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    Default Donation-like product

    I was wondering if there is a way to create a product for donation purpose. Basically it will ask the customer to input their own dollar amount. My customer does not want to use Paypal for various reasons but would rather do it through zen cart. Any ideas would be more than helpful.

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    Default Re: Donation like product

    Set you product for base price of $1.00 and allow fractions. They can then enter the #of "dollars" in the quantity box.
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    Wow! Very creative way of thinking... I will definitely consider this if there isn't any other way. Thanks!

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    Default Re: Donation like product

    I'm setting up ZC for a community radio station that offers memberships at specific levels ...

    ...and needs to have a way that visitors can donate "any amount they are able"

    So, using the quantity with the cost per each as $1.00 (or even $0.01) does seem like the way to go to set up a donor entered amount for their donation... but has anyone used this technique?

    I am having a ########ens of a time figuring out which files to tweak so any pointers would be appreciated.

    Thanks in advance!

    John

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    Default Re: Donation like product

    You could use either a product type or customize the template so that on that particular products_id it reads different to look more Donation like ...
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    Default Re: Donation like product

    Thanks Linda ... that was quick!

    I do have a Donation product type and a Membership type, but I'm stuck on which file to customize so I only affect the Donation product type pages.

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    Default Re: Donation like product

    Look in the Catalog ... Product Types ...

    Click on the Product Type for the Donation and click EDIT and you will see its base name ...

    Example: Product Type Product Free Shipping uses
    product_free_shipping

    a search on that in the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... in the bottom input box, will show all files that are using that name, as the filenames are built off of the Handler Page name ...
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    Default Re: Donation like product

    Perhaps I'm just a little slow. But where can I set up the attributes for my Donation Product? I am specifically wanting to have a "Donation product", and let users enter their amount. Got that part. I just set the price to $1. But how do I remove the "$1" from in front of the field?
    Also, do I have to wait untill check out for the user to input the amount? Or is there a way for them to specify the amount before checking out?

    Thank you for your help!

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    Default Re: Donation like product

    The amount is added when the customer does an Add to Cart and states how much they want to add ...

    The idea behind a custom page for the product _info either by identifying this 1 product or using a different Product type was so that you can make it "look different" from the other products and customize the Add to Cart button or the way the Price reads such as not show the price at all ...

    If this is a $1 product then they enter 500 and now it is a $500 donation ...

    You can customize the template to check the products_id and if, for example, this product was products_id 22 you could make that 1 product read differently or you can use a different Product type and make it look differently ...

    As to the quantity if you are tracking stock that is done for everything ... you would need to again use the customization not to show the stock ...

    If you are not familiar with writing code and customizing you may wish to post in the Commercial Help wanted for help on this ...
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    Default Re: Donation like product

    I've tried to setup a product with £1 price and variable quantity as below

    Product Qty Minimum: 0.01
    Product Qty Maximum: 0 0 = Unlimited, 1 = No Qty Boxes
    Product Qty Units: 0.01

    When I enter quantity of eg. 249.95 and add to cart it says, The item you wanted is not available in fractional quantities and rounds it up to 250.

    Where can I activate fractional quantities?

    Thanks.

 

 
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