Contest System [support thread]

[DivaVocals]

Figured it out..It was a SMALL change needed in the:
includes/templates/custom_template/templates/tpl_contest_default.php file to make it all work.

So altogether now..

If you want the contest form to fill in the name and e-mail address for users who are logged in make the following change in the:
includes/templates/custom_template/templates/tpl_contest_default.php file:
Around line 212 find the following code and make the change highlighted in red (add this to this file):

<label class="inputLabel" for="email-address"><?php echo FORM_FIELD_ENTRY_EMAIL; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('entry_email_address', $email, ($error ? $_POST['entry_email_address'] : $entry_email_address), ' size="40" id="email-address"') . '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_REQUIRED_SYMBOL . '</span>'; ?>
<br class="clearBoth" /><br />

Then in the includes/modules/pages/contest/header_php.php around line 18, make the changes outlined below.

The form will now automatically fill in the name and address for customers who are logged in.. I thought this was a nice edition to the customer validation code added by BEAZLEYBUB.

Hope others find this useful..

Now I only need to resolve my one remaining issue:
Issue:
Add Entries for Existing Customers does not add customers to the contest. My test contest dates are 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009, and there are sales during this period. Yet when I click the "Add Customers" button, no customers are added. Is there a fix for this??

Mod Version: 1.6.2
Zen Cart Version: 1.3.8a

FYI.. None of the defined pages appeared in the Define Pages Editor until I copied them to the includes/languages/english/html_includes folder too. So now the define pages for this mod are stored in two locations as follows:

• includes/languages/english/html_includes
• includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE

I wanted to share this in case anyone else was having the same issue I was. This is pretty a cool module.. Now that I've got it all working I have one issue and I need some help with a change I'm trying to make...

Issue:
Add Entries for Existing Customers does not add customers to the contest. My test contest dates are 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2009, and there are sales during this period. Yet when I click the "Add Customers" button, no customers are added. Is there a fix for this??

Change:
I am trying to get the contest entry form to fill out the customer information (name and e-mail address) when a customer is logged in. I took a look at the contact us form to see how it was done there.. Based on this, in the includes/modules/pages/contest/header_php.php around line 18 I added the following:

    // auto complete when logged in
    if($_SESSION['customer_id']) {
      $sql = "SELECT customers_id, customers_firstname, customers_lastname, customers_password, customers_email_address, customers_default_address_id 
              FROM " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . " 
              WHERE customers_id = :customersID";
      
      $sql = $db->bindVars($sql, ':customersID', $_SESSION['customer_id'], 'integer');
      $check_customer = $db->Execute($sql);
      $customer_email= $check_customer->fields['customers_email_address'];
      $customer_name= $check_customer->fields['customers_firstname'] . ' ' . $check_customer->fields['customers_lastname'];
    } else {
      $customer_email = NOT_LOGGED_IN_TEXT;
      $customer_name = NOT_LOGGED_IN_TEXT;
    }

// default email and name if customer is logged in
if($_SESSION['customer_id']) {
  $sql = "SELECT customers_id, customers_firstname, customers_lastname, customers_password, customers_email_address, customers_default_address_id 
          FROM " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . " 
          WHERE customers_id = :customersID";
  
  $sql = $db->bindVars($sql, ':customersID', $_SESSION['customer_id'], 'integer');
  $check_customer = $db->Execute($sql);
  $email= $check_customer->fields['customers_email_address'];
  $name= $check_customer->fields['customers_firstname'] . ' ' . $check_customer->fields['customers_lastname'];
} 

This gets the name in the name field, but not the e-mail address.. I am a bit over my head here, and could use a hand.. What do I need to add, subtract, multiply or divide to get me the rest of the way there..