Better Together Contribution Support Thread

Well, thanks for your reply, but please do not assume I have not 'carefully followed' your examples. I have; in fact I have copied and pasted the exact code for what I want from your information pages, just like you have shown me above. When that didn't work I tried copying and pasting the handy examples in the actual php file. I tried all combinations to see if I could find one that worked and then see where I was going wrong. All I changed were the numbers for the categories, so mine read:

function setup() {
$this->add_twoforone_cat(23);
}

That's it. No matter how many times I look at it I can't see where I've got any code wrong. Just to make sure, I've tried it again, copying your code above and just changing the numbers. Again I get the blank page.

Is there any other reason this would not be working?

If you're getting a blank page, you'll need to follow these directions to debug it:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84613

*Slightly later:
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After trying again with your code above, I have finally got it to work - by leaving off the trailing bracket. Whether it's supposed to be there or not I'm not sure but my installation seems to work without it, which is all that matters.

Hmmm.... you might be getting in trouble with having blank lines after the

?>

Be sure when you transfer files to your server that the very last line is that closing tag.

It is, there are no blank lines after ?> The bracket I removed was at the end of your code above.

Better Together 2.2 is now available. This version features another tax setting (Re-Calculate Tax = VAT) for tax included shops. If you do not run with Display Prices with Tax = true, you may skip this upgrade.

An additional change was made for currency-based discounting for tax included shops. Now all discounts - not just percent off discounts - are grossed up for taxes if you use include_tax = yes. In some earlier versions, I tried not grossing up dollar based discounts. However, I believe uniform treatment is a more consistent and logical approach.

Better Together will work fine for non-VAT liable, non-tax-included shops in 1.3.9. I will release another version after 1.3.9 is finalized which is compliant with the new style of tax handling for tax-included shops in 1.3.9.

Better Together 2.3 has been released, with support for Cross Selling (undiscounted linkages). Cross sells are shown in a new centerbox on the product info page.

Fantastic mod! :clap:

I was added a fieldset to the marketing text template (tpl_better_together_marketing_images.php) to put a label on it. However, the fieldset and label shows even when there are no "Better Together" discounts.

<!-- bof Better Together Marketing -->
<fieldset><legend><i>Our "Better Together" Deals:</i></legend>
<?php 
  // Better Together Discount Marketing
  $value = "ot_better_together.php";
  include_once(zen_get_file_directory(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] .
          '/modules/order_total/', $value, 'false'));
  include_once(DIR_WS_MODULES . "order_total/" . $value);
  $discount = new ot_better_together();
  if ($discount->check() > 0) { 
     $resp = $discount->get_discount_info($_GET['products_id'], $current_category_id, true); 
     $rresp = $discount->get_reverse_discount_info($_GET['products_id'], $current_category_id, true); 
     if ( (count($resp) > 0) || (count($rresp) > 0) ) {
        $marketing_data = array_merge($resp, $rresp); 
        echo '<div class="content" id="betterTogetherDiscountPolicy">';
        for ($i=0, $n=count($marketing_data); $i<$n; $i++) {
             echo '<hr />';
             echo '<div class="discountText">'; 
             echo $marketing_data[$i]['data'];
             echo '</div>'; 
             echo '<div class="discountImages">'; 
             echo  
                $marketing_data[$i]['first_href'] .
                $marketing_data[$i]['first_image'] . '</a>' . 
                '<span class="product_plus">+</span>' .
                $marketing_data[$i]['disc_href'] .
                $marketing_data[$i]['second_image'] . '</a>'; 
                if (isset($marketing_data[$i]['bbn_string'])) { 
                   echo '<span class="bbn_button">' . $marketing_data[$i]['bbn_string'] . '</span">';
                }
             echo '</div>'; 
         }
         echo '</div>';
         echo '<br class="clearBoth" />'; 
     }

  }
?>
</fieldset>
<!-- eof Better Together Marketing -->

I tried inserting after the IF statement but doesn't seem to like that...:oops: where should it go so as not to show up when no products are linked?

Thanks!

