the product page does not update to reflect the price including the added options. My punter has asked for it to update on the fly.

I have one of my PHP guys looking at it, if I get a solution I'll let you know!

The shop dev site is: http://209.70.45.51/~easyf/

Nick

[dscott1966]

Thanks for your help Linda, "Price by attributes" makes more sense now. The only niggle is that the price on the product page does not update to reflect the price including the added options. My punter has asked for it to update on the fly.

I have one of my PHP guys looking at it, if I get a solution I'll let you know!

The shop dev site is: http://209.70.45.51/~easyf/

Nick

I do not know if this what your talking about, but it seems to me this is what you need it can be found here its call price updater. If it is what your looking for there is a price updater version 1 and they have a upgrade there also you have to keep reading the threads to find the updated one. Look here

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...=price+updater