Discount Coupon Guide?!

[godt]

Is it possible to allow all categories (top), and deny, say, one category, or will the allow all override the 'deny'?

Also, if I allow a category, will all products in sub-categories of that category be allowed, or do those sub-categories have to be each specifically allowed?

[Ajeh]

To Deny just one Category, you only have to mark the one Category as Deny, you do not need to mark Top Allow ...

To mark Top Deny and mark 1 Top Category as Allow is to allow all sub-categories in that Top Category as allowed ...

[godt]

Thanks so much for the clarification. I proceed with confidence.

[Ajeh]

You are most welcome glad that this helped ...

[godt]

Sorry - another question: I have a minimum spend specified, and two categories excluded. In testing, when I buy something from an excluded category, a message appears in the checkout process referring to the need to meet the minimum spend. Should I be expecting a message about not being able to get a discount from the excluded category?

[Ajeh]

Many issues were fixed in v1.5.4 ... what version are you using?

What is the exact message that you are seeing?

What are the exact settings on the Discount Coupon and the Restrictions?

[Ajeh]

You could customize the code for the message and use the code in RED:
/includes/modules/order_ttotal/ot_coupon.php

around the line 192:

//          $messageStack->add_session('redemptions', sprintf(TEXT_INVALID_REDEEM_COUPON_MINIMUM, $currencies->format($coupon_result->fields['coupon_minimum_order'])),'caution');
        $dc_check = $_POST['dc_redeem_code'];
        $dc_link = ' <a href="javascript:couponpopupWindow(\'' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_POPUP_COUPON_HELP, 'cID=' . $coupon_result->fields['coupon_id']) . '\')">' . $dc_check . '</a>';
          $messageStack->add_session('redemptions', sprintf(TEXT_INVALID_REDEEM_COUPON_MINIMUM, $currencies->format($coupon_result->fields['coupon_minimum_order'])) . $dc_link, 'caution');

and see if having the popup to explain what the Discount Coupon is about helps ...

You could also change the define in the language file(s) for:
TEXT_INVALID_REDEEM_COUPON_MINIMUM