Auction Product Type

I got the mail error to stop by using sendmail.
It also retains the old info on last bid if you redo the auction with new date, new price.
Has to be a dollar bid, no matter what its started at, so much for penny auctions :(
have to agree that it not useful at this point :no:

O.K. I could not get it working on 1.3.8a, so I am tying 1.3.7.1, but obviousky I missed a file, which I cannot see now. I get the following when displaying the auction item:

TEXT_DATE_AVAILABLE4 days 5 hours 30 minutes - 0 AUCTION_BIDS
AUCTION_RESERVE_NOT_MET
TEXT_PRODUCT_MODELAcrylic on board 14" x 36"
1TEXT_PRODUCT_QUANTITY

Would anyone know of hand what file I am missing???
Thanks a lot!

You are definitely missing a file or two, My 1st thought is language, but I would also compare thu ftp the distro to whats on site.

Veronika7747:

O.K. I could not get it working on 1.3.8a, so I am tying 1.3.7.1, but obviousky I missed a file, which I cannot see now. I get the following when displaying the auction item:

TEXT_DATE_AVAILABLE4 days 5 hours 30 minutes - 0 AUCTION_BIDS
AUCTION_RESERVE_NOT_MET
TEXT_PRODUCT_MODELAcrylic on board 14" x 36"
1TEXT_PRODUCT_QUANTITY

Would anyone know of hand what file I am missing???
Thanks a lot!

I have it installed. Works and does not work :no:

1. I have Zen cart version 1.3.8 and seems to work fine.
2. UNTIL auction ends and was not sold or sold
   As stated before what If you re-launch a same auction will keep old date
3. If you want to copy an auction will give you an error message and the copied one (clone) will open with NO info at all all fields and pictures blank.
4. Many errors to install specially on the SQL part

recommend NOT to install!

At this moment I am removing it

Marcelo
https://www.ysandals.com

Will leave a couple of days so you can take a look
those bids were test by me 2 weeks ago from today

WARNING THIS IS A LIVE SITE!

http://www.ysandals.com/index.php?main_page=product_auction_info&cPath=15&products_id=466
aUCTION WILL END SUNDAY JANUARY 3TH 2008

marcelo63:

I have it installed. Works and does not work :no:
will keep old date

Meant old data = previous bids from old listing.

Also I did not mention that you CAN NOT handle customer or bids at old. So the back administration is non existent

Did anyone here tried this product??

http://www.quidascript.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_37&products_id=113

If yes, does it work??

Veronika7747:

Did anyone here tried this product??

http://www.quidascript.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_37&products_id=113

If yes, does it work??Not tried it, but a cursery glance shows that it's a standalone script (not a Zen Cart mod), it's copyright is 2004 and says that it's best viewed in Internet Explorer 5+ (so getting a bit long in the tooth) and is an old-fashioned table layout with a heap of validation errors (though by the standards of its day, it's actually not too bad).

I haven't given it a function test (although there is a demo on the site to which you linked), but it looked reasonably competent. The downsides are that if there problems or it doesn't do all you want, then you would have nowhere to turn for support or help, and that it is necessarily based on technologies, PHP4 and MySQL 4 at best, which are in the process of being withdrawn and disappearing from hosting arrangements.

kuroi:

Not tried it, but a cursery glance shows that it's a standalone script (not a Zen Cart mod), it's copyright is 2004 and says that it's best viewed in Internet Explorer 5+ (so getting a bit long in the tooth) and is an old-fashioned table layout with a heap of validation errors (though by the standards of its day, it's actually not too bad).

I haven't given it a function test (although there is a demo on the site to which you linked), but it looked reasonably competent. The downsides are that if there problems or it doesn't do all you want, then you would have nowhere to turn for support or help, and that it is necessarily based on technologies, PHP4 and MySQL 4 at best, which are in the process of being withdrawn and disappearing from hosting arrangements.

Thank you Kuroi, I guess I have to keep looking...

Has anyone got this for completely working for 1.3.7?

It seems to be working for but but i see an option for buy it now if no reserve has been met and it isnt showing the buy it now button.

Thanks,
Tony

I couldnt get the "buy it now" button to work either (I have 1.37)

But the auction part is working. I'd like the Buy it Now however.

efman:

I couldnt get the "buy it now" button to work either (I have 1.37)

But the auction part is working. I'd like the Buy it Now however.

