Adding New Product_types

[Nordenfor]

And there is no new category button in "Categories / Products - Top".

[svenne duva]

To add new product types seems to be a whole lot of work and a source for many errors. Would it not be more wisely for some one who understand how to do it to do a bunch of standard types. They can bee just named A,B, C and so on because it seems to be possible to name them to something reconcilable in the php admin interface or do I missed something?

Is it even necessary to add more product types?

[kamion]

I posted this as a new topic but didn't get any responses, perhaps this thread is a better place to ask this question:

Zen Cart: v1.3.9h

I'm adding a new product type, and have got the preview_info.php working no problem when I create a new product or edit a product via the admin Catalog->Categories/Products page.

The problem is for existing products that I have already created and I click on the "Preview" icon in the list view under the Catalog->Categories/Products page.

My preview_info.php loads, but all the defines I use for my printout are not being translated to show the correct output.

Example, in /admin/includes/languages/english/product_<my_type>.php I have:

  define('TEXT_DIMENSIONS_PREVIEW',          'Dimensions: %s'); 

This appears correctly when I get to preview_info.php when creating a new product or editing an existing one.

 Dimensions: 200 x 100 x 50 mm 

But when I click on the "Preview" icon, it displays incorrectly:

TEXT_DIMENSIONS_PREVIEW 

I have tracked down this "Preview" link to /admin/includes/modules/category_product_listing.php, but can't figure out what's wrong.

It is definitely resolving to point to the correct preview_info.php that I have in /admins/includes/modules/product_<my_type>/preview_info.php, but some how, the defines php file is not getting included.

[kamion]

A quick and easy way to reproduce the above in the demo site is described in my original thread:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...76#post1015076

[skychew]

Hi I have been trying to add new product type but have failed.

i have tried instructions from 3 different sources and still cant manage to get any reaction.

1. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43663
   
2. http://smallbusinessconsultingexpert...duct_types.php
   
3. http://blog.kineticpulse.co.uk/2010/...-zen-cart.html

Why i say i have failed is because i cant see them as input when i select new product type and create new product under that product type.

what is it im doing wrong if i dont see it in the create new product page ?(action=new_product)

or rather what is the basic step to get it appear there first.

[OwlHollow]

Help: I was in Catalog-then Product types-then I edited Product-general and try to put it back to the way it was-but....I think I messed up where you put the product handler information. I thought it was product_general and the last part I clicked This product should be considered a sub-type of (then I put Product-General). When I try to add my very first product after I made a category for it, I get 404 admin error-but if I choose product-music, document general etc. it will let me add a product.
So I guess, I need what to put in the product handler spot and what should I choose from the drop down in the the sub-caterory box.
I CANNOT add one product until I fix this

[kobra]

then I edited Product-general

Maybe you did not restore it correctly

Get a fresh replacement from a new distribution

[DrByte]

Help: I was in Catalog-then Product types-then I edited Product-general and try to put it back to the way it was-but....I think I messed up where you put the product handler information. I thought it was product_general and the last part I clicked This product should be considered a sub-type of (then I put Product-General). When I try to add my very first product after I made a category for it, I get 404 admin error-but if I choose product-music, document general etc. it will let me add a product.
So I guess, I need what to put in the product handler spot and what should I choose from the drop down in the the sub-caterory box.
I CANNOT add one product until I fix this

The correct "handler" for Product-General is "product".

[OwlHollow]

THANK YOU-Here is a big HUG!! I have sat here idle since yesterday afternoon-and here it took one minute for a kind person to help me-thank you so much!!

[WutsAnEmu]

Hey guys, i don't know how active this thread still is, but i couldn't find anyone else with a similar issue. I'm trying to add a new product type for DVD's, but it just doesn't show anything when i try to actually create a product in the catalog with that type! It shows up as a choice down where it says product type, but then when i create new, it shows this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /*/*/*/*/product_dvd.php on line 11

I have made its own directory in the admin/includes/modules as a handler, and made the handler file to call it, and then i added a language file for it - i mostly copied from the music format since i wanted to add extra fields like studio and genre. then i made the catalog template files. i really don't know what i've missed, i've been pouring over the handler file for days, but i can't figure out what's wrong! it seems to match the exact format as the product_music file, and the languages file seems fine too! UGH! does anyone know what i might be missing?