Cross Sell Advanced [Support Thread]

[Parafanaylya]

I'd say you both missed part of the install.. namely the template files which add the cross sell display to the product information page..

I found the culprit in >templates, and moved the files to the right place. Will test in the morning. Bed time now.

[fjbern1943]

Is this plugin compatible with zen cart version 1.54?

[lat9]

Is this plugin compatible with zen cart version 1.54?

Almost, but not quite. You'll need to find the "Product URL" block in each of the *_display.php files in the /includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates directory and make the change below. The handling of the product's URL display changed in Zen Cart v1.5.3 -- please note that these changes apply ONLY TO Zen Cart v1.5.3 or later!

Find:

<!--bof Product URL -->
<?php
  if (zen_not_null($products_url)) {
    if ($flag_show_product_info_url == 1) {
?>
    <p id="productInfoLink" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_MORE_INFORMATION, zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=url&goto=' . urlencode($products_url), 'NONSSL', true, false)); ?></p>
<?php
    } // $flag_show_product_info_url
  }
?>
<!--eof Product URL -->

Change to:

<!--bof Product URL -->
<?php
  if (zen_not_null($products_url)) {
    if ($flag_show_product_info_url == 1) {
?>
    <p id="productInfoLink" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_MORE_INFORMATION, zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=product&products_id=' . zen_output_string_protected($_GET['products_id']), 'NONSSL', true, false)); ?></p>
<?php
    } // $flag_show_product_info_url
  }
?>
<!--eof Product URL -->

[DivaVocals]

Almost, but not quite. You'll need to find the "Product URL" block in each of the *_display.php files in the /includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates directory and make the change below. The handling of the product's URL display changed in Zen Cart v1.5.3 -- please note that these changes apply ONLY TO Zen Cart v1.5.3 or later!

Find:

<!--bof Product URL -->
<?php
  if (zen_not_null($products_url)) {
    if ($flag_show_product_info_url == 1) {
?>
    <p id="productInfoLink" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_MORE_INFORMATION, zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=url&goto=' . urlencode($products_url), 'NONSSL', true, false)); ?></p>
<?php
    } // $flag_show_product_info_url
  }
?>
<!--eof Product URL -->

Change to:

<!--bof Product URL -->
<?php
  if (zen_not_null($products_url)) {
    if ($flag_show_product_info_url == 1) {
?>
    <p id="productInfoLink" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_MORE_INFORMATION, zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=product&products_id=' . zen_output_string_protected($_GET['products_id']), 'NONSSL', true, false)); ?></p>
<?php
    } // $flag_show_product_info_url
  }
?>
<!--eof Product URL -->

Cool.. thanks for posting the fix..

[lat9]

No problem, nice plugin!

[DivaVocals]

No problem, nice plugin!

It is now.. I take no credit for anything but cleanup.. RodG did the original code consolidation between the two OG cross sell plugins..

[lloyd_borrett]

G'day,

So lat9 has installed Cross Sell Advanced for me and I've been testing it out on our test setup.

I added a product model to one product and it looked okay, but I wanted to try it on another product with five X-sell items.

So I've tried to add the following five Cross Sell products to Product Model: M-212 + MC-750
TEC52A-ANTIFOG
TA-200A
MS-20
VA-TOWEL3
SP-0101

But I get an error: Product Model: M-212 + MC-750 was not found. No Cross Sell Added.

I suspect Cross Sell Advanced has limitations on the Product Model character set, e.g. no spaces. There may be other limitations. It would help if the limitations were documented, but it would be even better if the problem was just fixed. Without a fix it's going to be difficult for us to use Cross Sell Advanced.

Also, what's Cross Sell Advanced going to do if two products have the same Product Model value, because I'm not aware of Zen Cart stopping this from happening. We may well have some duplicate Product Model values.

Personally, I'd like to be using the Product Id value. After all, that value is unique.

It would be really nice if Cross Sell Advanced supported us being able to use either of Product Model or Product Id on its various inputs.

(By the way, it's simply not practical to use the old Cross Sell interface on a site with more than 2000 products. Not being able to go direct to a product id and having to page around is just not a workable interface. And no doubt, that's why Cross Sell Advanced was created.)

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

[DivaVocals]

G'day,

So lat9 has installed Cross Sell Advanced for me and I've been testing it out on our test setup.

I added a product model to one product and it looked okay, but I wanted to try it on another product with five X-sell items.

So I've tried to add the following five Cross Sell products to Product Model: M-212 + MC-750
TEC52A-ANTIFOG
TA-200A
MS-20
VA-TOWEL3
SP-0101

But I get an error: Product Model: M-212 + MC-750 was not found. No Cross Sell Added.

I suspect Cross Sell Advanced has limitations on the Product Model character set, e.g. no spaces. There may be other limitations. It would help if the limitations were documented, but it would be even better if the problem was just fixed. Without a fix it's going to be difficult for us to use Cross Sell Advanced.

Dunno if this is a limitation of Cross Sell.. Never had this issue reported before.. Can't document a problem that can't be replicated or has not been reported.. (see results of my own test below..

Product Name: Grifo Fasce Tablecloth

Current Cross-Sells:

Product Model	Product Name	Action
01-050614 + 001	Galatea Tablecloth
01-0702GB	Grifo Fasce Napkins-Set of Four

Also, what's Cross Sell Advanced going to do if two products have the same Product Model value, because I'm not aware of Zen Cart stopping this from happening. We may well have some duplicate Product Model values.

Again, not an issue that's been reported, but I'd say the short answer is to make your model numbers unique so that this is not an issue.. Not seeing the upside of modifying this community module to account for something that isn't a recommended business practice.. (meaning the use of duplicate model numbers)

Personally, I'd like to be using the Product Id value. After all, that value is unique.

It would be really nice if Cross Sell Advanced supported us being able to use either of Product Model or Product Id on its various inputs.

And you (and any other community member) are free to submit these kinds of changes to this module..

(By the way, it's simply not practical to use the old Cross Sell interface on a site with more than 2000 products. Not being able to go direct to a product id and having to page around is just not a workable interface. And no doubt, that's why Cross Sell Advanced was created.)

Again, you (and any other community member) are free to submit improvements/changes to this module.. You also might want to look at one of the other cross sell modules ad see if they provide an interface more to your liking..

[McLovin]

Hi Guys, I've recently installed this plugin (everything seems to have installed without any problems), but for some reason I can't get the additional images to display below the page. I'm running ZenCart v1.5.1 with a custom (ThemeForrest) template that I've merged with the plugin template files. Even so, my template strangely only displays 'Search' at the bottom of the page where the additional images are supposed to show. Does anyone have any ideas what the problem might be?

[DivaVocals]

Hi Guys, I've recently installed this plugin (everything seems to have installed without any problems), but for some reason I can't get the additional images to display below the page. I'm running ZenCart v1.5.1 with a custom (ThemeForrest) template that I've merged with the plugin template files. Even so, my template strangely only displays 'Search' at the bottom of the page where the additional images are supposed to show. Does anyone have any ideas what the problem might be?

The issue is with your theme, and not this module.. You will have to go back to Theme Forest and ask the template author to help you with this..