Contest System [support thread]

[skipwater]

OMG you rock!! Thank you!

Just one little detail...I would also like to allow guests to make reviews. Can guests still make reviews but not be included into the contest entries?

Thank you again.

The contest mod only looks at:
1. Is the customer logged in. (This gives us the customers ID)
2. With that customers ID, is it found in the review table. If found allow to contest.

So short answer is with out a customer account ID guests will not be allowed to enter the contest.

Skip

[joyjoy]

Okay but will they still be allowed to enter product reviews?

Am I correct in understanding that you've hard coded your mod to only enter a customer in the contest if they are logged in and create a review? If that's the case, guests should still be able to input reviews, they just would not be included in the contest?

Sorry if I'm repeating myself. Just want to be clear.

[skipwater]

If that's the case, guests should still be able to input reviews, they just would not be included in the contest?

YES

Skip

[joyjoy]

Thank you, I was able to get this to work just the way I want! But I do have a problem.

On the layout of the contest pages, it's pushed way against the left column sideboxes. When I look at all my other pages like contact us, shipping info, etc. they are centered. I believe they are in a div.

I don't know where to edit in the contest files to have them appear this way as well to follow the same layout. Help? Thank you.

[skipwater]

Thank you, I was able to get this to work just the way I want! But I do have a problem.

On the layout of the contest pages, it's pushed way against the left column sideboxes. When I look at all my other pages like contact us, shipping info, etc. they are centered. I believe they are in a div.

I don't know where to edit in the contest files to have them appear this way as well to follow the same layout. Help? Thank you.

A link to your page would help.

Skip

[joyjoy]

Here you go:
http://www.funhn.com/shop/index.php?main_page=contest

I realize that it's not set up properly with the prize but I'm just trying to adjust the layout right now.

If you click on the "rules" and "winners" pages, you'll see what I mean about the layout.

However, I would like to note that it does display properly in Firefox.

Is there a way to remove these links out of the form and just insert as regular text links to an actual rules and winners page? That might work too. I'm not too familiar with forms.

Thank you!

[skipwater]

This is the rules page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contest.php
This is the ended page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestend.php
This is the Must register page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestmustregister.php
This is the Must have product review page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestmustreview.php
This is the contest winners list page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestwinner.php
This is the decription page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contest_descrip.php

All of these pages can be edited with ZC admin's define page editor.
So in ZC they are as you say as regular text links to an actual rules and winners page?
they are just text links to a page.

Skip

[TinMan780]

@ Skip

I had just a quick question... I recently switched hosting companies, I noticed a few little glitches when I switched over... One of them was, on the contest page, the 2 horizontal lines above and below the rules and winners and such, no longer line up.

I have tried shrinking the image and even changing the image, and the lines still don't line up.

Any other suggestions? Thanks

[skipwater]

@ Skip

I had just a quick question... I recently switched hosting companies, I noticed a few little glitches when I switched over... One of them was, on the contest page, the 2 horizontal lines above and below the rules and winners and such, no longer line up.

I have tried shrinking the image and even changing the image, and the lines still don't line up.

Any other suggestions? Thanks

You might want to just remove the one <hr> tag.

Your font size of 80% is not small enough to stop the wrap of the text.

Skip

[TinMan780]

@ Skip

I removed all 3. Works great without the lines.

Thanks again!