regarding orders

[spid3r1987]

i have only done this on a test. but i went through all the order status's, and once i get to the end(completed)
the order is still shown as "new order" on admin home, is this because its still on the same day?

[eentje]

If you mean it is still in the right column... yes it will stay there untill you have exceeded the number of orders that you have configured under maximum values.

[spid3r1987]

ahh ok then, is there not a way to move it to say a new column called previous orders?

[spid3r1987]

maybe somebody can create the addon so that once a orders status is changed to "completed", then the file looks at status and puts an IF status = completed, move to column B "completed orders"

[tino.schlegel]

Yeah indeed someone could do this. How about you volunteer for this task. You would directly benefit from this addon and can share the happyness with other users.

Give it a good thought and do something good.

[spid3r1987]

i would if i had any idea about PHP
i can have a tinkle on my test server. but i doubt i can do this, too big for me a newbie..
i can only just about change the layout of the site and thats with help and picking up on little snippets of what people have put

[afo]

Is this really an issue for you? Why not change the title? Look in admin/includes/languages/english/index.php for

define('BOX_ENTRY_NEW_ORDERS', 'New orders:');

and change it to whatever you like. For example,

define('BOX_ENTRY_NEW_ORDERS', 'Recent orders:');

Of course, this change will be overwritten by subsequent upgrades/updates, but it's easy enough to do. You could even setup an override for it - although the override won't work in the admin - just to preserve your changes. The "override" would be the same as the file in use, but you could refer to it when you upgrade/update.

[spid3r1987]

noo, i like that it has "new orders" its easy to see when...you have a new order

but i thought that once the order had gone through its stages and is now completed...the order would not be shown as a new order, so once its all done, its then moves from "new order" to "completed orders" because its no longer a new order...

[spid3r1987]

well i have got it to create a 2nd box called Completed Orders, only thing now is how do i get that box to look for orders that ONLY have "order status = completed"


if somebody could please help me with this, i am a noob but i am trying....im not sure how to restrict what is shown

[spid3r1987]

. TABLE_ORDERS_STATUS . " where orders_id = '5"

any help on this 1?? am i on the right track?