Auction Product Type

[dfontana]

Which version of Zen Cart are you using.

I'm using Zen-cart v 1.50 and the latest download available for the Zen-Auction

[wilt]

k

I might be missing something here, but I downloaded the latest zip for the Auction Type product, which says it is compatible with v1.5

However nowhere in the code can I see any reference to the plugin adding any admin pages to the new admin profiles database tables.

If this is the case then you will not see any of them in the admin menu structure.

[dfontana]

K,

if you read te documentation in the Installation area of the documentation, there is a reference of what do do after it is installed and definitey makes reference to Configuration- Product AUctions. I also examined the Configuration_types table of the database and sw the installation sql added a Product AUctions to the table.

k

I might be missing something here, but I downloaded the latest zip for the Auction Type product, which says it is compatible with v1.5

However nowhere in the code can I see any reference to the plugin adding any admin pages to the new admin profiles database tables.

If this is the case then you will not see any of them in the admin menu structure.

[wilt]

Hi,

My point was that there is no SQL to update admin_pages table. This is required in 1.5.x to allow for authorisation of pages, including new configuration sections.

Without that, you WILL NOT be able to see the added configuration section or any other admin pages added by the plugin.

So even though this plugin has been marked as 1.5 compatible, it is not.

[dfontana]

Thank you for the information. I just deleted all the module files and uninstalled the mod files from my test site and recopied them and ran the install script again. Would wat you discovered in the sql file also cause an Http Error 500?

Hi,

My point was that there is no SQL to update admin_pages table. This is required in 1.5.x to allow for authorisation of pages, including new configuration sections.

Without that, you WILL NOT be able to see the added configuration section or any other admin pages added by the plugin.

So even though this plugin has been marked as 1.5 compatible, it is not.

[Uncle Geo]

I'm having exactly the same problem, and the downloaded I downloaded said it was compatible with 1.5.

I can add auction items but after following installation instructions and double checking that all the file uploads are in the right places, no option appears in the configuration menu for Product Auction.

If it is a matter of including more in the patch to add the data needed then that would be nice to know. Also when that might happen.

[Uncle Geo]

And I have an old test version of 1.3.9f and I do have an Auction Manager (this must be the "Product Auction" option referred to in the documentation) as it seems identical to the config options shown there.

[andy2295]

After spending about 4 hours yesterday going through and adding code, i finally have it working on 1.5.1. Just going to spend some time testing it now. The author will no doubt update it at some point hopefully

[niccol]

None of my business here but you may want to listen to what Wilt is saying. There are reasons why he is usually right :-)

Zen 1.5 upwards have an improved security system which includes a system similar to the old 'admin pages' module. It stops admin items appearing if they are not registered for that user. In other words to see an admin menu item a corresponding entry has to exist in the 'admin pages' table of the database. This entry should be created during the install of the module - but in this case is not.

Your options are :
-- rewrite the install process
-- add the entry directly into the database using phpMyAdmin or similar
-- use the 'Admin Page Registration' function that exists in admin access management >> admin page registration

There is plenty of information on the forum about how to do this.

[andy2295]

Yes thats what i did first, rewrote the install process. I have been a php, java and ajax programmer for many years now