Auction Product Type

stampsville:

Although this should work....Looking at the product types / Product - Auction / Edit Layout . The show additional images in not there like in the regular product.

I think if this switch was added it would allow the additional images to show.

Anyone know how to add this switch to just the auction product through the SQL?

I have tried but keep getting error of tables.....

Thanks
Grant

Not as simple as adding a sql statement... I found some of the code for additional images was missing.

I was working on cleaning up some of the code and getting it ready for a minor update. I also found out that the Meta tags wasn't installed on it as will. I've added the meta tags and also found where the code got off on the standard additional image and made changes for that.

I found out that I was missing some of the 'product_type' code while installing ceon_uri_mapping mod. Now it's working allot better and it's SEO ready.

I'm done with the edits, now I'll move it over and setup a upgrade and full install to upload. As long as I keep my boss happy, it shouldn't be to long.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the update and look forward to it. I am currently using the auction and hope to be using it much more.
http://stampcommune.com

Grant

Motorcycle Connectio:

Everything on my auction site working wonderfully, one gliche I cant figure out is my auctions manager is out of kilter. Here is a screen shot
Attachment #6519

Hi, Motorcycle Connection or anyone. I hope I am doing this correctly as this is my first inquiry in this forum.

I was curious how you resolved the problem of "invalid master category" when entering a product for auction.

Peter

On the auction check out page (bid) I get an empty image for a BUtton Ask a Question and even i I click it comes up with page 404 error. Any ideas? Thanks.

Hello, I am using Zen Cart 1.3.8a
Patch: 1::
Database Patch Level: 1.3.8
hosted at godaddy, i downloaded the auction product type, and unzipped, i uploaded to godaddy, and, went to admin at site and can not find this addon, i did find in extras, "auction manager" and when i click it i get this info:

1146 Table 'kra0934303562184.zen_product_auction_extra' doesn't exist
in:
[select count(*) as total from zen_products p, zen_products_description pd, zen_product_auction_extra ax where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.products_id = ax.products_id ]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.
Product ID# Product Name Product Image Auction End Date Loser/Winner
Email Sent? Auction Over Status Action

what am i doing wrong?? thanks patrick

I have made a new install of 1.3.8 and Auction Product Type 1.0. Was able to add an Auction Products. Products display on Category and New Products pages, but when displaying the product info, I get the "document.getElementById("remain") is null" error. Can anyone tell me what I set up incorrectly or what I am missing.

The breadcrumb displays: Home : Auction Product: "product title".

Thanks,
Rik

salequest:

I have made a new install of 1.3.8 and Auction Product Type 1.0. Was able to add an Auction Products. Products display on Category and New Products pages, but when displaying the product info, I get the "document.getElementById("remain") is null" error. Can anyone tell me what I set up incorrectly or what I am missing.

The breadcrumb displays: Home : Auction Product: "product title".

Thanks,
Rik

I never had that type of error popup before... you may have missed installing a page or the page wasn't uploaded completely. I would go through and upload all the pages once more and see if that fixes things.

A link to the site would help.....

Originally Posted by krazybids -- 1146 Table 'kra0934303562184.zen_product_auction_extra' doesn't existYou need to run the SQL file to setup the databsae.

Originally Posted by enquirer66 --
On the auction check out page (bid) I get an empty image for a BUtton Ask a Question and even i I click it comes up with page 404 error. Any ideas?It's removed on the next one... I tried to comment it out, but it still showed up.

I sent in another upload with all the fixes and upgrades. I've added metatags in the Auction Layout and fixed the image issues, and cleaned up some missing things.

I tested it on a clean install and upgrade install and it all work for me.

The install instructions are not as good as I would like, I'll have to work on that some more or I'll post it up on my blog.

I have re-installed everything from scratch several times. I am testing on a windows system. The error does not appear as a pop-up. I can see the error when viewing errors in either firefox or explorer browsers. Can you tell me in what page/file the ID "remain" is defined?

I have copied the .99a version files to the install and the product info displays fine, but I would rather be using the latest version if possible.

I am new to this and I am sorry if I sound rather ignorant.

Thank you,
Rik

salequest:

I have re-installed everything from scratch several times. I am testing on a windows system. The error does not appear as a pop-up. I can see the error when viewing errors in either firefox or explorer browsers. Can you tell me in what page/file the ID "remain" is defined?

I have copied the .99a version files to the install and the product info displays fine, but I would rather be using the latest version if possible.

I am new to this and I am sorry if I sound rather ignorant.

Thank you,
Rik

'remain' is used in the javascript for doing the countdown clock on the product page.

includes\modules\pages\product_auction_info\jscript_main.php
includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\templates\tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

It more then likely is in error if your testing server doesn't produce a time setting. Never tested on a Windows server, only Apache running on both Linux and windows. The script grabs the time from the server during page load.

I am new to this and I am sorry if I sound rather ignorant.No problem... If I can't reproduce the error, I don't know what to say.. I can't see your system or what's making the error. I'm also assuming 'Windows server' is IIS, and not Apache.

Dave,

I am sorry I miss-communicated. I am using a Windows Vista computer to do my testing. I am actually using "wamp" with PHP 5.2.6, Apache 2.2.8 and MySQL 4.1.22. In the beginning I was not able to get anything to work when I was using MySQL 5.0.

I was able to find document.getElementById("remain") line in the jscript_main.php file before, but not able to determine why "remain" was null.

