Support Thread: Checkbox Textbox Icon Addon for Listings

[mc12345678]

What does this plugin do?

Well, with more mobile devices coming into play, the method(s) of selecting items are changing. To address a few additional ways to select items to be added to the cart, this plugin has been put together. There are three basic types of selection added by this plugin. 1) A check box for each product that when the selected items are submitted to the cart will add the minimum quantity of the item(s) selected, 2) a check box with an editable text box that begins with the minimum quantity, and 3) icons that when selected will add or remove the quantity of items that meet the minimum/unit requirements. Note: initial selection will add the minimum quantity or unit quantity whichever is greater of items. Additional quantity of the item will be added on a per unit basis.

Options 1 and 2 require the use of: the product having a status of allowing the product's quantity box to show (!=0) (Setting is on the product's information page), Display Product add to Cart Button !=0, Display Multiple Products Qty Box Status > 0 and applicable checkbox/textbox combo to be active (Previous 3 settings are in the applicable Listing area: Product Listing, Specials Listing, New Listing, Featured Listing). The checkbox textbox combination overrides the checkbox only option, so if both are active then the checkbox textbox combination will appear.
Option 3 requires the product to have a status of allowing the quantity box to show (!= 0)(Setting is on the product's information page), Display Product Add to Cart Button set to 3 (on with Adj per Product) and Display Multiple Products Qty Box Status == 0 (Previous 2 settings are in the applicable listing area: Product Listing, Specials Listing, New Listing, Featured Listing).

It is also suggested that the option to see the cart after adding an item to it be turned off for using Option 3 of the newly added options; however, it is not required. (See in Admin Panel, Configuration->My Store->Display Cart After Adding Product)

There is also an option that has been added to show the quantity of an item that is in the cart. The setting is located in the Product Listing area of the configuration panel and is applicable to all listings. There are three settings: 0 (default) - Don't show the total quantity of the item adjacent to the item, 1 - Show the total quantity of the item if there is more than zero, and 2 - Show the total quantity of item regardless of the number present (zero included).

The plugin described above has been submitted for review and will be made available when posted.

[rbarbour]

Very cool, do you have a working demo?

[mc12345678]

Very cool, do you have a working demo?

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http://shop(dot)pugsugottasave(dot)o...-PUGS-Products

[rbarbour]

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http://shop(dot)pugsugottasave(dot)o...-PUGS-Products

Wouldn't this be the same as a "add to cart" button?

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http://shop.pugsugottasave.org/All-PUGS-Products

I really like the check-box concept here!

But, there is always a but.

I'm not sure I would want to change the value for items I didn't want versus items I did.

I would be even more frustrated if I scrolled 20 products, check 3 and find out I had to delete the other 17 that were added to my cart.

Or am I doing something wrong?

[mc12345678]

Wouldn't this be the same as a "add to cart" button?

Similar; however, a few differences (and by-the-way I did not remove/vary any of the default settings, but added to the existing... This way the plug-in would be relatively non-intrusive to the routine operation.) Said to be similar in that it will add to the cart, but if not mistaken (at least in testing) clicking on the add to cart button took me to the product information page with the product added to the cart. Here the design concept was to stay on the same page (and in this case kept the page at the "same" location) to be able to increase/decrease the quantity of an item like using a push-button arrow or similar.

I really like the check-box concept here!

But, there is always a but.

I'm not sure I would want to change the value for items I didn't want versus items I did.

I would be even more frustrated if I scrolled 20 products, check 3 and find out I had to delete the other 17 that were added to my cart.

Or am I doing something wrong?

Yeah... Sorry, I kinda threw the software to the site because most of my testing had been local. I've brought in the modified shopping_cart.php class template file, so now it operates like it was supposed to... Not like how you found it... Sorry...

