Tabbed Products ''LITE'' version - Delimiter based

Here's a link to the test page I created. The store hasn't been live but I turned it back on for the moment so you can see what I'm talking about.

http://whipperscrapper.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6_54&products_id=640

Disregard the 2nd product description tab. I was testing something and must not have blown that away yet. How do I check what version I have downloaded? Yes, I believe I have the contrib in my custom template folder. I had printed out the directions and walked through them step by step. At least I think I have it in the right folder. Could you post the path again just in case I screwed it up?

Thank you!

Ok, looks like I have version 3.6, according to the read me file.

twirlerzmom:

Ok, looks like I have version 3.6, according to the read me file.

OK, after looking at that page. I see the css file is there, but the Javascript file does not seem to be loaded. check your includes/templates/classic/jscript/ folder. If this folder doesn't exist, you need to create it and put the jscript_tablitev3.js file in there from the tabbedlite zip file.

For the TEXT_TAB_TITLE_ADDITONAL_IMAGES thing, check your:
/includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/ folder for a file called tabbed_products_lite.php. That is the language file that will fix that.

If you are a little confused because there are a lot of files with the same name that do different things, don't be. Its just the way zen-cart matches everything together. Just be sure to follow the complete structure that is in the zip file. It looks as if you may have overlooked a few files to copy.

Please let me know if this fixes the problem for you. Your store is starting to look very nice so far :)

:)

Yes that has solved both of my problems! Thank you so much. I had the javascript file but not enclosed in the folder. As soon as I moved it inside everything worked great. And I was missing the 2nd file. I so appreciate your help. And thank you for the compliment on the store. It's been a long week and lots of designing tweaks to get it to the point of where it's almost ready to go live.

NEW RELEASE! v 3.7 Admin & Non-Admin Editions.

New version uploaded to the Download section. This includes the new sub_ tags, a slight template change to the included tpl_product_info_display.php file (not necessary to replace if you are happy with your current modified one), and an fancied-up readme. Also updated and included the old Non-database version of the tabs to have all the new features as well in case anyone still wanted to use the non-admin version.

• Added sub_ tags to allow the use of multiple core code modules to be added the same tab (See new section regarding sub tags)
• Updated both the Admin Edition & Non-Admin Editions in this release. There are now 2 versions you can choose from, both with all the same features.
• Moved the Attributes above the Add to Cart button in the included tpl_product_info_display.php file when not using tabs. This seemed to be a highly liked customization when I did it on my demo site. It's not really related to the contrib, just a change that anyone could really make to their template, I just added it along with this.
• Updated the readme to change the look a bit and explain more.
• Updated the latest CSS add-ons so there are a few more tab styles to choose from.

Enjoy!

qhome:

NEW RELEASE! v 3.7 Admin & Non-Admin Editions.

For those who don't want to wait for the mods to authorize it:

Get it now:

Now that I have set up my store using Tabbed Products I have found something I think would be a neat feature to have if it were possible to do so.

When you add a product you first go to the preview page so that you can see how everything looks. Would it be possible for this page to interpet the Tabbed products and show us how it will look in the end?

As it is now I have to include the product then go to the front side of the store and pull up that product and make sure that the tabs look right and so forth. Its not a big hassle as I just made a template of the tabs I use and put them into a notepad and just cut and paste or fill out the information I want then cut and paste all that into the product description on the admin side when you are adding the product so I have had consistent results. It would just be nice to see it all on the preview page if possible.

SyntheticShield:

Now that I have set up my store using Tabbed Products I have found something I think would be a neat feature to have if it were possible to do so.

When you add a product you first go to the preview page so that you can see how everything looks. Would it be possible for this page to interpet the Tabbed products and show us how it will look in the end?

As it is now I have to include the product then go to the front side of the store and pull up that product and make sure that the tabs look right and so forth. Its not a big hassle as I just made a template of the tabs I use and put them into a notepad and just cut and paste or fill out the information I want then cut and paste all that into the product description on the admin side when you are adding the product so I have had consistent results. It would just be nice to see it all on the preview page if possible.

Ya, I thought about doing that a while back.. but initially when i first named it LITE i was so high on the horse with making all the changes to one file, that I wanted to leave it at that. Of course, now that I've spanned it across more files and even the database, I guess you are right. It would be handy to have that there.

Another idea was to have little checkboxes on the new product page that would auto-add the tags so you could just click them to add them. I have actually been working on a popup style window for that so that I dont make it easy to add to any new product page (music, document, etc)

I will also look again into the preview area as well.

Thanks for the feedback and ideas :)

hi, qhome, i have 3 questions:
1)is it possible to add a new tab 'read customers reviews'
2)does the tab 'customer also purchased' require a cross sell module?
3)is a rounded corner tab style possible? just like nifty zen template?
thanks. ;-)

areyousure:

hi, qhome, i have 3 questions:
1)is it possible to add a new tab 'read customers reviews'
2)does the tab 'customer also purchased' require a cross sell module?
3)is a rounded corner tab style possible? just like nifty zen template?
thanks. ;-)

1. The Read reviews tab is a conundrum because i would need to replicate the code ... It "could" be done and I've thought about making it... i have been reluctant to because it could mean more maintenance, but considering how this project grows, and how much code I've already begun to replicate, it might just be worth it. That and the Tell a Friend button.

2. Customers Also Purchased is completely seperate from Cross Sell. Cross Sell is a 3rd party contrib that is also supported by tabbed products lite, but not required. Customers Also Purchased is a core zen-cart feature.

3. I've dabbled in the nifty rounded corner world a bit but am still not that proficient in knowing how to implement it in the tabs. perhaps sometime in the future.

