Save For Later Support Thread

[swguy]

You need to create a custom template (see http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?180) to start with.
Don't modify files in includes/templates/template_default/ - you want to keep those unchanged. Modify files in your template folder.

Uninstall what you've changed, create a custom template (call it custom) then install Save for Later.

[chiliboy]

Thanks Scott. I appreciate the quick response and if all goes well I'll send a donation your way.

[chiliboy]

Hi,

I can't get this module to install correctly. I'm hung-up on step 2a of the install instructions...
"2a. cd to "common_files" and copy the contents to the root directory of your shop."

What does cd mean? Change directory!

Am I to upload the entire folder called common_files, or upload the sub-folders in common_files, or open the sub-folders and just upload the individual files to the sub-directories in the includes directory of my site? I tried this last method without success.

I created the "custom" template and followed the instructions for it and nothing.

I'm using ZC 1.5.0 with classic template.

I have backed out everything for now except the sql patch. I'll appreciate your advices.

Thanks,

Hal

[swguy]

Upload everything. Don't do it file by file - this tends to be error prone because people will miss one thing or another.

[chiliboy]

Thanks for your help and patience. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work on my site. The template is screwed up and the shopping cart page shows an error with nothing listed after adding items to it.

[Jeff_Mash]

I'm loving this script, but I'm hoping you could help me with a feature request. I'd like to offer a "Save For Later" button on the product information page, so that if you're browsing a product, you can simply click "Save For Later" right there to add it.

I copied the code from the shopping cart page and inserted the following code onto the product page:

<?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link('saveforlater', 'action=sfl_save_for_later&product_id=' . (int)$_GET['products_id']) . '">'?><?php echo zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_SAVE_FOR_LATER_PRODUCT, BUTTON_SAVE_FOR_LATER_ALT) . '</a>'; ?>

However, when I click on the link, it takes me to the shopping cart page but no items are added to the cart.

The link that is being invoked looks to be the same format as what you display on the shopping cart page. For example, this is what I click on from the product info page when the button is clicked:

http://www.mydomain.com/store/index....oduct_id=15334

But it doesn't add anything to the shopping cart (unless that link is invoked from the actual shopping cart page, as is the original script).

Any ideas what I would have to to in order to allow this?

(Again, this is just shaving one extra step off the process for the customers. So instead of adding a product to the shopping cart FIRST and then having to Save it for later, we are trying to just have them Save it for later directly from the product info page.)

[swguy]

That's an interesting idea; I may consider it for a future release.

[Jeff_Mash]

That's an interesting idea; I may consider it for a future release.

Cool. I wouldn't think it would be too complicated to implement, and I think the idea is a great one for your program. Please let me know when you add that functionality and I'll be one of the first to test it out!

[clriding]

Hi, I wandered if this ever got added to save for later, as being able to add the product from the product page and save for later, is much more efficient and user friendly for the customer, rather than adding it to shopping cart.

If so, what code do I add and where?

Kind regards

Claire

I'm loving this script, but I'm hoping you could help me with a feature request. I'd like to offer a "Save For Later" button on the product information page, so that if you're browsing a product, you can simply click "Save For Later" right there to add it.

I copied the code from the shopping cart page and inserted the following code onto the product page:

<?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link('saveforlater', 'action=sfl_save_for_later&product_id=' . (int)$_GET['products_id']) . '">'?><?php echo zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_SAVE_FOR_LATER_PRODUCT, BUTTON_SAVE_FOR_LATER_ALT) . '</a>'; ?>

However, when I click on the link, it takes me to the shopping cart page but no items are added to the cart.

The link that is being invoked looks to be the same format as what you display on the shopping cart page. For example, this is what I click on from the product info page when the button is clicked:

http://www.mydomain.com/store/index....oduct_id=15334

But it doesn't add anything to the shopping cart (unless that link is invoked from the actual shopping cart page, as is the original script).

Any ideas what I would have to to in order to allow this?

(Again, this is just shaving one extra step off the process for the customers. So instead of adding a product to the shopping cart FIRST and then having to Save it for later, we are trying to just have them Save it for later directly from the product info page.)

[swguy]

It's on my list but it hasn't been done yet. Bear in mind that one of the issues is that you wouldn't be able to use this for products with attributes (on the product info page), so it might not be as generally useful as you think.