Anyway, I really appreciate your help, but not sure that this is helpful to anyone else, so I do not want to take up anymore of your time.

Thank you very much,
Rik

davewest:

I sent in another upload with all the fixes and upgrades. I've added metatags in the Auction Layout and fixed the image issues, and cleaned up some missing things.

The admins seem to be very busy as they have not released a number of mods for the download section over the past couple of weeeks.

Could you pm me with a link where I could download the latest version you are referring to or perhaps even attach it here until the admins release your update.
The latest version available in downloads is still dated mid 2009.

APT works fine on the site, though I am making some modifications to fit the catalog's concepts. Is there some way to have bids also show in the shopping cart OR to have the buy now reflect the latest or current bid price? Any help is appreciated.

TSRCatalog:

Is there some way to have bids also show in the shopping cart

Not sure what you are asking here... if it's winner checking out, there a switch in admin for auto adding the wining bid to there shopping cart or having them click on a button to do it at the product page. If your talking about a ad box like the new, specials, feathered products... it's still in the works.

TSRCatalog:

to have the buy now reflect the latest or current bid price?

Kind of defeats the idea of a auction! I would walk away from a auction that work like that. Even with a buynow button you may have problems. Although, having one may give the bidder a feeling that they can get it for less then the normal price!

The logic is simple, you have a minimum sailing price (reserve price) or starting bid and with/without a maximum sailing price (buynow price), if bids go above the buynow price, the button is no longer displayed. If you don't set a buynow price, then the button wont show at all.

Louis
If it's not posted within the next few days, I'll put it up on my blog. This gave me some more time to work on the ad box logic some more.

Hi, Dave.

Thanks for getting back.

Our site is not actually an "auction" site. The auction mod, however, comes pretty close to use as a basic template for what I am looking for. The item seller considers each offer as they come in.

Prior to considering using this mod, I modified the original zc cart, and some other changes, so a potential buyer, or offeror, can make an offer without any particular minimum, reserve, or buy me now price. While the feedback forms are not complete, you can see what I mean here: http://www.thesellerscatalog.com. Select any item (product), and you will find an offer box & submit offer button.

Items sit in the cart until checkout (so, yes, a buyer must register/login). Checkout requires no money or credit card, but receives a personal, direct response to the buyer.

So, basically, I am looking to, sort of, combine or blend the mod with the concept seen there.

The alternate would be the following, and from what I have found in the forums, is something being worked on... that is, other than going to the database to view a log of offers and who made them, to have either (or both):
1- an administrator report of all offers made (this would be prior to shopping cart);
2- offers show in the customer info page similarly to how items show upon traditional checkout.

Then, have admin be notified similarly to a standard checkout with an e-mail sent to the offeror (with an option to have one sent to the seller). Again, under this option, it would be prior to a formal checkout... upon offer submit.

The total objective is to be actively interactive with the buyer (by admin).

(FYI... I am not a programmer, but am still somewhat technically "wise")

Peter

(credit to ZC is preserved on our site)

OK, here's a new one... no matter how many times I reset the "auction-open/closed" "email sent" from "Y" to "N", it keeps reverting back to "Y" Odder is the auction remains open. And, no, there were no bids over the reserve or buy now price.

Thoughts?

Peter

TSRCatalog:

OK, here's a new one... no matter how many times I reset the "auction-open/closed" "email sent" from "Y" to "N", it keeps reverting back to "Y" Odder is the auction remains open. And, no, there were no bids over the reserve or buy now price.

Thoughts?

Peter

The auction remains visible unless it completes as a sale. Once it goes through the checkout process, it becomes disable.

You need to set the auction close date grater then the current date, then reset the auction bids. Otherwise it does as it should when the product page loads. Checks the date to see if the auction needs to close.

Hi, Dave.

Dates are set well into the future. But it really is not a problem. Recall, I'm sorta using this MOD to fit a non-auction format. Any thoughts, though, regarding my post #436?

I do recall seeing somewhere in the forum an issue about clearing bids does not fully clear out the MySQL field of the last value (being cleared". Any resolution for this that I may have missed? And, is there another way of "finding" the product of choice when one is in Admin/Extras/Auction Manager (other than going to the db table)?

Thanks for your attention.

Peter

Dave... additional on the bids clearing...
The most recent bid remains in the browser window regardless of clearing the MySQL field. In addition, the starting bid does NOT show in the product window unless one secondarily places a bid amount in the making a bid field (on the front end). It's almost as if a file is not just echoing the bid field, but storing it until their is another front end data entry change.

You think their is a corruption in one of my files or just a program quirk?

If you are wondering why I may need to adjust a starting price... in our catalog scenario, the bid/offer, might not be accepted by the seller. If the bid is => the reserve and the bid is declined, it will have to be reset to the prior offer considered that was less than the reserve (or APT removes the make a bid box). I also noticed that if when the reserve is less than the buy now price, it, too, removes the front end bid box. So for now, reserve must always by equal to or greater than the buy now price. Kinda' like the fields are reversed.

Peter

TSRCatalog:

You think their is a corruption in one of my files or just a program quirk?

Sounds like you may be missing some files are something got off. run a compare of your files agents a unedited file.

You almost need more added to the table in order to keep track of the offer, like ebay does. then post a flag showing an offer was made or post the offer price in stead of changing the main pricing unless the offer was accepted, then change everything so checkout can happen.

Something I may play around with for my site....

Anyway... I've setup a link for downloading the updated version I sent in on my blog for now in my ZC Mod section.