Automatic message in checkout/shopping basket when certain items are selected

Hello,

[Using 1.3.9h, upgrading organically]

I'm trying to set up a series of special order products on our site, and wish for a message saying something akin to:

"As there are some special order items in your basket, please note that the complete order shall be delivered within seven working days whilst we source your SO items - we endeavour to contact you within 24 hours of your order for a more precise update".

Is there a way to make a message come up only when selected items are chosen?

We've tried using the SO Products Module, but it didnt really work out for us, so wanting an alternative solution and we're just one message away. :frusty:

Thank you ZC :smartalec:

Are all of these special order products in one category?

No, but could it be an option to put all 'special order' products into one master category and then 'link' the products individually to other categories?

Sorry, by that I meant - in order to make this work based on a certain catagory, i could put all these products into one category with ease, so that could be a viable option.

Add an if statement to your templates tpl_product_info_display.php file
What ever the cat number for this cat is is what you will want to insert for cpath=65

  if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(cpath=65)) ) {
    <div id="specialOrder"  <?php echo "Your special order text.";
    ?> 
   </div>
  }

You can also add #specialOrder to your stylesheet if necessary for specific styling

Hello,

I tried inserting the code, but no messages come up in my shopping basket or checkout for items chosen from the specific 'special order' category.

Am I meant to put the code in a specific place in the tpl_product_info_display.php

Please let me know :-)

christospur:

Hello,

I tried inserting the code, but no messages come up in my shopping basket or checkout for items chosen from the specific 'special order' category.

Well it wouldn't appear in checkout or shopping cart, because the code is in tpl_product_info_display.php

christospur:

Am I meant to put the code in a specific place in the tpl_product_info_display.php

Please let me know :-)

The position of the message (in PRODUCT INFO PAGES) is determined by where it is placed in relation to other <!---bof xxxxxxxxxx --> <!--eof xxxxxxxxxx --> elements.

I see... how can I get a message to appear in the shopping basket / checkout if certain items are chosen?

Basically, I want to create a way for a message to come up in the shopping basket checkout (similar to the way that out of stock products have the message) for when certain products are chosen.

Please could you let me know how I can do this, as the Special Order module didnt quite work out.

Two, maybe three steps:

1. Upload the following as a new file to your site, as: /includes/classes/observers/class.observerProductsInCartMessage.php

<?php
/**
 * if the site is multilingual, copy the following define() statement to a new extra custom language file at /includes/languages/your_language_folder/extra_definitions/extra_products_message.php
 */
if (!defined('DEFINED_LANGUAGE_STRING_FOR_SPECIAL_PRODUCT_MESSAGE')) {
  define('DEFINED_LANGUAGE_STRING_FOR_SPECIAL_PRODUCT_MESSAGE', "As there are some special order items in your basket, please note that the complete order shall be delivered within seven working days whilst we source your SO items - we endeavour to contact you within 24 hours of your order for a more precise update.");
}


/**
 * If a customer adds certain products to their cart, display a special message on the shopping-cart page
 */
class observerProductsInCartMessage extends base
{
  /**
   * list the affected product IDs in this array, separating each with a comma:
   */
  var $products_array = array([B]10, 11, 12, 13[/B]);

  function __construct ()
  {
    $_SESSION['cart']->attach($this, array(
                    'NOTIFIER_CART_ADD_CART_END' ,
                    'NOTIFIER_CART_REMOVE_END',
                    'NOTIFIER_CART_GET_PRODUCTS_END'));
  }

  function update (&$class, $eventID, $paramsArray = array())
  {
    global $messageStack;
    static $alertSent = FALSE;
    /**
     * NOTE: The $alertSent variable is used to prevent displaying the message multiple times when multiple items are in the cart
     */
    $msgLocation = 'shopping_cart';
    foreach($this->products_array as $key) {
      if ($_SESSION['cart']->in_cart_check('products_id', $key) > 0) {
        if ($alertSent == FALSE) $messageStack->add_session($msgLocation, DEFINED_LANGUAGE_STRING_FOR_SPECIAL_PRODUCT_MESSAGE, 'caution');
        $alertSent = TRUE;
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Upload the following as a new file to your site, as: /includes/auto_loaders/config.observerProductsInCartMessage.php

<?php
/**
 * @package observerscripts
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2013 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 */
$autoLoadConfig[200][] = array('autoType'=>'class',
                              'loadFile'=>'observers/class.observerProductsInCartMessage.php');
$autoLoadConfig[200][] = array('autoType'=>'classInstantiate',
                              'className'=>'observerProductsInCartMessage',
                              'objectName'=>'observerProductsInCartMessage');

3. Optionally set up multilingual support by creating the extra_definitions language file as described in the beginning of the code in #1 above.

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