Auction Product Type

[alpha7]

Hi Dave,

I'm still not getting the auction page to display, I tried a new zencart install, then added the latest mod version 1.0, I then added one test product, here is the url

http://sistasenterprise.com/index.ph...&products_id=1

Here is the details of my server/zencart installation

Zencart Version: : v1.3.8a
Server Host: gator352.hostgator.com
Server OS: Linux 2.6.28.9
PHP Version: 5.2.8 (Zend: 2.2.0) PHP Memory Limit: 64M
Database: MySQL 5.1.30
HTTP Server: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635

Please can you help, It looks a very useful mod, and I'm trying to install it for a client, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

[davewest]

Hi Dave,

I'm still not getting the auction page to display, I tried a new zencart install, then added the latest mod version 1.0, I then added one test product, here is the url

Please can you help, It looks a very useful mod, and I'm trying to install it for a client, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Looks like you have an error after the breadcrumb loads... maybe some missing files or php error somewhere. Try the blank page tool..
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=860

[alpha7]

Hi Dave, thanks for the quick reply, I used the Debug Error Logging Utility tool and found that I needed to change the YOUR_TEMPLATE directories to my template directory names :)

It is looking very good now, I'm going to test a dummy auction see how things go. Here is the auction page now

http://sistasenterprise.com/index.ph...&products_id=1

Just two questions,
1) At the bottom of the screen there is BUTTON_ASK_A_QUESTION_ALT displayed, clicking on it gives a page not displayed error.
2) How do I get rid of some of the line spaces, there is a lot of white space displayed.

I apologise if this is all elementary, I'm not that good on coding, but I really would like to get this mod working if possible

Best Regards
John Tulley

[alpha7]

Hi Dave,

I worked out the answer to my first question

1) At the bottom of the screen there is BUTTON_ASK_A_QUESTION_ALT displayed, clicking on it gives a page not displayed error.

The "Auction Product Type" mod assumes that the "Ask a question mod" is already installed.

[alpha7]

Hi Dave,
Just a question about where "Auction Product Type" gets its "time" value from. I'm in the UK but the site is hosted in the USA and there is a 6 hour difference in auction time and our local time. I tried installing the "timezone offset" mod but the auction time did not alter. Please could you help or point me in the right direction :0
Thanks
Best Regards
John Tulley

[davewest]

John..

Time will give you a headache.. it starts out with the time you entered into the product information for ending date and hour, then takes the server time to start the count down.

$actualDate = time();

includes\modules\pages\product_auction_info\header_php.php

lines 43 - 73

For the countdown clock to deal with timezones, I didn't have time to try out all the possibilities. The product time should be the same as your shop...

I missed the 'ask a question' in includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\templates\tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

line 265 - 270
If your not using that mod, delete the code for it.

<!-- Ask a question -->
<td id="askQuestion">
<?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ASK_A_QUESTION, 'products_id='
. $_GET['products_id']) . '" rel="nofollow">' .
zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_ASK_A_QUESTION, BUTTON_ASK_A_QUESTION_ALT) .
'</a>'; ?></td>

[gromituk2k]

I have just installed the Auction Product Type to my store, it all works fine, apart from the emails.
No emails seem to be sending at all. So non to a buyer when they place a bid, non then the auction is over and non if the buyer wins the product with buying instructions.

Any idea what the problem may be?

[davewest]

I have just installed the Auction Product Type to my store, it all works fine, apart from the emails.
No emails seem to be sending at all. So non to a buyer when they place a bid, non then the auction is over and non if the buyer wins the product with buying instructions.

Any idea what the problem may be?

Is email working for other things, welcome and such?
Did you install the email template into the template folder?
Did you do the edits to application_top.php or running a cron job?

The emails it sends are the out bid, loser, winner, and failed reserve. there is no place bid email. I have email working for both sendmail and php mail. What email system are you using?

Maybe walk through the install again to see if you missed something... Email is handled through the page header and class files, with the application_top.php or corn job activating ending events.

[arrow]

Hi guys.

I have installed the Auction module and everything seems to be working fine except one thing: the Buy Now button. If I turn the option on, I can make the Buy Now price appear but without the button.

If anyone can tell me what the problem is, or give me a pointer on how to solve it, it will be very appreciated!

[davewest]

Hi guys.

I have installed the Auction module and everything seems to be working fine except one thing: the Buy Now button. If I turn the option on, I can make the Buy Now price appear but without the button.

If anyone can tell me what the problem is, or give me a pointer on how to solve it, it will be very appreciated!

Be sure that the file includes\extra_datafiles\product_auctions_filenames.php is there and that the file name for the button is correct. Should be correct unless you change the button name. The button should have been copied to includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\buttons\english\auction_buy_it_now.gif

The Auction has a different button then the store, but if you wish to use the store button, then change the file name in product_auctions_filenames.php to; button_buy_now.gif

define('BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_BUY_NOW', 'button_buy_now.gif');

Turn it on in Auction Manager 1=on, 0=off.