In asking for things or improvements, however you want to look at them I have to consider a few things:

1. This contrib is completely free.
2. Its awesomely supported.
3. Its been continually improved, imparting to me that valuable time and effort is spent on it.

So when I consider the above facts, I am timid in saying 'hey, how about you do this'. So please understand, I know you invest your valuable personal time in this project and I surely hope that ZC sees the value of it and makes it part of the core install.

That said, when I first started using Tabbed Products, one thing that did occur to me was it would be nice (I say these things having NO idea of what would be involved in implementing them) if I could perhaps 'pre-define' tab names and then somehow point and click. I want to use this tab, heres the text/html/xml for that tab, then next I want this tab include and here is the text for it and so on. Then click, see the preview and confirm or hit back to go and make any corrections.

My experience with PHP has been solely at the hands of Joomla CMS where Ive dived in simply to make minor and mostly pretty obvious corrections. Stuff that would cause validation errors and the like. When it comes to actually writing PHP to create something, well, I just aint there yet. Having said that, I would be more than willing to beta test anything, I have ZC set up on my laptop as well as a localhost server. So if I can help out in that way, let me know.

I am nearly done with all the products Im going to add to ZC for now and each and everyone of them has been done with Tabbed Products. I came up with a very nice workflow that got things done in a hurry so now Im at the stage where I would need things to be backwards compatible if any updates were made but with the way Tabbed Products works I dont think that would be a major issue.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling. If you need someone to try things out let me know. I cant offer any real coding experience, but you're making an effort to bring an awesome contrib to the community, I'll do what I can if you need that kind of help.

Oh, by the way. Why in the world are my email notifications to replies to this thread not working. Actually, they aren't working on any thread I have subscribed to. Ive clicked on 'Instand email notification' in the drop down, and I get nothing. Anyway, thanks again for an awesome contrib.

qhome,

I downloaded your tabbed lite version 3.7 and i unzipped the Admin Edition but there is no "TabbedProducts_v3.7_Full.sql" included.

Instead, the two sqls included are "TabbedProducts_v3.6_Full_AlternativeForSQLProblems.sql" and "TabbedProducts_v3.6_FullwithDelete".

Lastly, do you have to upload all files under includes/templates/custom_template/templates even if you're not using some of them? i see myself only using the tpl_product_info_display.

Thank you

P.S. Awesome Mod! :)

Berserker:

qhome,

I downloaded your tabbed lite version 3.7 and i unzipped the Admin Edition but there is no "TabbedProducts_v3.7_Full.sql" included.

Instead, the two sqls included are "TabbedProducts_v3.6_Full_AlternativeForSQLProblems.sql" and "TabbedProducts_v3.6_FullwithDelete".

I knew there was something I forgot to rename! Yes use the 3.6FULLWithDelete version. Its the same version I was just gonna update the number.

Berserker:

Lastly, do you have to upload all files under includes/templates/custom_template/templates even if you're not using some of them? i see myself only using the tpl_product_info_display.

Thank you

You dont have to if you are not planning on using the music product or freeshipping product. Just upload all files except those two templates.

Berserker:

P.S. Awesome Mod! :)

Thank you! :)

qhome,

In admin, is there only supposed to be 1 setting? i only have Global Product Description Tab.

Thank you

Berserker:

qhome,

In admin, is there only supposed to be 1 setting? i only have Global Product Description Tab.

Thank you

::cough::: Readme.html ::cough::: :)

if you are one of those lucky people to be having this situation, (its unclear why, but it seems to be the way certain webhosts holds the value of a mysql variable during sql code insertion) you can use the AlternativeforSQLProblems file. Just run that and it will autocorrect your problem. :)

ALSO as an update:

I've got a few new features coming up.

First: Tabs on the preview page after updating a product description so you can see what it looks like before hitting update.

Second: Read Reviews as its own tab is working as well :)

Stay tuned !!!

qhome,

thanks for that :)

and i'll stay tuned for the new updates :)

Here's a demo for your drooling pleasure:

http://www.unbannable.com/zen/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1

Click thru the other products to see what it looks like with no reviews as well.

Im looking forward to all this. I 'assume' it will be backwards compatable? Ive have a lot of products loaded, and while I would probably do it, Id hate to have to reload everything.

We need to start a petition to get this thing included with the ZC distro. There is nothing like it out there that I am aware of. I nominate qhome for president and the first executive order should be that all ZC versions from here forth include Tabbed Products.

SyntheticShield:

Im looking forward to all this. I 'assume' it will be backwards compatable? Ive have a lot of products loaded, and while I would probably do it, Id hate to have to reload everything.

We need to start a petition to get this thing included with the ZC distro. There is nothing like it out there that I am aware of. I nominate qhome for president and the first executive order should be that all ZC versions from here forth include Tabbed Products.

LoL.

Well yea I try to make upgrades as painless as possible. Thats why i keep all the tab code inside a seperate file. There is only a small change needed to make to the product_info template file. but everything else is just replacing the existing tabbed lite files. This wouldn't affect anything in your products tho, it is just a complex display manipulation.

Thank you for your presidential vote.. "Ahem.... I swear i did not have relations with that intern..." (just practicing)

I'm not sure if this was answered or not. I have installed the Tabbed lite 3.7 admin addition. As you can see here http://www.digitaleyours.com/test/bling-bling-alphabet-set-p-5.html (on a test site)
It is showing the The model, weight (details), but I would prefer it NOT to show these. I have these set in Admin to NOT show, but for some reason they are showing anyway. How do I remove them?