Better Together Contribution Support Thread

Are there any known issues creating a Better Together offer for buy a category, get a category when all products in the categories are linked to other categories. I would assume your module uses the master category ID, but the site is not displaying items when linked. Don't know if it's a module limitation or a cart/db problem.

It uses Master Category ID. Sometimes the master category id isn't what you think it is - I tell people if it's not working the way they think it should, double check the id in the database.

swguy:

Sometimes the master category id isn't what you think it is

Ain't that the truth. A little off-topic, but how does the 'reset master category id' in the Store Manager go about doing that? What does it reset it 'to'?

Here's the odd thing happening. Let's say Product A has a master category of 1 and is linked to category 2. When doing a Better Together using Category 1 items, Product A is not listed. If I delete the item from category 2, the master category is still listed as 1 when viewing the product in the admin but it only appears in category 2. If I then move the item from Category 2 to Category 1, Better Together does show the item.

I looked in the database and the master category id is listed as 1 even when the product was listed in category 2.

jeking:

Ain't that the truth. A little off-topic, but how does the 'reset master category id' in the Store Manager go about doing that? What does it reset it 'to'?

The first category it comes across in the products to categories table - so you have to be careful when using this.
(Also, you have to remember to run the products price sorter after doing this.)

My personal preference is to use SQL to fix things like this, but it's up to you.

I'm still not sure why the Better Together offer is not working though.

Sticking with the Product A example. The Master Category ID is 88. It's linked to Category ID 38. Using a Better Together of buy Category 88 get another from Category 88 at 50% off, the offer does not show. Only if I unlink the product from Category 38 does it show.

To clarify: you mean the marketing text on the product info page doesn't show up on an item with master category 88 when you use

$this->add_cat_to_cat(88, 88, some discount);

and you're using the latest Better Together (there was a marketing text bug fixed in v 2.3a).

That is correct, although we are using the BT Admin panel.

It is BT 2.3a

Found the solution thanks to Scott:

http://www.thatsoftwareguy.com/zencart_category_issues.html
at the section "Marketing Text and Linked Items in Better Together and Friends"

Editing the file with the code mentioned did the trick.

Hello,

I need to make a special buy 2 get one free of the same product how do I do that with your mod?

Thanks for your Help,

Lex

You can't. Better Together is "Buy 1 item A, get 1 item B at a discount."

Is it possible to do a store wide buy one get one 50% off?

I have a Zencart 1.3.9h
The meaningfull addon I have is ultimate_seo_urls_2-110
I have succesfully installed the following free modules:

better_together_2-3b
better_together_centerbox_1-0a
better_together_promotional_page_2-2a

After that I have purchased the following modules:
**buybothnow_2.3b
**This module works fine
promo_better_2.3a_abtc
This module seems to be not compatible with ultimate seo url. With ultimate seo active, clicking on buy both now button in the promo page, a page not found appears. Disabling ultimate seo urls the action of the clicking is regular (the products are put in the basket).
In addition, in any configuration, none "buy both now" is displayed in the better_together_centerbox (but in the promotional page only).

Some suggestion ?

Thanks

@jeking - yes.

    function setup() { 
         global $db; 
         $sql = "select products_id from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS;
         $prodlist = $db->Execute($sql);
         while (!$prodlist->EOF) { 
            $prod = (int)$prodlist->fields['products_id']; 
            $this->add_twoforone_prod($prod);
            $prodlist->MoveNext();
         }
    }

@nannid - my commercial software is not supported on the Zen Cart forum.

Thanks very much for the code, but I see I was not clear in my question. They want to do a 'buy any one item, get a different item at 50% off'. Ideally it would be the lower priced item at 50% off.

Anyway to accomplish that?

That particular discount cannot be accomplished with Better Together. See PM.

I have better together set buy from category "A" get category "B"
15% off. When customer buys from "A" and then buys 2 or more items from "B" they only get the discount on 1 item and it is the least expensive item. Can this be changed to allow for all items from "B" or at least the most expensive?
Thank you

Not with Better Together. See PM.

My Better Together isn't working - the Order total isn't showing the discount. The discount amount is correct, but the total amount isn't.

You can see it here: http://www.rodandriflerag.com/store - look for the CYBER MONDAY specials (yes, it's live!)

I got it working... the order makes a huge difference.

I'd also like to change the "Better Together" like at the checkout side. It would be great if it were configurable!

Yep, the order does make a difference.

You can change the text displayed to your customers by editing the language file.