You could move the fieldset stuff below

if ( (count($resp) > 0) || (count($rresp) > 0) ) {

Or you could just create some Better Together Discounts! :smile:

Thanks for such a quick reply...

swguy:

You could move the fieldset stuff below
if ( (count($resp) > 0) || (count($rresp) > 0) ) {

When I do that the "Better Together" and the "May We Also Recommend" box doesn't show at all. :dontgetit

Or you could just create some Better Together Discounts! :smile:

might just have to do that! :yes:

You have to move the closing fieldset above the clearBoth.

Thx for the help... I moved </fieldset> there and it didn't work. I tried each line just for giggles... no luck. Tried with and without the ; at the end of the line.

if ( (count($resp) > 0) || (count($rresp) > 0) ) {
      <fieldset><legend><i>Better Together</i></legend>;
        $marketing_data = array_merge($resp, $rresp); 
        echo '<div class="content" id="betterTogetherDiscountPolicy">';
        for ($i=0, $n=count($marketing_data); $i<$n; $i++) {
             echo '<hr />';
             echo '<div class="discountText">'; 
             echo $marketing_data[$i]['data'];
             echo '</div>'; 
             echo '<div class="discountImages">'; 
             echo  
                $marketing_data[$i]['first_href'] .
                $marketing_data[$i]['first_image'] . '</a>' . 
                '<span class="product_plus">+</span>' .
                $marketing_data[$i]['disc_href'] .
                $marketing_data[$i]['second_image'] . '</a>'; 
                if (isset($marketing_data[$i]['bbn_string'])) { 
                   echo '<span class="bbn_button">' . $marketing_data[$i]['bbn_string'] . '</span">';
                }
             echo '</div>'; 
         }
         echo '</div>';
         </fieldset>;
         echo '<br class="clearBoth" />'; 

:blush:

?>
<fieldset><legend><i>Save with Our "Better Together" Deals</i></legend>
<?php

I really should learn how to code... of course my "try everything and see if it works" method isn't so bad... just real slow. :flex:

Thanks for the help. Now I'm off to your site to purchase the "Buy Both Now" button

I was looking through this add on, and quite honestly, it looks pretty darn solid and flexible. I do have a question though.

I'm looking to start out by using it specifically as a cross-sell tool, but eventually expanding on the other features.

Here's the question..... If I...

$this->add_cat_to_cat(a, b, "X", 0);

as a cross sell between catagories a and b, just how many items will display in the 'you may also like' centerbox? Is it limited to displaying a certain number of random items or will the entire catagory display?

I'm curious as to how I need to handle this:smile:

Thanks in advance!

In the formulation you used, only the category image for category B would be used. If you want to display specific products, you would need to use add_cat_to_prod() and use specific product ids.

Thanks for the quick response, good information to know. Does it limit the number of items in the centerbox for cross sell items or does it list everything you put in for paramaters?
Being selectful isn't a problem, I just dont want to overload a box with things! :)

I've had a look through the support thread and can't find anything relating to this, but apologies if it's already been answered somewhere else.

Is it possible to modify this module to be able to create linkages between linked products in a category rather than using their master category id. I understand that the lack of this functionality is covered in the documentation and am wondering if it is actually possible or if there is something which hinders its integration.

For example a product 'Cotton T-Shirt' has a master category of 'Shirts' and is linked to a hidden category 'cotton shirts'. I would like to add a linkage to all products in the hidden category 'cotton shirts' to a particular product, but not all the products in 'Shirts'.

Thanks.

It is certainly possible, but a complete implementation would require a lot of changes (and a boatload of even more confusing documentation), so I didn't go this route, although I seriously considered it at one point.

swguy:

It is certainly possible, but a complete implementation would require a lot of changes (and a boatload of even more confusing documentation), so I didn't go this route, although I seriously considered it at one point.
I have to agree, this module needs to support linked products. For example, then it would be so easy to throw a bunch of products into a sale category for a BOGO sale.

Otherwise, changing the master category id could be detrimental to SEO. Please consider using the function ```php
zen_product_in_category(products_id, category_id)

This function works for linked products and top level categories.