Editing cart contents -- esp products with attributes

[justinhunt]

Actually, I just went off and did something else (put down the futons) and then I realized there is a way.

If you alter the link used in the tpl_shopping_cart_default.php template file so that it doesn't go through the Simple SEO mod, then it will work. That will probably mean hacking the /includes/modules/pages/shopping_cart/header_php.php file, though it might be possible to duplicate the default link making function for product info pages into your template file.

If you follow what I am saying then maybe you can make those changes yourself. If not, I can probably do it for you. But we would probably need to have a discussion via PM about it.

Justin

[Flipside]

How do we create a link (programmically) that does not get processed by the SSU module? Is there a special call to zen_href_link we can make?

[Dasha]

Justin - Flipside (who just responded before me) is working with us on this issue. Thanks so much for all your help!!

Dasha

[justinhunt]

SSU takes over the zen_href_link functionality, so you will either need to:
i) find out where SSU does that, and add a hook of some sort, that calls from the shopping cart can make use of to avoid being SSU'd.

or

ii) create a copy of the original zen_href_link function or logic, call it say zen_href_link_nossu, and call that instead from the shopping cart.

They would be the approaches I would look at. To me ii) looks better because you would be able to update SSU in the future without breaking your code. And it might be easier, thout\g without getting into it is hard to say.

Good luck.

[Flipside]

Nope... that doesn't solve the issue.

[justinhunt]

Um, what doesn't solve what issue?

What did you do?

And after you did it, did the url to the product info page from the shopping cart look like a standard url or like an Simple SEO mod url?
Or did it change the url correctly but not change the behaviour on the product info page?

Justin

[mkopecky]

Actually, I just went off and did something else (put down the futons) and then I realized there is a way.

If you alter the link used in the tpl_shopping_cart_default.php template file so that it doesn't go through the Simple SEO mod, then it will work. That will probably mean hacking the /includes/modules/pages/shopping_cart/header_php.php file, though it might be possible to duplicate the default link making function for product info pages into your template file.

If you follow what I am saying then maybe you can make those changes yourself. If not, I can probably do it for you. But we would probably need to have a discussion via PM about it.

Justin

Hi Justin,
Great mod. The edit cart is exactly what we are looking for. I installed it and it works great as long as I have our Ultimate SEO mod turned off. If I turn Ultimate SEO on I receive a page not found when I attempt to edit a product's attributes. As mentioned above, it looks like there were some users who had an issue with the Simple SEO mod. Do you know if there is a fix? I wasn't sure what was meant by the above comment regarding hacking the header.php file. any advice on how to use Ultimate SEO along with edit cart would be great.
Thanks,
M

[justinhunt]

Hi mkopecky

The thing is that there is really no problem with edit cart. The problem is with the way the SEO mods, make their urls.

On our kuroobiya site, here is a link to the product page for a karate uniform:
http://kuroobiya.com/shop/index.php?...products_id=48

Now if we set some attributes and head off to the shopping cart page, the link to return to the product info page looks like this:
http://kuroobiya.com/shop/index.php?...1c580eb95c0d1b

The trailing string at the end, on the second link, contains the information about the attributes that were selected. This is all standard zencart, there are no modifications here.

So if you want to modify the attributes you selected you click on the link in the shopping cart and head back to the product info page. Editcart doesn't change this either. Only once you get to the productinfo page, Editcart looks for the trailing string and turns the page into an Edit page (as opposed to an add page).

BUT the SEO mods remove the trailing string, so it is not there.
You can see this even without editcart. In standard zen cart the attributes previously selected , say size, color, will be selected on the return to the product info page from clicking on the shopping cart link. ( But in standard zen cart of course there is no edit button, only an add button on that page). However if you use an SEO mod none of the pre selected attributes will be selected in the product info page on the return there. That information just gets thrown away.

The solution I proposed earlier was to change the tpl_shopping_cart_default.php template file so that the links generated there do not go through the SEO mod, but are produced like standard zen cart links. This would work, but you need to do some coding.

I honestly do not have time to just do that from the goodness of my heart, I moved on long ago, and am working on other things now that take up most of my time. But I know that some people need this functionality. So if someone who can code, can get in there and do it, I would be grateful.

Otherwise if I am to do it, well I will just have to put out my hand and say PM me.

I hope that I have explained the problem ok. If it is still unclear, please let me know. Good luck

Justin

[mkopecky]

Hi Justin,
Thanks for the reply and the additional information. I knew it would involve some coding, but wasn't sure what. I'll send you a pm.
Thanks
mkopecky

[damiantaylor]

This is a great mod that has been broken by using an SEO mod like many others have experienced.
I am using Ceon URI Mapping and don't know if the following fix will work for any other SEO mods but it seems to work for me :)

In tpl_product_info_display.php, change:

//add Justin Edit_Cart Mod 20080224
if(is_numeric($_GET['products_id'])) {
$cartAction="add_product";
}else{
$cartAction = "edit_product_in_cart";
}

to:

//add Justin Edit_Cart Mod 20080224
if($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'][0] == ':') {
$_GET['products_id'] = $_GET['products_id'] . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
}

if(is_numeric($_GET['products_id'])) {
$cartAction="add_product";
}else{
$cartAction = "edit_product_in_cart";
}

The bit in red is what you need to add.
All it does is rebuild the products_id value that should be passed through to the product info page but gets stripped out by the SEO mod.

Let me know if anybody spots a problem with this fix please!