Auction Product Type

vandiermen:

Is there a way to have a link to display all your auction items across the site?
display products = only auction

If you create a category 'Auction' then you would have it listed with your other categories and the ability to manage it the same as other categories.

Having a table on all the pages just listing auction products like the 'New Products' would make for good advertising. Another bit of coding to add..

Just a quick note... I finished packaging my changes and did a quick test on a clean 1.3.8a cart. I haven't tried doing other language files, so no change there. Some of the things added or fixed...

Bug Fixes
-update product page to work on Nifty Corners layout
-Fixed end of auction email logic for sending won, lost emails.
-Fixed a bug in the extra image pop-up to allow for fuel slimbox to work.
-Removed tax calculation during product creation. Site Tax is done at checkout.

Enhancements
-Added failed to reach reserved emails.
-Added auto add product to winner cart.
-Added switch to turn off or on auto product add, off and the pay now button will display and function as before.
-Added admin control for viewing, editing and resetting auctions, added the ability to mail auction participants.
-Added it's own email template for more control.
-Added a time to auction end countdown.
-Added help pop-up and define page
-Redesign product page layout to work with 1.3.8a better and Nifty Corners.

Please test it before going live. It's available in the download section..
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_50&products_id=135

I uploaded all the files again and ran the update sql ptach from 0.99a and there is a bug. Maybe I upgraded wrong
Here is the result
http://www.thebeadplace.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_auction_info&cPath=100&products_id=532

only problem seems to be that the image is not coming through

I did the uninstall patch and put back the old version, maybe it was just my site. This is a very valuable mod and the old version should still be fine for us. Thank you.

I had a problem too with version 1.0, I installed it on a fresh zencart installation and found that the auction products would not display. I then downgraded to version .99a and everything worked, then I upgraded to version 1.0, this time it worked apart from the auction product image would not display. Finally I downgraded back to version .99a and all is working.
I would like to use this mod on a production e-store so is there any news on the next bug fix version?

alpha7:

I had a problem too with version 1.0, I installed it on a fresh zencart installation and found that the auction products would not display. I then downgraded to version .99a and everything worked, then I upgraded to version 1.0, this time it worked apart from the auction product image would not display. Finally I downgraded back to version .99a and all is working.
I would like to use this mod on a production e-store so is there any news on the next bug fix version?
I just tested once more on a clean install on 1.3.8a and all worked, had some missing titles but images and everything else work!

I've only tested with php 5, mysql 5, and Apache 2.0, but my live site is running mysql 4 and all is working grate.

This was a quick turnaround so I would expect bugs, just can't seem to reproduce them. If you can say what your running it on may help me to find them.

v1.3.8 (not 1.3.8a)

Apache version2.2.11 (Unix)
PHP version5.2.8
MySQL version5.0.81-community
Kernel version 2.6.18-92.el5

and this template http://www.templatemonster.com/zencart-templates/23889.html which is a bit buggy

For some reason when I add an auction product it does not show.
Here is my test page:
http://www.pawnshopwebsites.com/demo1/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

On the middle right you will see Diamond Ring.
Click it and it doesn't come up.:frusty:
Does anybody know what's wrong?
I have the ebay exporter mod installed.

Displaying of the additional image is done differently then the main products images. I modified this a bit so the 'Fuel Slimbox' and additional images would work, but I didn't change the logic. May have to work through it when I get more time.

If your site is heavily modified templates, then you should be thinking about changing the default layout of the auction product page, also if includes\templates\template_default\common\tpl_columnar_display.php was deleted or modified, then the images would not show and the code would error and stop the display. This is a standard common file, not part of the mod.

You can test this by commenting out line 128 in includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\templates\tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

