Related Products

Based on everything I've read about this mod, I still can't figure out how it works. Does it display products from a certain category automatically? Or do you have to manually set which products display?

Right now using "Ultimate Cross Sell for Zen Cart" and it is very annoying because every product has to be set individually. This is not good because there is a lot to manage, and if a product is sold out then it still displays unless you manually remove it.

Ultimate Cross Sell for Zen Cart
Hi, how do i display sold out products that are suggested?? I do not want to delete that product from the list will come back in stock soon.. plsss hellp

Is anyone still supporting this mod I need some help but it appears to be quiet here now??

Is there a tread for
Zen Cart™ Version: v1.5.0
Version: 1.2.1
Last Updated: Feb 05 2012
Author: Joe McFrederick
PHP 5.3 Compatible?: Yes

Thanks

In Related Products v1.3, install the optional admin. After putting in the family name into a product, the family name is not retrieved from the database when you edit a product.

To fix this problem, edit
admin\includes\modules\product\collect_info.php
find the line that has
p.products_sort_order,
and change it to
p.products_sort_order, p.products_family,

just installed this in zc 1.5 and the read me says 'You will need to enter text into the products_family column' problem is I cant see a products family column, anyone shed any light as to what I may have done wrong?

When I edit a product, the Product Family Keyword box is just above the Products URL box.

coopco:

When I edit a product, the Product Family Keyword box is just above the Products URL box.

Nothing was showing for me there but I have now installed the optional admin files and it's there now, had to merge though as I already had 2 mods using some of those files (CEON URI Mapping and numinix product fields) so had already been merged twice, 3 times now, main thing is it's now working.

Now just need to figure how to get the related products to open in a new tab....

Newbie76:

Now just need to figure how to get the related products to open in a new tab....

Done, just added the target="_blank" command to the 2 urls for the image and link in the 'tpl_modules_related_products.php' file

1st of all, THANKS to Ravi. I found this is another great contribution:clap:.
Well it's just a little bit sad since then Ravi is not reply to this forum. (He is a nice guy and could easily reach his blog via google)

Today I successfully installed this plugin in ZC1.5, I wish I could add more info here as I'm also a new zenner, and hope to share with other new zenners.

To get this plugin works for ZC1.5, pls download the 'add-on' plugin from JOE. (THANKS another great contributor:clap:). Sorry I just don't know the reason it's not updated to Zencart site.
http://www.reloadedpc.com/zen-cart/zencart-related-products/
All you need to do is just follow the readme instruction written by Ravi, and adding the new files from JOE. Take care of the files with OPTIONAL-admin-files\includes\modules, ensure that you 'winmerge' them (if you installed other plugins previously).

You may view the demo at my shop:http://my.gobiztunnel.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_21&products_id=332
I've change the 'Related product' to 'Product You May Wanna Know'.

So I also used Pickupman's plugin. My only problem is that I would like to have the item show the price and also an "add to cart button".

Also, just curious songseng: where did you change the text from "related product" to "products you may want to know"

Where is the "'add on' plugin from JOE" located?

is anyone still supporting this add on? I've attempted to upload it numerous times into 1.5.1 and each time my product pages are not showing any data in admin. In fact, I get the error "WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again." This wasn't happening until after I uploaded the optional files from pickupman. I've modified the tpl_product_info_display.php with the code referencing the related products, and I've made sure it is in my custom template folder. Before adding the optional files, I followed advice from JOE and added my products_family column in mySQL database. I added a couple of product family names, but when going to the live site, an error shows up, "WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again," and I assume it is appearing where the related products would show up. I tried to go into my admin and add a new product. When doings so, I can see the product fields (which are not visible when trying to modify an existing product), but when I try to "insert" the product, I get an error.

Does anybody have an idea of what I am doing wrong? I'd really like to get this to work. Another thing, when I download the files from pickupman, the readme is in a different format, .md, so I have not been able to actually read it. I downloaded an evaluation copy of Mayura Draw (I'm assuming that's what .md files are?) but it won't open the readme.

Hope to hear from someone soon! Thanks!

OK, I found part of the problem...in my database, I incorrectly named the new column "product_family" instead of "products_family." Once I made that change, things started showing up both in admin and in my live site. I'm still, however, not seeing the configuration tab in Product Info. In fact, when installing the plugin, I never saw the "install button" on my Admin page, so while I'm almost 100% functional, something is still missing. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm using zencart 1.5.1
phpMyAdmin 3.5.5

Ravi,

I'm using Zen Cart v1.5.5e
PHP Version: 5.6.30 (Zend: 2.6.0)

I uploaded Related Products v15x from the Latest Version link in Zen Cart on 06/10/2018 (today).

I was able to successfully upload and create relationships in the Related Products Manager, but the related products are not showing up on my site when I navigate to the products.

Your instructions say to update "tpl_product_info_default.php" with the code quoted below, but I couldn't find that file. Instead, I found "tpl_product_info_display.php," and found the code already there. The "..._default" could not be found in the /includes/templates/template_default/templates/ folder either where you suggested to go to copy it.

This is the code referred to:

<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_related_products.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/' . 'tpl_modules_related_products.php');?>,

I recently had someone upgrade my site to the latest version of Zen Cart, and we migrated to a new URL. I wanted to continue using Related Products. I used Related Products before very successfully, and it was the version that had the "products family" defined in the product info page. I'm not sure if that code carried over to my current site, maybe that's why I found the code already in the "..._display" file. In the version I was using, there was a field in the product info page for "Product Family," and that's where I was adding notations for related products. That version worked great for me. In this new version, it seems that functionality is lost. It seems to me having to look up every relationship and create it takes more time then simply adding a notation in the product info page. Nevertheless, I just need the functionality to work.

So, my question is, should the fact that the code is in the "..._display" file instead of the "..._default" file make a difference? The bottom line is how do I get my products to show up? Perhaps you can direct me to check other things within my site.

Thanks for your time to address this concern.

~ Frank

Ravi,

Here is what I found in the file "tpl_product_info_display.php." I had the Cross Sell Module put in, too, but it's not working either. I am showing it here because I was wonder if the two are conflicting with each other?

<!--bof xsell module --> <?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_xsell_products.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/' . 'tpl_modules_xsell_products.php'); ?> <!--eof xsell module -->

    <!--bof also related products module-->

    <?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_related_products.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/' . 'tpl_modules_related_products.php');?>

    <!--eof also related products module-->

Hi Is there a demo that I can see how this add-on works on the front end?

I am working for someone who like to add storage units to their desks and I need to be sure before proceeding.

many thanks in advance

dharrison:

Hi Is there a demo that I can see how this add-on works on the front end?

I am working for someone who like to add storage units to their desks and I need to be sure before proceeding.

many thanks in advance
I use it on my needlework site; see this page.

lat9:

I use it on my needlework site; see this page.

How did make the related product show in one raw? my tsting site is showing them in one product in each row.

TamyA:

How did make the related product show in one raw? my tsting site is showing them in one product in each row.
To my recollection (it's been 6+ years!), nothing! The "Related Products" output block is created using the same formatting as the new/special/featured blocks.

Hi

I have used this software and it works fine and does what we want. However there seems to be a maximum limit of how many groups you can allocate to a product.

For example, we have 8 desks where the related products are two storage units and a saddle chair. the related products work for the first 5 but for the remaining 3 desks these related products are simply ignored. How can i resolve this?

Please I welcome any advice.