Yes, it would be a complete pain to click 3 items on a page of 20 and then have to dump the 17 others that came over. That's why some additional design was needed. Only issue I've seen in the way I implemented it is if there is a change of the settings in mid use of one page and clicks to load something to the cart... Albeit a minute detail, it's one of those things... :)

Can try the check box concept again. The reason initially for the textbox to go along with it was that the box would be prepopulated with the minimum that can be added as calculated by one of the Zen Cart functions, and that it could be selected down the row, then the quantity(ies) could be modified as needed/desired. This all stemmed from the original request to have a checkbox that could be used to add an item or list of items with a minimum amount applied. Then there was some discussion about how to add multiples at once (textbox added in), then an increase, decrease option... Icon option...

[rbarbour]

Similar; however, a few differences (and by-the-way I did not remove/vary any of the default settings, but added to the existing... This way the plug-in would be relatively non-intrusive to the routine operation.)

That is always a plus!

Said to be similar in that it will add to the cart, but if not mistaken (at least in testing) clicking on the add to cart button took me to the product information page with the product added to the cart. Here the design concept was to stay on the same page (and in this case kept the page at the "same" location) to be able to increase/decrease the quantity of an item like using a push-button arrow or similar.

Admin>Configuration>My Store : Display Cart After Adding Product

Yeah... Sorry, I kinda threw the software to the site because most of my testing had been local. I've brought in the modified shopping_cart.php class template file, so now it operates like it was supposed to... Not like how you found it... Sorry...

Yes, it would be a complete pain to click 3 items on a page of 20 and then have to dump the 17 others that came over. That's why some additional design was needed. Only issue I've seen in the way I implemented it is if there is a change of the settings in mid use of one page and clicks to load something to the cart... Albeit a minute detail, it's one of those things... :)

Can try the check box concept again.

Same result, I may have to clear my browser cache though.

The reason initially for the textbox to go along with it was that the box would be prepopulated with the minimum that can be added as calculated by one of the Zen Cart functions, and that it could be selected down the row, then the quantity(ies) could be modified as needed/desired. This all stemmed from the original request to have a checkbox that could be used to add an item or list of items with a minimum amount applied. Then there was some discussion about how to add multiples at once (textbox added in), then an increase, decrease option... Icon option...

Trust me I understand.

[linuxguy2]

I noticed if I checked a box in page 1 then went to page 2 then back to page 1 the item was unchecked but if I then clicked "add selected products to cart" it was added to the cart. (green success bar)

[mc12345678]

That is always a plus!




Admin>Configuration>My Store : Display Cart After Adding Product



Same result, I may have to clear my browser cache though.



Trust me I understand.

I noticed if I checked a box in page 1 then went to page 2 then back to page 1 the item was unchecked but if I then clicked "add selected products to cart" it was added to the cart. (green success bar)

Okay, so previous proof of concept didn't work... For some reason I kept thinking that I could have templated class.. Not the case, lost something in my implementation of the installation.. Looks like a new package needs to be provided, with install updated...

linuxguy2, switching pages is not going to maintain the status of the check...

Up until a few minutes ago, the functionality was still broken. Wasn't until I reviewed the override map that I realized my "final" method of installation was wrong... the templated class shopping_cart.php was incorrectly implemented... Daggone it...

[linuxguy2]

Do you have any plans to implement/add an increment/decrement feature?

Thanks,

[mc12345678]

Do you have any plans to implement/add an increment/decrement feature?

Thanks,

Check the featured products listing. It has the "increment" (shopping cart icon) and "decrement" (trash can like) feature. These icons can be swapped out, so don't get too hung up on how they look right now... Functionality comes first and I didn't want to hold up presentation just because of an icon...

Otherwise I'm not sure to which feature you were asking about including an increase/decrease option. If not mistaken, when checkbox textbox is active, a negative can be entered in the text box, although on my setup, it seems it will not remove the item from the cart. I thought I remembered someone saying that there is a programming error in something like products_id or product_id somewhere in the handling of product. Adds/deletes, but I couldn't find that fix, nor guarantee it would work for all if implemented on this store. So, used zc 1.5.1 in development, may be different in other versions, will have to compare and see, then possibly add-on.