Dynamic Filter [Support Thread]

[Craig Freeburg]

I just installed this using the 1.5.0 in the download. I have a template monster template on the site, but other that that, I haven't made any changes to any of the files. I have numerous issues, so I had a few questions. Would deleting the files and using the 1.5.1 install fix these issues, or do I just need to handle them individually? Here are the issues I'm having.
1. The search bar is giving a general error now and doesn't work at all.
2. The filter is working on specific categories, but not on the all products page. It's turned on and shows up just fine, but it's not actually filtering anything.
3. The biggest (and weirdest) issue is that it's actually making the entire site disappear. When I go to the site, it's a completely blank page. The first time it happened, I logged in to the admin side to check things, and when I went to check the site again, it was there with the everything perfect except for the 2 issues I stated above. So after a day of checking, I've realized the site only works when I'm logged in to admin. As soon as I log off, or admin times out, the entire site just vanishes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I should just use the 1.5.1 and see how that goes, let me know and I can come back with whether the issues still exist or not. Thanks guys

[jeking]

You don't say what version of Zen Cart you have. That will determine which version of this plugin you should install. Plus, Template Monster is notorious for making very bad templates.

[Craig Freeburg]

sorry. I have 1.5.3

[jeking]

That explains it. There is not yet a version of this plugin compatible with Zen Cart 1.5.3

[Craig Freeburg]

I apologize for being such a beginner at this. May I ask for a bit of advice? Having the filter is something I will definitely need in the store because of the amount of products. If you were me, would you continue working on 1.5.3 until the store is done, and then install the update if it's ready? Or would you install an older version of zencart and work within that one? Thanks again.

[jeking]

There's no telling when the new version will be ready. I'm not the author.

If you *need* this plugin, you're probably better off using Zen Cart 1.5.1 for now and upgrading later. If you got with 1.5.3, you could wait a long time for an update to this plugin. No offense to the author, we are all volunteers and do this as time allows.

[Craig Freeburg]

I understand completely. Even besides the issues I was having, it was perfect on the pages it did work. Thanks again. I'll install 1.5.1 and begin there.

[zenartman]

Is it possible to filter by product availability and show in a sidebox?
So that customers can see which products are selling fast and having dwindling stock?

[Design75]

Is it possible to filter by product availability and show in a sidebox?
So that customers can see which products are selling fast and having dwindling stock?

No not in the current version. You would have to create that filter yourselves, by writing some new code for the module

[Kevin205]

Is Dynamic Filter compatible with with v1.5.4 Zen?