Auction Product Type

[bmansel]

Yes thats what i did first, rewrote the install process. I have been a php, java and ajax programmer for many years now

Guys, thanks for the hard work you have put into this issue...Unfortunately, I have tried to follow all the tips mentioned to instlall Product Auction in Zen Cart v 1.5.1 and only have mixed success.

I was finally, after creating a missing file, and getting the auctions manager page to register, to see Auctions Manager in the configuration menu. BUT, the page only lists products, and does not have admin controls as shown in the illustration that came with the install documantation.

I figure that I have not done everything right, but cannot figure it out. I am new to Zen Cart, php, and ecommerce. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[weezee]

I download the product auction type to Zen Cart 151, the auction manager and the product auction is not showing in the admin configuration group. I tried adding the pages to the Admin Page Registration and get these errors The language key entered has not been defined. Please check that it has been spelt correctly.
Error The filename definition entered does not exist. Please check that it has been spelt correctly. I have it running on another site v139h its ok.

[weezee]

Is the Auction Product Type abandoned, no support here.

[web1kreativ]

I took the auction module and made it compatible to Zen Cart v1.5.0. De-installed and re-installed several times with an existing Zen Cart store with other modules as well as with fresh new Zen Cart installs. The module seems to be working great.
The class file needed some tweaking as the cron jobs didn't really work for me.
Here is my configuration:
Zen Cart v1.5.0
PHP v5.3.10
SQL v5.5.2

In addition to adding code, I made several changes to the product page, product list view, and the sidebox.
The update will be available in the Plugin area under Product Types once approved.

Thanks for putting this great module together in the first place!
Richard

[web1kreativ]

I noticed there was an issue in the SQL install script of the Auction module v2.0. The SQL installation was not able to complete w/o errors. Line 116 of the SQL install script was missing a single quote towards the end of the line.

Sorry folks.

[lnsenterprises]

Unzipped the files etc. Copied the auctions sql file thru notepad to the "install sql patches" portion under tools. When I run this script I get the following error....
WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again...

This is the first step so I have not gone any further...I am using version 1.51..

[web1kreativ]

Hi Inserterprises,
I double checked, and the install script works even after uninstall and re-install. If you had the previous version of the product auction module installed, run the uninstall script (the one from the newest version), and then rund the new install script again.
Let me know if it works.

Richard

[glemigh]

If someone clicks Buy Now, and then continues shopping and goes back and clicks Buy Now again it increments the quantity in the cart, any ideas on how to prevent that from happening.

George

[glemigh]

Also there is no delete option in the Cart to remove the item should the shopper decide to not continue with a Buy Now option.

Any ideas on how to fix that?

George

[web1kreativ]

Hi George,

if the Buy Now option is enabled, it will allow adding the product multiple times to the cart. Zen Cart updates the product quantity when the checkout process completes. Until then, the item is still "available" for adding to the cart.

The Buy Now option is a bit sticky for the auction products, because it will require a lot more coding:
- the acution needs to be closed prior to the actual end date/time
- there is an extra email required to notify all bidders that the auction closed due to a "buy now"
- if the auction closes with the regular end date/time, there needs to be a system routine to remove the item from a customer's cart if it was added as "buy now", but not checked out
- you will probably want to notify that customer that the item is no longer in their cart.
And there is probably more to it...

For the issue with the delete option after the item was added to the cart through "Buy Now", please open the following file:
/includes/modules/page/shopping_cart/header.php and go to line 103.

Replace the following 4 lines:
if ($p_type_2 == 'product_auction' && AUCTION_INFO_DISPLAY_CART_REMOVE == '0') {
$buttonDelete = false;
$checkBoxDelete = false;
}

With this code:
if ($p_type_2 == 'product_auction') {
$sql = "SELECT auction_closed
FROM " . TABLE_PRODUCT_AUCTION_EXTRA . "
WHERE products_id='" . (int)$products_id . "'";
$pae_closed = $db->Execute($sql);
$aclosed = $pae_closed->fields['auction_closed'];
}
if ($aclosed == 'Y' && AUCTION_INFO_DISPLAY_CART_REMOVE == '0') {
$buttonDelete = false;
$checkBoxDelete = false;
}

Hope that helps.
Richard