Contest System [support thread]

Looks like you fixed it.

Contest Starts: November 01 2010 12:00am Ends: December 20 2010 11:59pm

with no end on top.

Skip

skipwater:

Looks like you fixed it.

Contest Starts: November 01 2010 12:00am Ends: December 20 2010 11:59pm

with no end on top.

Skip

Actually, I just made a 'new' contest. I can't shut it off using admin>configuration>contests without getting that same page.

I can only seem to shut it off using admin>tools>layout boxes controller.

I can live with it. I love the application, it brings me lots of business. I'll just keep having one contest after the other and just avoid the "contest is over" page all together. lol

I did have one more concern tho...I clicked to choose the winner, clicked the send email, but haven't received a response from the winner. I am sure the email sent to her, but after emailing the winner, it wipes out the list of entrants. Should the winner not come forward, I have no way of choosing an alternate....or do I?

TinMan780:

I did have one more concern tho...I clicked to choose the winner, clicked the send email, but haven't received a response from the winner. I am sure the email sent to her, but after emailing the winner, it wipes out the list of entrants. Should the winner not come forward, I have no way of choosing an alternate....or do I?

No that is not built in at this time.

Skip

No worries... I'm going to keep tinkering around to see if I can resolve that 'page' problem for future.

Thanks for your help.

Hi, I love the idea of this mod. I just installed it, and applied the various fixes through this thread to fix the date and things. I am having only one problem with it. As you can see here the content of the page is extending past the main content area and getting hidden behind my sideboxes. I've tried a couple of fixes I've used for other pages, but they're not working for this one :/ I'm using the apple zen template. Would anyone have any ideas what I need to change to get the lines to line up right and the content to get back where it should be.....also, is it supposed to show the 'whole' item description?

Thank you.

FunkyPapa:

Hi, I love the idea of this mod. I just installed it, and applied the various fixes through this thread to fix the date and things. I am having only one problem with it. As you can see here the content of the page is extending past the main content area and getting hidden behind my sideboxes. I've tried a couple of fixes I've used for other pages, but they're not working for this one :/ I'm using the apple zen template. Would anyone have any ideas what I need to change to get the lines to line up right and the content to get back where it should be.....also, is it supposed to show the 'whole' item description?

Thank you.

Your image 5gift_600x210.jpg is what is giving you the issue. You might want to try 400 wide see if that looks better.

At this time the whole product description is displayed.

Skip

Awesome, thank you. I had forgotten that the image of our certificate was 'hard' sized!!

Hi Skip! Thanks for another great mod! Just one question on modifying the way this functions.

I would like to allow customers to be entered in a contest only when feedback is left. Is there a way that it can be integrated with the product review form? Not sure if this is possible.

Also, if it can't be done this way, can I still enable the contest features without an actual "Enter our Contest" link placed on my site? I was thinking that I could just have it run in my admin, manually enter customers when they meet the contest criteria (leaving feedbacK) and just have the contest rules/winners display on the site? Would this work?

I hope that makes sense. Thank you!

joyjoy:

Hi Skip! Thanks for another great mod! Just one question on modifying the way this functions.

I would like to allow customers to be entered in a contest only when feedback is left. Is there a way that it can be integrated with the product review form? Not sure if this is possible.

Also, if it can't be done this way, can I still enable the contest features without an actual "Enter our Contest" link placed on my site? I was thinking that I could just have it run in my admin, manually enter customers when they meet the contest criteria (leaving feedbacK) and just have the contest rules/winners display on the site? Would this work?

I hope that makes sense. Thank you!

BACKUP

I have attached a zip file that has two files in it, unzip and change the YOUR_TEMPLATE folders to your template folder name.

You should rename the 2 original files on your site. And then upload these 2 new files in there place.

You will see in the tpl_contest_default.php file this code at about line 21.

  // this is not in the data base hard coded here
  // true = the customer must have a product review
  // false = no product review needed
  define (CONTEST_ALLOW_REVIEWS, 'true');

That is the only way to activate and deactivate reviews required.

1. the customer must be logged in
2. the customer must have at least 1 product review

Note: the review needs not to be approved for this to work.

Skip

OMG you rock!! Thank you!

Just one little detail...I would also like to allow guests to make reviews. Can guests still make reviews but not be included into the contest entries?

Thank you again.

joyjoy:

OMG you rock!! Thank you!

Just one little detail...I would also like to allow guests to make reviews. Can guests still make reviews but not be included into the contest entries?

Thank you again.

The contest mod only looks at:

1. Is the customer logged in. (This gives us the customers ID)
2. With that customers ID, is it found in the review table. If found allow to contest.

So short answer is with out a customer account ID guests will not be allowed to enter the contest.

Skip

Okay but will they still be allowed to enter product reviews?

Am I correct in understanding that you've hard coded your mod to only enter a customer in the contest if they are logged in and create a review? If that's the case, guests should still be able to input reviews, they just would not be included in the contest?

Sorry if I'm repeating myself. Just want to be clear. :smile:

joyjoy:

If that's the case, guests should still be able to input reviews, they just would not be included in the contest?

YES

Skip

Thank you, I was able to get this to work just the way I want! But I do have a problem.

On the layout of the contest pages, it's pushed way against the left column sideboxes. When I look at all my other pages like contact us, shipping info, etc. they are centered. I believe they are in a div.

I don't know where to edit in the contest files to have them appear this way as well to follow the same layout. Help? Thank you.

joyjoy:

Thank you, I was able to get this to work just the way I want! But I do have a problem.

On the layout of the contest pages, it's pushed way against the left column sideboxes. When I look at all my other pages like contact us, shipping info, etc. they are centered. I believe they are in a div.

I don't know where to edit in the contest files to have them appear this way as well to follow the same layout. Help? Thank you.

A link to your page would help.

Skip

Here you go:
http://www.funhn.com/shop/index.php?main_page=contest

I realize that it's not set up properly with the prize but I'm just trying to adjust the layout right now.

If you click on the "rules" and "winners" pages, you'll see what I mean about the layout.

However, I would like to note that it does display properly in Firefox.

Is there a way to remove these links out of the form and just insert as regular text links to an actual rules and winners page? That might work too. I'm not too familiar with forms.

Thank you!

This is the rules page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contest.php
This is the ended page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestend.php
This is the Must register page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestmustregister.php
This is the Must have product review page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestmustreview.php
This is the contest winners list page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contestwinner.php
This is the decription page
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/define_contest_descrip.php

All of these pages can be edited with ZC admin's define page editor.
So in ZC they are as you say *as regular text links to an actual rules and winners page? *
they are just text links to a page.

Skip

@ Skip

I had just a quick question... I recently switched hosting companies, I noticed a few little glitches when I switched over... One of them was, on the contest page, the 2 horizontal lines above and below the rules and winners and such, no longer line up.

I have tried shrinking the image and even changing the image, and the lines still don't line up.

Any other suggestions? Thanks

TinMan780:

@ Skip

I had just a quick question... I recently switched hosting companies, I noticed a few little glitches when I switched over... One of them was, on the contest page, the 2 horizontal lines above and below the rules and winners and such, no longer line up.

I have tried shrinking the image and even changing the image, and the lines still don't line up.

Any other suggestions? Thanks

You might want to just remove the one <hr> tag.

Your font size of 80% is not small enough to stop the wrap of the text.

Skip

@ Skip

I removed all 3. Works great without the lines.

Thanks again!