Creating an add-on "product type book" for ZC 1.5

[philou]

Hi Kinsley,

no harm done. I happen to be working on it (and on the filters specifically) in these days, so I might as well add the author types filter too. As I am working on it, I discover a few lose ends even in the database, so I would think trying to implement this on your version 0.9.1 will be lots of pain for you with little pleasure at the end. Apart from the work to be done, you will have a solution that modifies many BookX core files, so expect headaches if you ever wanted to upgrade…

Concerning versions on ZC.com and sourceforge: It's true I have been lazy about updating the plugin here on ZC.com and I promise to be better about it from now on ;)

Regards,
p.

[philou]

Hi ,

I've been using this plugin for a customers website and I wondered if it was possible to have author type filters in a side box? I ask this as the client wants to be able to filter by Author and then also filter by Illustrator (which is a author type). Is this possible currently?

Thanks in advance!

Just to be sure:
You want to filter the books by the author Joe Blow and then set a second filter so you see only the books which Joe Blow illustrated, but not the ones where he wrote the texts.

Is that your scenario?

[philou]

Hi ,

I've been using this plugin for a customers website and I wondered if it was possible to have author type filters in a side box? I ask this as the client wants to be able to filter by Author and then also filter by Illustrator (which is a author type). Is this possible currently?

Thanks in advance!

Just to be sure:
You want to filter the books by the author Joe Blow and then set a second filter so you see only the books which Joe Blow illustrated, but not the ones where he wrote the texts.

Is that your scenario?

The more I think about it, it seems strange to filter by author (name) first and then add another filter for author type. Wouldn't it be more intuitive to choose to only see e.g. "Illustrators" and then pick an author (= illustrator) from that list? Possibly the "author type" filter could even reduce the options in the "author" filter popup, meaning the "author" filter popup in the sidebox would only show illustrators if the corresponding "author type" filter is set.

Let me know what your use case is, so we can find the best way to implement this.

Regards,
p.

[DMLyons]

Back again...quick question...

I'm running 1.5.1, and I want to change the line-up of my product pages a bit. In specific, I want to have the series name show on the product page (it doesn't at the moment), and I want to move the price from the bottom of the page to further up...either above or below the book description, so readers can see the price right away. How would go about doing that?

Thanks in advance.
DML

[philou]

There is a setting in Admin -> Catalog -> product types -> Product Type Bookx -> edit layout -> Product Detail: Show Series
If you turn that on, then Series should show on the Product Info page.

Looking at the page "product_bookx_info" on your site, i have the feeling you are still not using the latest version of BookX, because there the price is at the top…?
http://firebornpublishing.com/store/...products_id=39

Regards,
p.

[DMLyons]

Probably so, since setting every series possibility on the section you told me to to 1=Yes, unless it's empty (all but the showing the description were already set to 1 before I got to it) still doesn't result in the series name showing on the book page. The filter has always shown the series choices, but the book pages still don't. Guess I better see about updating again.

DML

[DMLyons]

And...this would be why I hate updating.
WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.

I put the files in place. The latest version 0.9.3 already has the changes made in the files you have to make in a new installation. I changed the BAK file as I should...and I still get this error.

DML

[DMLyons]

Okay...though I'm still getting the error on updating to 0.9.3, the price and buy button have moved to the top, where I want them.

And 1=Yes, unless it's empty does NOT work, but 2=Yes does, so the series is showing below the description/excerpt.

My two cents? If it's working, don't mess with it. Thanks much for your help.

DML

[philou]

And...this would be why I hate updating.
WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.

I put the files in place. The latest version 0.9.3 already has the changes made in the files you have to make in a new installation. I changed the BAK file as I should...and I still get this error.

DML

Could you please try to run the installation again and when you get the error, please check the error log in your "cache" folder an tell me what it says, so I can find and fix the problem.

Regards,
p.

[redransom]

Sorry Philou,

Been woorking on other projects last couple of days.

No you are right - Illustrator or Author like you said it wouldnt make sense to do both.

And also upgrading to 0.9.3 then would probably be a mare - I'd rather obviously get the site live and then use the new version of bookx.

Kinsley