Auction Product Type

[taogem]

There was a fix some time back for the blank email... as for the mail issue, try running through some of the Tutorials https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?category=9

I'm not having any issues using PHP mail function! I'm running my auction live right now without any problems.

If your SSl was installed and working right for the rest of your site, then it shouldn't be any different for the auction page.

Not sure why, but everything is working just fine now. The bidders are getting confirmations, for their bids and also when they are outbid.

No more security pop up windows with the third party encrypted messages either.

One thing though......

Should we not be getting something ourselves via email for the various auction activities? Are we going to get any at all up through and including the end of auctions?

Also, just to make sure I have it right. The cron job is suppose to be set to zero, correct? That is how I am understanding it. It seems like it would be opposite so as to make sure everything is completed at auction end.

[bramnick]

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Also, just to make sure I have it right. The cron job is suppose to be set to zero, correct? That is how I am understanding it. It seems like it would be opposite so as to make sure everything is completed at auction end.

If you have not setup a CRON job (if you dont know what this is they you didnt set it up) then you need it set to 0 so that the code that does auction close is run.

If you set it to 0 then only when someone goes to your sencart site (any page) will the system check to see if any auctions have closed. If no one visits for 10 hours, then the closed auction wont be detected during that time of inactivity.

AHB

[taogem]

Thank you bramnick..

Another question

The text that tell the status of the auctioned item. It is right under the title of the item. I can't show it here because you would have to be logged in to view it.

It tells how many bids, the current high bid, time remaining..

Any hooo..

How and where might I go to change the size of that text. It is presently almost microscopic

Thanks and having a lot of fun with this mod!

[davewest]

How and where might I go to change the size of that text. It is presently almost microscopic

You need to edit the css class or add one for the area you wish to change.

The class 'main' is used throughout the auction page, tpl_product_auction_info_display.php if you add main to your style sheet and add a text size, that would work. you could add your own classes to do more.

.main {
   font-size: 12px ;
    }

I've redesign mine to not use tables and setup my own style classes

Glad to hear you got the email issue sorted out.

[taogem]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the response.

I found this:

/public_html/taogemst_myzencart/admin/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_auction_info_display.php


Here is an area that looks like it is what I am after:

<tr>
<td align="center" class="main"><?php echo TEXT_DATE_AVAILABLE .$days_left." days ".$hours_left." hours ".$minutes_left." minutes"; ?>
<?php if (AUCTION_INFO_DISPLAY_PREVIOUS_BIDS_COUNT == '1') echo '&nbsp;-&nbsp;' . $previous_bids->RecordCount() . '&nbsp;' . AUCTION_BIDS; ?></td>
</tr>


If I am in the ball park, then just not sure where exactly to edit in the code you suggested.

[davewest]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the response.

I found this:

/public_html/taogemst_myzencart/admin/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_auction_info_display.php


Here is an area that looks like it is what I am after:

<tr>
<td align="center" class="main"><?php echo TEXT_DATE_AVAILABLE .$days_left." days ".$hours_left." hours ".$minutes_left." minutes"; ?>
<?php if (AUCTION_INFO_DISPLAY_PREVIOUS_BIDS_COUNT == '1') echo '&nbsp;-&nbsp;' . $previous_bids->RecordCount() . '&nbsp;' . AUCTION_BIDS; ?></td>
</tr>


If I am in the ball park, then just not sure where exactly to edit in the code you suggested.

Have to keep in mind that I'm not using tables and I'm also using a round corner wrapper, but this is how my code looks after editing class="main".

<td class="productAuction biggerText"><?php echo TEXT_DATE_AVAILABLE .$days_left." days ".$hours_left." hours ".$minutes_left." minutes"; ?>
<?php if (AUCTION_INFO_DISPLAY_PREVIOUS_BIDS_COUNT == '1') echo '&nbsp;-&nbsp;' . $previous_bids->RecordCount() . '&nbsp;' . AUCTION_BIDS; ?></td>

Notice I replaced 'main' with two, 'productAuction biggerText'. The 'productAuction' replaced 'main' and 'biggerText' does just that... makes that text larger then normal. Here's what the class is in my '/includes/templates/CUSTOM/css/stylesheet.css' file..

.productAuction  {
    text-align: center;
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 1.2em;

.biggerText {
    font-size: 1.2em;
    }

I replaced the div with td so not to be confusing. Once you add the classes then all you need do is change the style sheet to make changes to your page.

Also,
/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_auction_info_display.php
This is your default file structure, if you don't use the override, you'll have a had time upgrading your site later on.

[taogem]

Thanks Dave..

I got it.... !

I opted not to do the :

.productAuction {
text-align: center;
vertical-align: top;
padding: 1.2em;

The text looks good right where it is now. Nice to know I can move it if need be though.

Actually, this was a neat little practice CSS. I learned a little something by doing this.

Any way...... Thanks a bunch..

[taogem]

Is there some way to tell who is bidding on what?

I looked around but can't see anything. Just seems that since it is required to log in before bidding that there must be a record of some kind.

Is there ?

[bramnick]

Is there some way to tell who is bidding on what?

This is supposed to be a list of the account numbers of the previous bidders listed on the bid page.



AHB

[taogem]

Ok,

Several auction items just ended.

Bidders are not receiving any kind of winning email notifications. Shouldn't they be?

Just not exactly sure what the exact closing auction process is suppose to include.

Also....

I guess in order to have ended items not show with others that are still up for auction, we have to manually delete them?

Just looking for a little help in regards to how the mod is suppose to ideally work when auction ends.

Thank you