hideCategories

[s_mack]

For your first question... no. Unless you modified the contribution. Its probably doable, but that falls into the "programming for hire" category if you want me to do it.

However... think about it. Unless you REQUIRE customers to be logged in before they can see any products (which is a setting in Zen, but not very user friendly so I doubt many use it) the system won't know who's from Chicago or not until they log in. So you'd still have people outside of Chicago seeing the item, they just can't order it... is that what you want? But then it has nothing to do with this contrib. See what I mean? If you do require shoppers to be logged in to view your store, then it could work. But I think (my opinion) would be best is forget this mod for that... make a new mod that instead disallows checkout for certain items based on location and have a note in the product page saying "for local customers only" or something like that. Not an easy mod to make, but certainly possible.

2nd question... when it comes to conflicting mods, sorry... its not something I'm interesting in helping to debug. Too many variables. First thing... remove hideCategories and make sure its not just a bug with their mod that exists anyway.

- Steven

[colemanpa]

I have a question is there a reason why that when I try to download the new version of hideCategories it just opens in my browsers and does not download as a zip?

ok it only happens in firefox

[CnTGifts]

is it possible to only hide the categories untill a customer logs in

[s_mack]

I have a question is there a reason why that when I try to download the new version of hideCategories it just opens in my browsers and does not download as a zip?

ok it only happens in firefox

Yes, browser issue. I think the admin is repackaging it as a zip. You can right click and choose "Save Target As..." and it will work.

is it possible to only hide the categories untill a customer logs in

Possible, sure.


As is said in the readme and above in this thread... it is what it is. If you need it to be something else, either modify it or pay someone (me if you catch me at a down time) to do it for you. It was developed for a specific purpose and the company that paid for it was kind enough to have me release it back to the public... whether or not it suits you as-is is for you to decide.


Now, to possibly save you time and/or money... if you want to hide EVERYTHING from customers until they log in, that's already built into ZenCart. But if you want specific categories hidden until a customer logs in... you're up the right alley... it would be this mod, but changed. Actually shouldn't be too hard to do, and maybe someone would be willing to make that change for you au gratis. I don't have the time right now (for freebies or otherwise) though, sorry.

- Steven

[CnTGifts]

yeah i dont want everything hidden, just the categories

[Ralyn]

Is it possible to hide a category from general customers - but make it visible to groups with this? I'm wanting a way to hide Consultant supplies from the general customers, but make them available for purchase to my Consultants. I have the Consultants set up for group pricing.

Here is the site I'm working on:
http://www.undertherainbow-gifts.com

I want the Consultants and Distributors to be able to view and purchase marketing and sales supplies without the general customers seeing it.

[s_mack]

Read above... same answer. Yes, its possible but not as-is - it has to be modified for that purpose.

- Steven

[Ralyn]

Do I need to sit down before I ask you what you'd charge for this modification?

[CnTGifts]

i just installed this and somehow, it removed all my category annd prodyct meta tags

[s_mack]

Do I need to sit down before I ask you what you'd charge for this modification?

Sorry, I didn't see this until now. Contact me via PM for custom coding requests... however, I'm not really taking any projects on right at the moment as I'm far too busy.

i just installed this and somehow, it removed all my category annd prodyct meta tags

That is very unlikely.

- Steven