Product Type Book (by moku)

[ctcentralinfo]

I don't know if this mod is working right. I went to choose product type and all I saw was:

Product - General
Product - Music
Document - General
Document - Product
Product - Free Shipping

But when I went to the extras section book type, author, color, condition is all their. Do I need to create a product type to select from?

Please I need all the help I can get.

[ctcentralinfo]

I meant not working right.

[tekram]

you should not have to. it should show up on its own. try instaling in again.

[tekram]

is there an easy way to take books that are n an excel file and transport them in to the database as a book type product?

[MyLibros.com]

I, too, am having trouble with running two languages with product type book. Also, would like to see it integrated with EasyPopulate. Any news as far as that is concerned?

[hareslade]

Hi folks
I don't know if Moku is on holiday :) but early on, he said someone please
modify the moku book type sql file so it works in zencart's admin patch

here's one I think works, let me know on a p.m, if it don't
http://hareslade.com/zc125/download/...u_booktype.zip

I don't know whether to switch over to moku's book type or not (I have one from an older style book type, which I developed and use on my own zc 125 site, see other threads) .. it depends whether moku is going to be around.. he seems to be away just now...

As someone said in the earlier posts, the 'hareslade' book type (that I modified from an older contrib) is not directly compatible with moku's, because of the different table layouts for book data.

However, the moku version has a more realistic table layout.. I got as far as updating my own version to beta 1.3.0 (see elsewhere), but there was a zencart bug in the copy functions in admin.. I never re-coded the correct version into the fileset..

The zencart team seem not to want to define a formal book type - there are loads of small bookshops would use it.. and now, we have two contrib versions not compatible..

I say all this.. what matters really is whether moku will support this new version through time.. I don't want to embark on using the moku version if I get lumbered with keeping it up to date :)

Any views/ appreciated...

[DrByte]

I don't want to embark on using the moku version if I get lumbered with keeping it up to date :)

Same reason why it's not built-in to Zen Cart...
Product types can make ideal contributions if they are kept up to date.

[hareslade]

Well what I really meant was, if zencart had a standard extended product type with say 50 basic fields/tables, when it came to deciding which 'existent' fields/tables to use in the book type, it would not be a case of inventing extra fields (with non-compatibility to other contribs) and all the probs of manually adding them one by one by field name, into the standard zen code..

As it is, both book types still use 'manufacturer' as 'publisher' - which is a nuisance sometimes.. these are choices made because of coding difficulties of adding product fields and displaying them on admin pages.. yet there has been much effort gone into zencart overrides..

Standard mega-type

So if I was inside the team, (which of course I'm not) I would be looking for a standard product type 'add on' with a load of fields/tables, creatively named 1 to 50 or more :) etc and a 'standard contrib' sql that can add those fields/tables, but selectively in an actual add on, according to need. It could even have an online admin to set up active fields selection, which creates the correct admin product page layouts....

Just a thought. The moku contrib offers a nice commonality with the music type, but moku has to add fields which are now specific to his contrib.. same as I had to, on the one I did .. should I be looking to invent a product field-creation add on?

[susaw]

Moku, please, help!! Or anyone...
I've installed Product Type book and everything works fine.
The problem is if I set english language I have no problem, but if I change the language to spanish starts the problems (and I need only spanish language):
- when I want to see an author with only 1 book, it doesn´t seem to find the page: I see a blank page, or the message "there are no books...", either from the select box and from the authors name in the product info.
- if the author has 2 books, I can see the list with the 2 books of the author.(the index page).
I seems that it can´t find the product book page, if there is only one book.
Other problems I have:
- I can´t see a pop up or some page with the author information anywhere (info, url, photo, etc) even with english language, (I have no problems in the admin, I can write that info)
- and I don´t know what to do to display ALL books of a specific author, no matter the category.
¿Can you tell me where to start to find the solutions?
Thanks a lot!!

[MyLibros.com]

I had a similar problem with my install of product type book (moku version). To fix it, I ended up deleting all products and putting them in again after I had installed PTB, making sure that all language fields were filled in with data. I don't know if this could be the solution for you, but I am just telling you what worked for me. Good Luck.