Better Together Contribution Support Thread

[Decostyle]

Thanks for the reminder Swguy. I installed Better Together awhile back then forgot about it, and installed some more modules on top of that. So I wasn't entirely sure if the problem was because of the additional modules or not.

After reading through your help article... am I correct to think that if I have Better Together set up correctly using parent categories, if the customer buys from a linked category, they will still get the discounts?

As a reminder, all my contributions have extensive help where common installation problems are discussed. Decostyle, your problem is discussed in FAQ number 5.

http://www.thatsoftwareguy.com/zenca...ether.html#faq

[swguy]

You must refer to the parent category (not the linked category) in your add_ statement. And be careful about using the Marketing text - see the notes in the page I gave you for ideas on how to do this.

[swguy]

Quick reminder for new users and people who just want to learn more about Better Together: there is extensive documentation, examples, code fragments, frequently asked questions, etc. available on my home page. The link is in the Better Together readme file, or you can just go to my home page and click the Zen Cart link and search for Better Together.

I only update the readme file in the contribution when I update the software, but the documentation on my home page is updated constantly. Better Together just had its third birthday (!), so chances are, someone has had the same questions you're having and I've put answers on this page.

[swguy]

A couple of days ago I posted a fix to the Better Together Promotional Page for category images. If you're not using this contribution in conjunction with Better Together, you really should be. Take a look at the support thread at

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...285#post772285

for details. I intend to add images to the marketing text as well, but this is the first installment.

Scott

[aboveallfabric]

Two quick questions:

I have an item already on sale - and it's taking 50% off the regular price instead of the sale price. Is there a fix for this? Or something I'm missing that is obvious?

Customers can buy 1/2 increments of the promoted products - but the discount is always figuring on units of 1. Recommendations?!?!?


Thanks!

Melanie

[swguy]

Question 2: Better Together only handles units of 1.

Question 1: On a fresh install of 1.3.8 this does not happen. You have introduced a bad change, or perhaps the item has some extra charge, perhaps an attribute? It discounts off the "final price" in the basket which includes the sale discount.

[aboveallfabric]

Thanks. It was just me being dumb not an actual problem. The products were priced the same and i put the full price item as the 50% off item - once I switched them around it worked.

Melanie

[swguy]

I received an email yesterday asking about images for the Better Together Marketing text. I have moved this to the top of my todo list and will deliver something by the end of the year.

[alhakeem2001]

OK, I have just installed the Better Together Promotional Page, but I couldn't figure out/find anything related on my product pages, I tried every thing like go through the whole process of purchasing a product.. Do I need to install an extra thing to make it work? I was expecting to have a control on that from the admin panel ! shouldn't I ?

[swguy]

The promotional page is completely separate from your product info pages.

To get the marketing text on your product info pages, follow these instructions:
http://www.thatsoftwareguy.com/zenca...html#marketing

This will show a message if you have a discount on the item you are viewing. The promotional page shows *all* discounts.

You must install Better Together and add a discount to the setup() function before doing this so that there's something to show.