Auction Product Type

[arxvaldex]

I've tested quite heavy on zencart 1.3.9f, but haven't had time to try a fresh install on 1.3.8a yet.... All the logic in the bidding process is in the includes\modules\pages\product_auction_info\header_php.php and main_template_vars.php files.

Try testing by placing a bid lower then the current bid or starting price... you should get a warning that the bid was to small.. The page files should be working for I see you prices... but sometimes the pages don't fully upload.

I'll see if I can recreate the error by deleting files...

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Found the error!

It seems there is a conflict with the Wish List add on, removed the Wish List add on and Auctions working perfectly again!

Thank you for your help!

[X@vier]

Hello,
Installed the auction product type on a dev server using ZC 1.3.9.d.
You need be logged in to see the prices and to be able to bid.

I've checked over again if all the files are in the right place. This seems to be ok.
Read a lot posts in the forum but still have some problems:

• in the admin can't find the auction manager like the screenshot in the documentation.
• if you're logged in can't see the bidding box! all the other information is visible. see attachment
• the template is based on ZJ black 2. The normal pages works well. Bud the layout of the auction pages is strange. How can it be edited?
• How can the "auction help" be replaced under the picture?

Thank you for your help.
Xavier

[davewest]

You need be logged in to see the prices and to be able to bid.

not in the habit of creating accounts just to see prices... As a shopper, I usually pass sites by if I can't at lest see a price... don't have time for accounts I don't want... As a result, I keep forgetting to go back in and test this part of the program. Thought I had it worked out, will have to go back and check it.

in the admin can't find the auction manager like the screenshot in the documentation.

Its in the 'Extras' tab in admin.... if not, you missed uploading that file.

if you're logged in can't see the bidding box! all the other information is visible. see attachment

The box only shows if your logged in, the box should show.. The page is done in 4 sections... the top, two middles, and the bottom. If you missed a { } when you merged with your template, you may have missed the login check.

the template is based on ZJ black 2. The normal pages works well. Bud the layout of the auction pages is strange. How can it be edited?

Never seen the ZJ black... this is where you need to match up or style the auction page to match your site.

How can the "auction help" be replaced under the picture?

move the button coding to below the image coding.... this..

<div class="forward"><?php echo '<a href="javascript:popupWindow(\'' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_POPUP_AUCTION_HELP) . '\')">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_HELP, BUTTON_AUCTION_HELP_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>

look for this line and place the code below it..

<!--eof Main Product Image-->

Styling pages takes time and for me lots of fiddling around with the css until it works. I just spent the last week making changes that I uploaded tonight when I upgraded my site to 1.3.9g... Page styling one word at a time in a forum is a pan and more time then I have.... I've spent allot of time styling the page back to the basic zen cart template. if your template use the same class and ID's.... then it should work, if not, you'll have to go through and change the class and ID's to match your template. As an example, my site use very little of the normal class and ID's that came with Zen basic. Looking at the image you uploaded, the product image is to the right which is not the norm.... thus the css is off somewhere or a different class is in use.

[X@vier]

Thank you very much for your help.

not in the habit of creating accounts just to see prices... As a shopper, I usually pass sites by if I can't at lest see a price... don't have time for accounts I don't want... As a result, I keep forgetting to go back in and test this part of the program. Thought I had it worked out, will have to go back and check it.

I use this shop status since years in the original shop and it works better than with prices visible.

In the dev site changed the status to 0: every one can see the prices and now the bid form and the buy it now are visible. When the shop status is 2: need to login to see the prices it doesn't work.

The buy it now price is 300Euro. If you take a look at the category listing page the buy it now price is 50Euro.

I did a test bid of 50Euro. The starting bid is 20Euro. After removing the bid in the Auction Manager (that I found) the prices aren't adapted to the starting bid of 20Euro.

How can that be restored?

Thanks.

[davewest]

In the dev site changed the status to 0: every one can see the prices and now the bid form and the buy it now are visible. When the shop status is 2: need to login to see the prices it doesn't work.

Because I never used it this way, I may have gotten lost in the coding... plus I think theres another file that deals with displaying prices depending on your options in admin. I'll have to hunt it down a see if we can move it into override system.

The buy it now price is 300Euro. If you take a look at the category listing page the buy it now price is 50Euro.

I did a test bid of 50Euro. The starting bid is 20Euro. After removing the bid in the Auction Manager (that I found) the prices aren't adapted to the starting bid of 20Euro.

How can that be restored?

Thanks.

If you have the site wide Buy Now turned on then that's what's doing it.... I never wanted the category listing to have active bidding or buy now... the coding was to show the current bid or starting bid with the ...more info... tag. Thus, having not to change things to much so normal products wasn't affected. If the site is totally auctions, then this file could be redone to do open bidding..... more time then I have... The reset bids button in admin well reset everything back to what you started with, or deleting the one bid should take it back to the previous bid.

One thing nice about Zen Cart.... more then 100 different ways to set up your site just with the admin settings... unlimited possibilities with the open source coding. A pain to catch them all in designing a addon mod. When basically, I'm taking what I'm using and packaging it up so others can have fun too.

Got some things to do yet.... but I'll have to test and add some more to get the logon for prices to work right.

[davewest]

I think some posts back there was some problems with the Buy-Now button not posting the right price to the cart! I finely had the same problem.... When I was upgrading to 1.3.9g and making some design changes to my product and auction pages, I ended up move the first line which starts the form from the product page to the auction page.

<!--bof Form start-->
<?php echo zen_draw_form('cart_quantity', zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($_GET['products_id']), zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=add_product', $request_type), 'post', 'enctype="multipart/form-data"'); ?>
<!--eof Form start-->

basically, not allowing for the extra cart actions which made the swoop on prices to function... The part in red...

<!--bof Form start-->
<?php echo zen_draw_form('cart_quantity', zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($_GET['products_id']), zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=add_product&mod=auction', $request_type), 'post', 'enctype="multipart/form-data"'); ?>
<!--eof Form start-->

Without the extra cart action, the Buy-Now just takes the price from the product_price which is holding the current or starting bid. The only difference in this line from 1.3.8a is the $request_type

[X@vier]

Thanks, this works fine...