Auction Product Type

[salequest]

Dave,

I am sorry I miss-communicated. I am using a Windows Vista computer to do my testing. I am actually using "wamp" with PHP 5.2.6, Apache 2.2.8 and MySQL 4.1.22. In the beginning I was not able to get anything to work when I was using MySQL 5.0.

I was able to find document.getElementById("remain") line in the jscript_main.php file before, but not able to determine why "remain" was null.

Anyway, I really appreciate your help, but not sure that this is helpful to anyone else, so I do not want to take up anymore of your time.

Thank you very much,
Rik

[Louis]

I sent in another upload with all the fixes and upgrades. I've added metatags in the Auction Layout and fixed the image issues, and cleaned up some missing things.

The admins seem to be very busy as they have not released a number of mods for the download section over the past couple of weeeks.

Could you pm me with a link where I could download the latest version you are referring to or perhaps even attach it here until the admins release your update.
The latest version available in downloads is still dated mid 2009.

[TSRCatalog]

APT works fine on the site, though I am making some modifications to fit the catalog's concepts. Is there some way to have bids also show in the shopping cart OR to have the buy now reflect the latest or current bid price? Any help is appreciated.

[davewest]

Is there some way to have bids also show in the shopping cart

Not sure what you are asking here... if it's winner checking out, there a switch in admin for auto adding the wining bid to there shopping cart or having them click on a button to do it at the product page. If your talking about a ad box like the new, specials, feathered products... it's still in the works.

to have the buy now reflect the latest or current bid price?

Kind of defeats the idea of a auction! I would walk away from a auction that work like that. Even with a buynow button you may have problems. Although, having one may give the bidder a feeling that they can get it for less then the normal price!

The logic is simple, you have a minimum sailing price (reserve price) or starting bid and with/without a maximum sailing price (buynow price), if bids go above the buynow price, the button is no longer displayed. If you don't set a buynow price, then the button wont show at all.

>Louis
If it's not posted within the next few days, I'll put it up on my blog. This gave me some more time to work on the ad box logic some more.

[TSRCatalog]

Hi, Dave.

Thanks for getting back.

Our site is not actually an "auction" site. The auction mod, however, comes pretty close to use as a basic template for what I am looking for. The item seller considers each offer as they come in.

Prior to considering using this mod, I modified the original zc cart, and some other changes, so a potential buyer, or offeror, can make an offer without any particular minimum, reserve, or buy me now price. While the feedback forms are not complete, you can see what I mean here: http://www.thesellerscatalog.com. Select any item (product), and you will find an offer box & submit offer button.

Items sit in the cart until checkout (so, yes, a buyer must register/login). Checkout requires no money or credit card, but receives a personal, direct response to the buyer.

So, basically, I am looking to, sort of, combine or blend the mod with the concept seen there.

The alternate would be the following, and from what I have found in the forums, is something being worked on... that is, other than going to the database to view a log of offers and who made them, to have either (or both):
1- an administrator report of all offers made (this would be prior to shopping cart);
2- offers show in the customer info page similarly to how items show upon traditional checkout.

Then, have admin be notified similarly to a standard checkout with an e-mail sent to the offeror (with an option to have one sent to the seller). Again, under this option, it would be prior to a formal checkout... upon offer submit.

The total objective is to be actively interactive with the buyer (by admin).

(FYI... I am not a programmer, but am still somewhat technically "wise")

Peter

(credit to ZC is preserved on our site)

[TSRCatalog]

OK, here's a new one... no matter how many times I reset the "auction-open/closed" "email sent" from "Y" to "N", it keeps reverting back to "Y" Odder is the auction remains open. And, no, there were no bids over the reserve or buy now price.

Thoughts?

Peter

[davewest]

OK, here's a new one... no matter how many times I reset the "auction-open/closed" "email sent" from "Y" to "N", it keeps reverting back to "Y" Odder is the auction remains open. And, no, there were no bids over the reserve or buy now price.

Thoughts?

Peter

The auction remains visible unless it completes as a sale. Once it goes through the checkout process, it becomes disable.

You need to set the auction close date grater then the current date, then reset the auction bids. Otherwise it does as it should when the product page loads. Checks the date to see if the auction needs to close.

[TSRCatalog]

Hi, Dave.

Dates are set well into the future. But it really is not a problem. Recall, I'm sorta using this MOD to fit a non-auction format. Any thoughts, though, regarding my post #436?

I do recall seeing somewhere in the forum an issue about clearing bids does not fully clear out the MySQL field of the last value (being cleared". Any resolution for this that I may have missed? And, is there another way of "finding" the product of choice when one is in Admin/Extras/Auction Manager (other than going to the db table)?

Thanks for your attention.

Peter

[TSRCatalog]

Dave... additional on the bids clearing...
The most recent bid remains in the browser window regardless of clearing the MySQL field. In addition, the starting bid does NOT show in the product window unless one secondarily places a bid amount in the making a bid field (on the front end). It's almost as if a file is not just echoing the bid field, but storing it until their is another front end data entry change.

You think their is a corruption in one of my files or just a program quirk?

If you are wondering why I may need to adjust a starting price... in our catalog scenario, the bid/offer, might not be accepted by the seller. If the bid is => the reserve and the bid is declined, it will have to be reset to the prior offer considered that was less than the reserve (or APT removes the make a bid box). I also noticed that if when the reserve is less than the buy now price, it, too, removes the front end bid box. So for now, reserve must always by equal to or greater than the buy now price. Kinda' like the fields are reversed.

Peter

[davewest]

You think their is a corruption in one of my files or just a program quirk?

Sounds like you may be missing some files are something got off. run a compare of your files agents a unedited file.

You almost need more added to the table in order to keep track of the offer, like ebay does. then post a flag showing an offer was made or post the offer price in stead of changing the main pricing unless the offer was accepted, then change everything so checkout can happen.

Something I may play around with for my site....

Anyway... I've setup a link for downloading the updated version I sent in on my blog for now in my ZC Mod section.