Is this scenario possible?

[buildingblocks]

I would like to create one category that contains low priced items, but to purchase from this category a minimum of, maybe, $15.00 needs to be purchased from this category.

Does anyone have ideas how this could be done?

edit:

this will not be the only category to exist. The remaining categories would be regular purchasing.

[Ajeh]

You could customize the function for the buttons so that if the amount is < 15.00 then the button is returned as:
BUY MORE TO BUY THIS

or something like that ...

Check the function zen_get_buy_now_button to see where they are controlled ...

[buildingblocks]

Would that be includes/functions/functions_general.php

this section?

// Switch buy now button based on call for price sold out etc.
  function zen_get_buy_now_button($product_id, $link, $additional_link = false) {
    global $db; 

What would be added and would it affect the purchase of items in other categories if the value were lower than 15.00?

[Ajeh]

You can test the products_id and check for its master_categories_id and if the total in the cart is < 15 ... return back text or an image ...

[buildingblocks]

Thanks Ajeh but I'm not at a point where I can do this by constructing the code on my own. I can follow directions where a mod might include instructions to alter some code and what needs to be replaced and with what.

I was hoping maybe there was a way to do this through admin with attributes or a combination of techniques.

It would make a nice mod though.

[Ajeh]

There is nothing built into the code for this but it could be customized to manage this type of thing ...

Using the function zen_get_buy_now_button just saves a lot of time in having to code for this everywhere as it manages the add to cart/buy now ...