Free Gifts-Dangling Carrot support

Hi,

I have the purchased module of the free gift and since my site was updated I am having issues with it and need some guidance on how to correct the problem please.

When going through checkout on the site if the required amount is reached the free gift shows up so that the customer can select it (below the shopping cart). Once they select the item that they want it is added to the cart but for some reason it adds the retail amount and increases the total of the amount purchased.

It should go into the shopping cart and be for the amount of zero being a free gift.

I have sent an email on the 23/3/16 without getting a reply and that is why I am posting here.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

If you are referring to the one from customscriptz you will need to keep contacting them since their code is different than this module plus it's obfuscated so it can't be edited.

I have just submitted a new version of this excellent plugin for Zen Cart 1.5.5 to the download section.

This version 2.0.0 has been rewritten to be used in Zen Cart 1.5.5 and contains bugfixes and findings and fixes from this thread.

• Bugfixes for auto removing free gifts when threshold is changed in cart, message stack notice added
• Product detail site visible even when the product is configured as deactivated
• When restoring shopping carts after logout and login no freebies are restored to prevent checkouts with more than one freebie
• Bug fixes in installer, changed to auto installer
• Manual updated

Hallo,

I would like to install this module in a v1.3.8 shop. Will this new version still work or is the update now only for 1.5.X versions?

p.s. we are ugrading to v.1.5.6 soon, but for now we need this for our 1.3

thanks

Dustie:

Hallo,

I would like to install this module in a v1.3.8 shop. Will this new version still work or is the update now only for 1.5.X versions?

p.s. we are ugrading to v.1.5.6 soon, but for now we need this for our 1.3

thanks

Sorry... I see there is a v1.3.8 Version of this Plugin - all good

Dustie:

Sorry... I see there is a v1.3.8 Version of this Plugin - all good

The 1.3.8 version has a lot of bugs which were addressed in later versions. Don't use it on a live site unless you have thoroughly tested it to see if you can live with the known issues reported throughout this thread.

strelitzia:

The 1.3.8 version has a lot of bugs which were addressed in later versions. Don't use it on a live site unless you have thoroughly tested it to see if you can live with the known issues reported throughout this thread.

Thanks for that info.

Reading a whole thread and trying to make sense of it is difficult and the updated Version (1.5.5) has so many different Folders, it's hard to know what needs installing.

Would it make more sense to install the v1.5.5 on the 1.3.8 or best leave it?

Dustie:

Would it make more sense to install the v1.5.5 on the 1.3.8 or best leave it?
Don't attempt to install the 1.5.5 version to a 1.3.x site. There are a vast amount of core differences between the two versions of zen cart, and a module written for 1.5.5 is most unlikely to work.

strelitzia:

Don't attempt to install the 1.5.5 version to a 1.3.x site. There are a vast amount of core differences between the two versions of zen cart, and a module written for 1.5.5 is most unlikely to work.

Ok, thank you so much for the Reply.

hello,
i have a test site that i have installed your dangling carrot plugin in.
I followed the instructions and uploaded the files to their correct places.

From my Admin > Configuration > Tools i can see the FREE GIFTS.

I can click on that but i am unable to add any free gifts to the plugin.

in my catagories i have created a test product that is live and its also marked as free. But i am unable to attach that to my free gift etc.

i am using zencart = latest version.

thank you for your help.

amebb:

hello,
i have a test site that i have installed your dangling carrot plugin in.
I followed the instructions and uploaded the files to their correct places.

From my Admin > Configuration > Tools i can see the FREE GIFTS.

I can click on that but i am unable to add any free gifts to the plugin.

in my catagories i have created a test product that is live and its also marked as free. But i am unable to attach that to my free gift etc.

i am using zencart = latest version.

thank you for your help.

UPDATE

I cannot see the 'this product is freebie' option when i add a new product in my freebie catagory.

thanks

This category you created for the freebie, which type is it? It should be Product General as this plugin only delivers modified core files for this product type. Please check this category by editing it. What do you see at the bottom at "Restrict to Product Type"?

I have been checking on the files that i have uploaded.

i have uploaded the required files and now i can create a catagory and then i can create a product where i get the option of this product being a freebie.

Previously, i did not have this option.

So, later on i will add free products to this catagory to see how it works with my site.

Thank you

You might like this one better. https://github.com/customscriptz/freegifts

lankeeyankee:

You might like this one better. https://github.com/customscriptz/freegifts

This is a nice module. Although the basic parts work, some of the other stuff needs updating, like category or products needed to qualify. Threshold seemed to work. I contacted the developer to see if he could update but not got back to me since last year. So not sure if anybody else can update, I think it might be incompatibility with the latest zencart.

I am not great at adding plugins to my site but I have done it before with success. This plugin I have a question on what to do with a particular folder.
There is a folder named "MANUAL" Do I use these files? If so, exactly where do I add them to my site folders.
As you all know there is more than one Images folder and also Includes folder. I am assuming the css folder is under the templates folder.
And how about the jscript folder?

Sorry if these are dumb questions but I am struggling with this plugin.

Does this module work with more recent versions of ZenCart (1.5.8 or later)? There hasn't been an update since 2019, and no posts since 2020. But it looks like it could work for our needs.