/**
 * display the products additional images
 */
 //require(DIR_WS_MODULES . 'pages/' . $current_page_base . '/main_template_vars_images.php'); ?>
  <!--eof Additional Product Images -->
```The main image uses the same standard image call as your main product pages and should work.

This image shows how the images line up, also, the main image on top is slightly larger then the rest.

Hi Dave,

I'm still not getting the auction page to display, I tried a new zencart install, then added the latest mod version 1.0, I then added one test product, here is the url

http://sistasenterprise.com/index.php?main_page=product_auction_info&cPath=1&products_id=1

Here is the details of my server/zencart installation

Zencart Version: : v1.3.8a
Server Host: gator352.hostgator.com
Server OS: Linux 2.6.28.9
PHP Version: 5.2.8 (Zend: 2.2.0) PHP Memory Limit: 64M
Database: MySQL 5.1.30
HTTP Server: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635

Please can you help, It looks a very useful mod, and I'm trying to install it for a client, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

alpha7:

Hi Dave,

I'm still not getting the auction page to display, I tried a new zencart install, then added the latest mod version 1.0, I then added one test product, here is the url

Please can you help, It looks a very useful mod, and I'm trying to install it for a client, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Looks like you have an error after the breadcrumb loads... maybe some missing files or php error somewhere. Try the blank page tool..
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=860

Hi Dave, thanks for the quick reply, I used the Debug Error Logging Utility tool and found that I needed to change the YOUR_TEMPLATE directories to my template directory names :)

It is looking very good now, I'm going to test a dummy auction see how things go. Here is the auction page now

http://sistasenterprise.com/index.php?main_page=product_auction_info&cPath=1&products_id=1

Just two questions,

1. At the bottom of the screen there is BUTTON_ASK_A_QUESTION_ALT displayed, clicking on it gives a page not displayed error.
2. How do I get rid of some of the line spaces, there is a lot of white space displayed.

I apologise if this is all elementary, I'm not that good on coding, but I really would like to get this mod working if possible

Best Regards
John Tulley

Hi Dave,

I worked out the answer to my first question

1. At the bottom of the screen there is BUTTON_ASK_A_QUESTION_ALT displayed, clicking on it gives a page not displayed error.

The "Auction Product Type" mod assumes that the "Ask a question mod" is already installed.

Hi Dave,
Just a question about where "Auction Product Type" gets its "time" value from. I'm in the UK but the site is hosted in the USA and there is a 6 hour difference in auction time and our local time. I tried installing the "timezone offset" mod but the auction time did not alter. Please could you help or point me in the right direction :0
Thanks
Best Regards
John Tulley

John..

Time will give you a headache.. it starts out with the time you entered into the product information for ending date and hour, then takes the server time to start the count down.

$actualDate = time();

includes\modules\pages\product_auction_info\header_php.php

lines 43 - 73

For the countdown clock to deal with timezones, I didn't have time to try out all the possibilities. The product time should be the same as your shop...

I missed the 'ask a question' in includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\templates\tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

line 265 - 270
If your not using that mod, delete the code for it.

<!-- Ask a question -->
<td id="askQuestion">
<?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ASK_A_QUESTION, 'products_id='
. $_GET['products_id']) . '" rel="nofollow">' .
zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_ASK_A_QUESTION, BUTTON_ASK_A_QUESTION_ALT) .
'</a>'; ?></td>

I have just installed the Auction Product Type to my store, it all works fine, apart from the emails.
No emails seem to be sending at all. So non to a buyer when they place a bid, non then the auction is over and non if the buyer wins the product with buying instructions.

Any idea what the problem may be?

gromituk2k:

I have just installed the Auction Product Type to my store, it all works fine, apart from the emails.
No emails seem to be sending at all. So non to a buyer when they place a bid, non then the auction is over and non if the buyer wins the product with buying instructions.

Any idea what the problem may be?

Is email working for other things, welcome and such?
Did you install the email template into the template folder?
Did you do the edits to application_top.php or running a cron job?

The emails it sends are the out bid, loser, winner, and failed reserve. there is no place bid email. I have email working for both sendmail and php mail. What email system are you using?

Maybe walk through the install again to see if you missed something... Email is handled through the page header and class files, with the application_top.php or corn job activating ending events.

Hi guys.

I have installed the Auction module and everything seems to be working fine except one thing: the Buy Now button. If I turn the option on, I can make the Buy Now price appear but without the button.

If anyone can tell me what the problem is, or give me a pointer on how to solve it, it will be very appreciated!

arrow:

Hi guys.

I have installed the Auction module and everything seems to be working fine except one thing: the Buy Now button. If I turn the option on, I can make the Buy Now price appear but without the button.

If anyone can tell me what the problem is, or give me a pointer on how to solve it, it will be very appreciated!

Be sure that the file includes\extra_datafiles\product_auctions_filenames.php is there and that the file name for the button is correct. Should be correct unless you change the button name. The button should have been copied to includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\buttons\english\auction_buy_it_now.gif

The Auction has a different button then the store, but if you wish to use the store button, then change the file name in product_auctions_filenames.php to; button_buy_now.gif

define('BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_BUY_NOW', 'button_buy_now.gif');
```Turn it on in Auction Manager 1=on, 0=off.