Better Together Contribution Support Thread

[cosmocanuck]

Thanks - I'll have a good read through of everything. Guess I was trying to blaze through this process just a bit too fast!

adam

[audradh]

I have read through this thread and read the Read Me file, but I still do not know in which file the promotions are set up. I'm considering adding this contribution to a friends cart, but I'm not sure if setting up the promotions is going to be too intensive for them.

From a usability standpoint, for someone that isn't familiar w/ the inner workings of Zen, how friendly is this mod?

TIA
Audra

[swguy]

I have read through this thread and read the Read Me file, but I still do not know in which file the promotions are set up.

The setup() function is in the file includes/modules/order_total/ot_better_together.php. If you go to my web page, lots of examples of how the setup() function might be coded are provided. In addition, many other common questions are answered.

The readme file in the contribution is only updated when I release the contribution (which is once in a blue moon now), but the web page is updated constantly as I see patterns in the questions that people ask. That's why the readme file points you to the web page "for more information" (see line 13).

From a usability standpoint, for someone that isn't familiar w/ the inner workings of Zen, how friendly is this mod?

I can't answer that question for you. This mod has been downloaded thousands of times. Some people like it, others don't. No one solution is ideal for anyone.

Better Together is a highly configurable, very feature rich system. That's the upside. The downside is that it's not trivial to use. If it makes you feel better, even *I* need to read the documentation again before configuring it for clients. Sometimes I even flub it up - and I wrote the code.

Good luck,
Scott

[audradh]

Hey thanks Scott, that's just what I was looking for Sounds like a great mod, but maybe something I will want to set up for them.

[cosmocanuck]

Hi Scott,

My apologies - I just realized that I somehow had a copy of version 1.0 (!) of Better Together... not the latest version 1.6. I was following instructions for the new version but actually installing the old version... no wonder it didn't work!

MUCH easier to install with only three files, not a gazillion, BTW.

And it appears in my ZC admin right away, just as advertised!

Thanks for your patience with this slightly clueless newbie.

Adam

[DuncanR]

Scott,

Will your Big Upsell module display my Better Together discounts? I don't have a need for Big Spender or Big Chooser just yet.

[swguy]

Response by PM.

[cosmocanuck]

Hi!

I have two items in my client's Zen Cart - one is a book and one is a class.

I have Better Together set up and it works beautifully - if you take a class, you get a discount on the book.

However, there's a problem. If you order them together, you get the book AT the class - thus, no shipping required!

Is there a way to handle this automatically with Better Together? I could have two versions of the book listed, one "with class" and one "without class", and only charge shipping on the latter, but it would be great if it could be done less awkwardly.

Thanks!
Adam

[swguy]

Better Together doesn't do this sort of thing. I would add code to your shipping module to handle this situation or make the book free shipping.

[cosmocanuck]

OK - I'll figure out another solution. Thanks!