I have just installed it on 1.3.8a and still no buy it now button, I guess i will look further at the code to see what is happening and why it isnt doing it. Just wish i knew more about php.

I must report that I finished my auction and it worked well.

A couple of notes for whoever is tackling this:

1. There is no way to view bids in the Admin panel

2. Should have a setting to display first name and initial for each bid. Peoples full names dont really go over well.

3. Please fix the "buy it now" problem.

It seems a shame that this great mod works well for the harder elements of the script, but the smaller less significant parts are unsolved. Kudos to Ian C Wilson for developing it this far. Can someone finish it?

efman:

I must report that I finished my auction and it worked well.

A couple of notes for whoever is tackling this:

1. There is no way to view bids in the Admin panel

2. Should have a setting to display first name and initial for each bid. Peoples full names dont really go over well.

3. Please fix the "buy it now" problem.

It seems a shame that this great mod works well for the harder elements of the script, but the smaller less significant parts are unsolved. Kudos to Ian C Wilson for developing it this far. Can someone finish it?

You will have more issues coming up. I do have it installed running on Zen 1.38a
Many of administration options are "lacking" in other word you can not control mostly anything
AND ... if there are bids and item is NOT sold, forget it to relist it, keep old bid information upon "relist (changing dates). better delete that auction/porduct rather than "relisting"

I think this must be re-written from scratch

Marcelo

Does anyone know of any workable alternatives to this mod? Since eBay has started to run people off with their changes and the number of people have left eBay I can see where something like this would come into more of a demand. I know their is a lot of sellers out there that are going other places now. Personally I'd like to see a version of ZC written and optimized to become an auction site. I know that would be a more than major undertaking though and really beyond the primary purpose of ZC so instead I'll settle for a mod to have auctions on my ZC.

I downloaded and installed the 0.95 version on Zen Cart 1.3.8a It took me a little while to get it up and running, but it seemed interesting.

There were some small items that I thought should be changed, so I made the changes...

I added a Minimum Bid Increase (so you cant just raise by 1 penny).
I inhibited the ability for someone to bid against themself.

I will be taking a look at the Bid Now missing button. I agree that full names listed in the bid history isnt a great idea... Maybe just the customer ID number?
Relisting an item is a problem, but cloning the item would solve the history problem. I would have to give that some thought. I wasnt really focused on the admin side (other than the minimum bid increase problem) this time around.

I have to diff the source tree that I have running in my sandbox with the 1.3.8a base release to figure out all the changes I made, but it shouldnt be too bad. I have tools for that.

I would like to package it up and send the changes back to the author, but I cannot seem to figure out who that is...

Is there some CVS tree that has this code?

Anyone know??
Arnold

bramnick:

I would like to package it up and send the changes back to the author, but I cannot seem to figure out who that is...I believe that the original author may have been Ian Wilson who is one of the Zen Cart developers (forum ID: Wilt), and that it was written long ago for a now defunct version of Zen Cart, so some updating is helpful.

Ok, here i go :) Craftzombie installed the auction mod for me back when I had 1.3.7. and it worked great (even though the email issues were still an issue) When I upgraded, it appeared to all still be in working condition. However, i found an issue. You can bid, etc but when the auction is over, the winning bidder is supposed to be able to click the pay button......and the amount always comes up $0.00 no matter what the winning bid was.

we never did figure out the email issues, but like many here, with ebay sellers flocking away from ebay in droves...it would be nice to get an updated workable version.

any suggestions on the $0.00 issue or where a new and functional mod can be found?

thanks!!

The version I have doesnt seem to experience your problem. I am in the process of cleaning up my mods and doing a test install to make sure they work. I will package it all up and post it when it is done.

There are some changes I want to make (like hiding the bidder's name) and I want to check out the buy now button problem others have reported, but I have not had a chance. I decided that cleaning up my source tree was more important at the moment.

OK I broke out the code mods into a separate source tree and successfully installed in on top of a clean 1.3.8a system. It works.

I uploaded it to the contribution area as a new version for the auction product type.

It is being reviewed and should be published shortly.

Cheers!

awesome!!! will i be able to just install it over the old mod? cause lord knows I dont know how to uninstall old mod.....LOL

Please let me know when it goes public :))
thanks!