Auction Product Type

[AndyII]

here is what I am up against,
if the bidder doesnt follow through with the auction and pay for it, I dont seem to have any records to point me to who it is, and I assumed that the bidder ID was the customer ID but it seems not so, I even bid on an item took the bidder ID (me) and compared it to customer ID's, and it wasn't me
I have been searching files and did find one I thought would do the trick, (tpl_product_auction_info_display.php)
it had been modified from the original, I replaced the absent code but still showing just the Bidder ID, maybe there is more than 1 file that would need to be changed, anyway we have a forum bridged with zen and was looking into using the forum nick as the identifier
either that or the owner should get an email with the winning bidders info, I hadn't received any.
I did get out bid notices from when I had bid...
original code

<td class="main"><?php echo AUCTION_WINNER . '&nbsp;' . $last_bid->fields['customers_firstname']; ?>&nbsp;<?php echo $last_bid->fields['customers_lastname']; ?></td>
</tr>

changed code

<td class="main"><?php echo AUCTION_WINNER . '&nbsp;&nbsp;' . TEXT_AUCTION_BIDDER_ID . ':&nbsp;' . $last_bid->fields['customers_id']; ?></td>
</tr>

[Wilkesy]

Hi all,

I have just downloaded this and installed it. Everything seems to be working great and will do exactly what im after except that ive come across 1 small problem.

I set a product up with a £50 reserve price, i went in and placed a bid as a customer would for £20, bid accepted. However it still says that the reserve has not been met, but i am not able to enter another bid? Why is this?

Any ideas?

Many thanks

Paul

[Wilkesy]

Fixed!

I commented out this line from the tpl_product_auction_info_display.php (line 167)

<?php //if ($customer_high_bidder != $_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>


This now means that the bid entry box will always be visible allowing current customer to raise their bids if necessary without having wait untl they are outbid.

Looks like a great mod! I think it needs some additional extras but nothing i cant handle.

Thanks for this mod! let the fun begin!!!

Paul

[AndyII]

Welcome Paul to our little world of auction, this mod was all but dead until bramnick revived it and gave it new life.
Nice little hack will ad it to my inventory
Yes it still needs things but we wont know till we experience troubles or inconveniences , like admin need more control, but it will come the more we get involved...

Fixed!

I commented out this line from the tpl_product_auction_info_display.php (line 167)

<?php //if ($customer_high_bidder != $_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>


This now means that the bid entry box will always be visible allowing current customer to raise their bids if necessary without having wait untl they are outbid.

Looks like a great mod! I think it needs some additional extras but nothing i cant handle.

Thanks for this mod! let the fun begin!!!

Paul

[Wilkesy]

Thank you AndyII. I only came across this mod while i was having a look around the download area, but now ive tried t i must say that i am impressed. Thanks for everyone who has contributed to this!

This afternoon i have been working on a small modification to the 'My Account' area so that people can see the items they have bidded on, however i have now run into a small trouble during testing. I have setup a product and 2 accounts, bidded against each other and received the outbid emails. However the auction has just finished and although i wont the auction, both my accounts received the same email saying thati was not successful in the bidding. On the website it shows the 'Congratulations......' lins and 'Pay now' button.

Any idea why i would have received the wrong email to the winning account?

Many thanks

Paul

[Wilkesy]

Hi guys,

Just thought id share my thoughts about this mod too. I think the basics are there however now that ive had a good play around ive come up with a list of a few things that would be great to have.

Setup changes:

In configuration > stock set 'Show Shopping Cart - Delete Checkboxes or Delete Button' = 2 This removes the 'delete buton so customers cant remove the item they have won from the car


Modifications:

Ability to stop customers from clicking the 'Pay now' button more than once. This should be pretty easy to do as there is a status that appear via zencart normally saying that the cart already contains the item.

Display in 'My Account' for winning items.

Notification emails when auction is gtting close to the end. Can this be part of the cron job?

[AndyII]

I got adventurous and installed on a live site
this mod is very nice but how do we find and solve the troubles if it is not in use in real life?
that email problem may be a new bug
some of us rely on members like you and bramnick to solve these things, Like I said, if bramnick hadn't ventured in when he did, I am not sure where this mod would be now, my guess would be dead in the water

[Wilkesy]

Hi AndyII

Ill do my best to get some of these changes done, but im still having trouble with the emails. Just had another auction end and no email at all?

Cheers

Paul

[AndyII]

if anyone want to play on a live site, I can setup some real auctions, I WILL return any funds if you win the bid, these are small auctions and I use penny bids as our site doesn't have large value items anyway
I am running Zen 1.3.7

[davewest]

if anyone want to play on a live site, I can setup some real auctions, I WILL return any funds if you win the bid, these are small auctions and I use penny bids as our site doesn't have large value items anyway
I am running Zen 1.3.7

I'll test!!! I'm just about done with setting mine up and turning it on.

I've noticed that the customer ID is in the table alone with the bidder ID.

I need to check the email some more before I go live with it. The text email looks good, but the html one is missing the link back to the product. Also not getting the admin copy. I can track the email with the email archive manager, it be nice to have something in admin to track the auction better.

Running Zen 1.3.8a