PC Configurator Module [Support Thread]

**lebrand2006** · 13 Sep 2007, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by pcspot

HI Tehre,

thanks for the valuable inputs on teh Configurator. I am surely goona be using it (if I get it installed right!!). Followed your install text, but came up with a problem.
Under the 'custom pc' link on the live website I get the following:
Custom PC
Desktop Computers created from customers by using PC Configurator.
You can select to buy one of these Computers or configure one by yourself based on your needs by pressing HERE...

However the link it refers to is totally wrong...
http://.....shop/%3C?php%20echo%20HT...c_configurator

this links to nowhere...how can i fix this?

thanks
N

All links worked for me. In the next version I will not use this way to produce links, but Zen Cart's way.

**lebrand2006** · 13 Sep 2007, 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by superprg

lebrand2006,
One small suggestion
Can you please put in the README file (and the download page too) what this contrbution does so that it helps others to decide whether and when to use it
Thanks

PC CONFIGURATOR can just configure a PC .

It is a PC Configurator

**lebrand2006** · 13 Sep 2007, 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by badmunchkin

thanks but if I have different products with different options for each one - example business cards have certain order options and brochures have totally different order options - is that possible to do with this configurator? Wouldn't I need a different configurator for each product? Or is there a way to have products as the main selection and auto-update all other configuration options based on the product selection?

One of the next versions will read attributes

**lebrand2006** · 13 Sep 2007, 03:35 AM

Originally Posted by Nismo

Hallo, great work!.. But I think that radio and checkbox buttons are better then select(pull down menu)

look here:
http://www.foxpc.cz/easy/49
or
http://www.tee.cz/konfigurator/

There are many compatibility problems with some browsers using radio.

Search the net

**lebrand2006** · 13 Sep 2007, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by DrByte

After only a cursory look at the alpha code, I would like to just mention that it might be prudent to consider looking at the admin module code in consideration of overrides (yes, there "are" some overrides in the admin, but they're not template-related).

/admin/includes/modules/*.php -- these are "master" files
/admin/includes/modules/PRODUCT_TYPE/*.php -- these are the per-product-type overrides of the master

In the case of the product_music type, you'll see that several of the "master" files also exist (with some changes inside) in the product_music subfolder.

However, in the case of the main/base "product" product_type, you'll see only a couple files related to entering product details.

This mod makes changes to the copy_to_confirm.php module. However, by changing the "master" version of this file, you suddenly affect *all* product types on your site. If you're only using "product general", then I suppose it doesn't matter. But if you also have document products and perhaps products that use the free-shipping product type, or maybe a 3rd party addon product type such as books, then your changes to the 'master' modules *might* adversely affect those other product types as well.
Then again, MAYBE that IS what you want ... but if that's the case, you might need to document what changes will be required to the core code of those other product types as well.

I'm not sure whether your PC Configurator needs its own dedicated product-type, as I haven't inspected in great detail as yet. Nevertheless, that could be another option that might help prevent some confusion among product types.

It's not an urgent issue, and not a huge mistake ... but I thought I'd mention it for consideration while you're looking at refining things. What you choose depends on your goals.
The general rule would be ... if you're finding a need to touch a file in the /admin/includes/modules folder, you *most likely* should be putting your changes in the subfolder related to the product-type your changes specifically affect ... even if there's not already a file by that name IN that subfolder.

You are write but copy to confirm file, will not "affect" anything, as there are just some lines of code to update a new column in a database table. Just a new column we use only for queries, without affecting anything else.

**cj-real** · 14 Sep 2007, 11:31 PM

Hi,

Re: PC Configurator For Zen Cart

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Originally Posted by cj-real
Hi,

I installed mine but just don't know how to add products - could you guide me through?

Thanks,
CJ

Please understand that I do not have time write now for details.

Go to admin and find category "PC COnfigurator Options"

There you will find many subcategories where you can add your products.

When you copy ( duplicated NOT linked ) products in these categories, they should apear in pc configurator.

When you add new products in these categories, you should press EDIT for each one product, ( then cancel - no need to edit ) to make them show on pc configurator.

You press edit, on every product, after addition because we need to run a part of code.

If you copy products, from other categories, inside "PC COnfigurator Options" subcategories, there is no need to press EDIT for each product.

I hope this can help you.

Thanks for the help, this worked.

But now for some reason when you click on the processor, in the price box it displays "NaN". Not only is this in another language, but should display £120.

My link is:
http://www.cjnet.info/e/checkout/ind...c_configurator

Regards,
CJ

**lebrand2006** · 15 Sep 2007, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by cj-real

Hi,

Thanks for the help, this worked.

But now for some reason when you click on the processor, in the price box it displays "NaN". Not only is this in another language, but should display £120.

My link is:
http://www.cjnet.info/e/checkout/ind...c_configurator

Regards,
CJ

GO TO currencies and edit your currency £

Remove Symbol LEFT , and add this to symbol right :

 £

This will work

Also, inform me for you country sales tax to send you the right file to upload to your server

**cj-real** · 15 Sep 2007, 01:44 PM

Tax is zero, but thanks ;)

It all works now, thanks again :)

One last thing...

How can I change it when it's 0 is not applicable from:

NaN to n/a

(and also, how can I make it so that when the person goes on the configurator link, it automatically selects a motherboard, like in the link bar e.g)...

http://cjnet.info/e/checkout/index.php?main_page=pc_configurator&motherboard=1

just wondering if this is possible.

Kind regards,
CJ

**lebrand2006** · 15 Sep 2007, 03:03 PM

GO TO THE NEXT POST TO DOWNLOAD THE RIGHT FILE FOR TAX.

Originally Posted by cj-real

Tax is zero, but thanks ;)

It all works now, thanks again :)

One last thing...

How can I change it when it's 0 is not applicable from:

NaN to n/a

(and also, how can I make it so that when the person goes on the configurator link, it automatically selects a motherboard, like in the link bar e.g)...

http://cjnet.info/e/checkout/index.php?main_page=pc_configurator&motherboard=1

just wondering if this is possible.

Kind regards,
CJ

When you reselect an option, then you got Nan, so you have to press Reset button.

As for the automatic selection, this code is not written to work this way.

With this code, we assign products from specific categories to specific drop down lists.

Then customer selects the products, and in the SECOND PAGE, we gother all products id's and we present the computer configuration with all of it's parts with small pictures of these parts and links to them ( this is working in my shop, I did not yet pack it to upload it ).

The THIRD PAGE (last step) is doing the following together at the same time :

1. Adds a new product to shop, which is the configured computer, as a unique product. ( In new version, each part of this computer now shows with it's picture and it's link !!)

2. Adds, one by one all selected parts to the shopping cart so then customer goes automatically to the shopping cart, where he can find all products he choosed, and take any other action.

This way, when customer buys a computer, through PC Configurator, this computer is automatically added to our product catalog so everyone can buy it directly.

Well, I hope in the next few years, I will write some thousand lines of code for PC Configurator, so it can be a GENERAL CONFIGURATOR, that everyone can CONFIGURE it based on his needs.