Product Type Book (by moku)

[hareslade]

hi biscayne
ok.. working on the book filters isn't too bad once you locate the book files that do it.. the awkard thing is, for a multiple product search result page the zencart code does one thing, and for a single product search result it does another.

There is a url redirect line in the zencart code that does one of the 'return results' pages, in testing one needs to comment that out and then use php echo's to make whatever output you choose, appear. But, if you put a php echo in the code before the activated php redirect line, the redirect itself doesn't work. It can be frustrating..

If you have specific probs in code areas do p.m me rather than fill up the thread with deep technicals :)

[yellowscooter]

Hello,

Does Ultimate SEO URL work with product type Book. Only the category links have been changed to the SEO links. Product links are still in the old format.

Is there any other better way of generating SEO url for Book product type.

Thank you.

[hareslade]

HI
In the book zip there is folder 6_ultimate_seo_urls_137_for_books

At the time I did that, utlimate seo url was in zencart 1.3.7 version

You might find useful stuff in the above folder, follow your intuition
see README_ADDED_FOR_BOOKS.txt file

[yellowscooter]

HI
In the book zip there is folder 6_ultimate_seo_urls_137_for_books

At the time I did that, utlimate seo url was in zencart 1.3.7 version

You might find useful stuff in the above folder, follow your intuition
see README_ADDED_FOR_BOOKS.txt file

Thank you. That worked. I missed installing the 6_ultimate_seo_urls_137_for_books files under books.

[edizioninautilus]

Hello,

Does Ultimate SEO URL work with product type Book. Only the category links have been changed to the SEO links. Product links are still in the old format.

Is there any other better way of generating SEO url for Book product type.

Thank you.

Hi yellowscooter,

I got the Book Product mod working with the CEON URI mod for SEO and user friendly URLs. Have a look at my site for an example:

http://www.edizioninautilus.it

Here's the thread for the CEON mod that is working well for me for this Product Type, categories, and EZ-Pages (with one minor exception I can't seem to figure out).

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=732653

Good luck...

Jeremy

[chabbu]

Hi

I'm finding it difficult to determine the version of the module to download. I'm running v1.3.7 of zen cart. I notice the latest version is v3 beta, but the 'beta' is a little off-putting. Is it quite stable?

Also, is there any reason why this useful mod is not available to download on the official zen cart site under 'Free software add-ons'?

Thanks

Faz

[hareslade]

hi Chabbu
The 1.3.7 book version is ok as is (beta) because I sort of asked for testers, then zencart 1.3.8 came out halfway through my doing that.., so the final version is the 1.3.8 one.

The book add-on isn't in the site list because I never got round to it, I always hoped someone would take it there :)

[KidPub]

I might have missed it in this thread, but is there a switch to display author name in products_all?

Perry

[hareslade]

there should be one, it may be in a different section of the admin setups than the main book section, can't recall

otherwise if you can't find it, sledgehammer the class.productBookListing.php file in classes folder,

line 44 is probably the right switch,

SHOW_PRODUCT_BOOK_LISTING_AUTHORS == 1

make that 99 instead of 1, it'll stop authors I think, but it might be too wide an effect.

[chabbu]

When I run the SQL patch for a new installation on v1.3.7, i receive the following error message:

1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'id'=>'1', 'text'=>'True'), array('id'=>'0', 'text'=>'False')), ', now())' at line 1
in:
[INSERT INTO product_type_layout (configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, product_type_id, sort_order, set_function, date_added) VALUES ('Enable the Book Search', 'SEARCH_PRODUCT_BOOK_ENABLED', '1', 'Add the books to the search engine 0= off 1= on', '7', '0', 'zen_cfg_select_drop_down(array(array('id'=>'1', 'text'=>'True'), array('id'=>'0', 'text'=>'False')), ', now());]
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