Dynamic Price Updater

[Chrome]

Hi all

I've finally got around to getting discounts to work with the display... I've also prepared the licence required for submission to the Contribs section so I'll be doing that shortly

For now, the link in my sig still points to my site and although the link says 2009 (that's the date I started counting downloads) it is the latest version

As soon as the Updater is accepted I'll update my sig link and post here

Cheers

Dan

[fjutt]

Hi Dan,

This is such a cool Mod!
Thanks!

I had to make the changes suggested by IZAR74. (in 2 places the regular code and the sidebox.
I think the 1 means price excl VAT and the 0 price setup based on price incl. VAT. This incl VAT is the normal setting in the Netherlands.

Can you confirm if this correct thinking of the Limit?

Would it be possible to link it to the product price setup as there we define it the price is in or excl. VAT.

Cheers,

Frans

my testside www.decals4all.eu/test

[GoldBuckle]

I love the dpu price updater. I have it on my site and working...www.discountprintingservice.com. Best example of its use is under carbonless forms.

I would like to modify it so that Price Breakdown and Add to Cart boxes are one box instead of two...can anyone help me with this?

Also below that you will see my attribute options which work with the dpu price updater. I have spacing in between my options and would like to decrease the space in between options but I'm not sure what in the tpl or css files to adjust....

Thanks,
John

[Chrome]

Hey all

I have news! The Updater is now officially accepted into the Zen Cart repository ... I will update my sig link shortly to point to that download location (I'm writing this post in between designing a large database)

Frans, thanks! Sorry for not getting back to you sooner... Essentially, I've been working with so many systems that the mechanics you are asking about are in some dark recess of my brain... As there are no lights back there (which makes it a bit scary) I'll have to refresh my knowledge of the code... There are upgrades I would like to make as well and your patience would be greatly appreciated

John, thanks! Ok, combining the Updater sidebox with another element is very much a custom job... The sidebox is created dynamically using Javascript (which is why it appears in no admin lists yet only appears on the product info page) and the content is truncated and replaced on update... Unless there are enough people requiring this functionality then it has to be regarded as custom... If you like you can PM me

Styling the sidebox is fairly easy: just choose any CSS file that loads with your product info page and add a declaration for the ID 'updaterSB'... For example:

#updaterSB {
    personality: be-more-awesome;
}

Incidentally, it's worth noting that that CSS rule doesn't work thus proving that CSS3 has some way to go

HTH

Dan

[DivaVocals]

Hey all

I have news! The Updater is now officially accepted into the Zen Cart repository ... I will update my sig link shortly to point to that download location (I'm writing this post in between designing a large database)

Whooo hoo!!!! Just in time for my new client site build!!!

[Chrome]

Hey Diva

Thanks for the support ... Let me know if the new discount bit fails

Dan

[DivaVocals]

Hey Diva

Thanks for the support ... Let me know if the new discount bit fails

Dan

Will do.. I've been a silent supported/observer, but will chime in if I find an issue..

[spiritcraft]

Nice, this seems to work great... my only issue is that some products are a min qty of 2 so it pops up with a higher sale price that "regular"

For instance: fabric retails for $100 per yard, sale price is $75 with a minimum qty o 2 yards...

It now shows up automatically with regular price $100 - sale price $150 you save 25%!

It only happens on a few products that can only be ordered with a minimum of more than one.

Also if you try to purchase anything in qty's of more than one, the same happens. I wonder if a multiplier could be put in place for the regular price to update to qty's?

This is such a great mod in the wasteland of Zencart sale functions. I would certainly chip in to ad functionality!

I would love a java countdown to sale end date as well.

In any case, thank you Chrome... your are a true gent.

[spiritcraft]

@ John,

Nice site. How did you get that "price breakdown" setup? That is excellent. If I could do something like that and be able to leave the top price static - "starting at" or "Regular Price" with any sale in red. That is really nice.

@Chrome

I will send you a PM... Sadly, I had to take down DPU as it was really not doing well without any price breakdown and especially with the 100 or so products that have min qtys or more than 1.

If I could get this working and figure out how to sort "specials" by categories, I would be set.

[fjutt]

Hi Dan!

I'm really happy witht his! I just have 1 question in the way you handle the values..

If you look at http://decals4all.eu/test/index.php?...products_id=25
you will see that in the sideboxes the prices are written like 7 EUR and US$ 9.93 (This is a live exchange rate to give peope an idea about the value n their own currency while the shop remains in EUR. The following question is NOT a fault on your side I was just wondering if you had an idea how to help!
The currency seems to be recalculated based on the source code having like EUR 7,00 while in the code from you eiter in the body or in the breakdown sidebox it is referred to as to the database price elements if I'm not wrong. Would there be a way to transform these to the real value? If not I'll ditch the reference exchange rate and keep your mod :) I love it so much!

Any ideas!

Thanks
Frans