Better Together Contribution Support Thread

[swguy]

Re: 1 - not at this time.

Re 2 - the semantics (as implemented) of add_cat_to_cat(x) are "you get two for one on all items in category x" not "buy one item from category x, get another free". Of course, this is incredibly confusing given that the marketing text suggests the latter behavior. Add_cat_to_cat gives you what (I think) you want.

Thanks,
Scott

[rcrosier]

Re: 1 - not at this time.

Re 2 - the semantics (as implemented) of add_cat_to_cat(x) are "you get two for one on all items in category x" not "buy one item from category x, get another free". Of course, this is incredibly confusing given that the marketing text suggests the latter behavior. Add_cat_to_cat gives you what (I think) you want.

Thanks,
Scott

Hi Scott,

I think I was not clear in my explanation... I'll try again
My first attempt was with this code:

         // Buy any item from category 56, get a second identical one free
         $this->add_twoforone_cat(56); 

I could not get it to work on my cart, but I do have this working to do the same thing:

         $this->add_cat_to_cat(56, 56, "%", 50); 

Am I missing something in the functionality? My site seems OK, but I'm just trying to figure out why I could not make the twoforone work. Got no discount on the category at all.

Thanks
Ray

[swguy]

I can't dup this on php4 or php5.

I use
$this->add_twoforone_cat(21);
at

http://192.168.1.103/swguy_demo_1.3.7/
which is php4.

Cat 21 is gift certificates. Add two OF THE SAME and you'll see the discount. I know the marketing text is misleading; I will fix this in the next release.

[swguy]

Re 2 - the semantics (as implemented) of add_cat_to_cat(x) are "you get two for one on all items in category x" not "buy one item from category x, get another free". Of course, this is incredibly confusing given that the marketing text suggests the latter behavior. Add_cat_to_cat gives you what (I think) you want.

Argh! For those who weren't completely confused by this misstatement - you should have been! (This should have read, "the semantics of add_twoforone_cat(x) ...")
The documentation has been updated to reflect how this actually works, namely:

add_twoforone_cat(x) - "you get two for one on all items in category x"
add_cat_to_cat(x, x, ..) - "buy one item from category x, get another from category x free"

As noted previously, the marketing text is misleading on add_twoforone_cat; this will be fixed in the next release, which will be available shortly.

Scott