You might have this code within an if block that's not being triggered. Try moving this block of code around. Right after
$discount = new ot_better_together();

do something like

echo "Hello world!";

to see if this block is being reached.

Oddly enough tpl_product_info_display.php page is not the page that is being called. I renamed it and the product description still showed. So now I have to figure out which page is being used to create the product description pages!

Are you in the right template directory? Check your template in Admin->Tools and be sure you're in that directory.

Better Together 1.4 has been released; it contains some minor improvements in the wording of marketing text for Checkout Candy users and encapsulates the marketing text which appears on the product info page in one single file so that only a one line change needs to be made to tpl_product_info.php to include it.

The README file and the extended help on my site have traditionally advised displaying the marketing text below the product description, but feel free to experiment. For instance, putting it at the very top of the page is also very eye-catching. Now that the marketing text is a one line inclusion, it should be easier to move around to try different layouts.

SoftwareGuy

hi i just have a quick question. first i love this mod its awesome. but i don't want to mess around with this mod for hours if this isn't even possible for this scenario.

i want to set up my store so that everything in it is buy 2 get 1 free. This will apply to the entire store.

is this possible?

thanks alot

Not with Better Together but there are other solutions; see your PM.

Scott

Hi, can I configure this mod. to offer a category-wide discount (% or dollar value) and dynamically apply the discount to the lower value item. For instance:

Category 1

Product A - $10.00
Product B - $20.00
Product C - $30.00

Scenario 1: Customer bought Product A and B. Then discount is on Product A.
Scenario 2: Customer bought Product C and B. Then discount is on Product B.

TIA.

The discounts are applied in the order you specify them, against the products in the order they appear in the cart.

Hi,

I have a question and sugestion. I have installed your module as I found it very very interesting. CONGRATULATIONS. But just one concern at least for me.
You know that some of as uses Discount Groups, and others like my self that uses the Discount Pert Itemes Per Group prices. The problem is that a 2x1 or what ever offer based on the listed price is good for the business, the problem is when you sell to at the same time to "final customers" "reselleres" and or "distributors". one 2x1 offer based on price list for example 10 USD is ok, but when you have a Price group for 50% off price list, for exaple "Reselleres" then with your module they will have 10USD plus 50% off - 5USD plus 2x1 - 2.5 USD per item..... Well to shot this out as i guess you may figure out what i mean. Is ther a posibility to avoid a Better together offer to some Group Price or for all of them by default?

If you want to avoid double discounting, you should modify your per item per group logic to not discount items you have Better Together discounts on. You will have to ask whoever supports that code how to make that change.

Ok, Thanks for the reply. I will try tofigure out how to do this. One more question. Is there a posibility to list all Better Toguether products on one list just like Specials items?

Not right now. I have toyed with this idea in the past, but the trouble is, it's hard to make it relevant. If you are looking for gardening tools, you don't really care that diapers are discounted when purchased with baby food. That's why the marketing text on the product page is the promotional mechanism I have suggested - the customer has already drilled down and indicated his interest. That's the optimal upselling point.

Nevertheless, thank you for the suggestion, and I'll think on it some more.

That Software Guy

I've had a change of heart on this. Look for a new optional download in late September providing this functionality. I think I'd like to keep it separate because not everyone wants it, but it definitely has value.

Scott

I've been using this mod for a while and it works great. Now I've got a new set of products and want to give a gift for any purchase of a category item i.e. category to product discount.

Since this is not part of your code, I tried adding

define('CAT_TO_PROD', '4');

and made adjustments through the code, but I get an error on line 35 - something about not expecting a Boolean AND.

Here are my modified lines 33 to 38:

      if ($flavor != PROD_TO_PROD && 
          $flavor != PROD_TO_CAT &&
          $flavor != CAT_TO_CAT) &&
          $flavor != CAT_TO_PROD) {
          bailout("Bad flavor " . $flavor); 
      }

Any ideas?

This line is in error:
$flavor != CAT_TO_CAT) &&

There are also other ways to do this; see your PM.

Scott

Re-reading this post, I see it's not very clear.

This line is in error
$flavor != CAT_TO_CAT) &&

because of the extraneous bracket before the logical and.

If you are rusing the marketing text I have provided, you will see that the text for two for one category discounts will come out simply as "12." If you wish to provide a more detailed message :) please make the following changes:

./includes/modules/order_total/ot_better_together.php line 364
./includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_better_together.php line 29

change the definition TWOFER_CAT to TWOFER_CAT_PROMO_STRING.
This bug only affects two for one category discounts.

This will be fixed in the next release.
Scott

Hi,

Great mod! One question and one problem though.

1. Is it possible to make it discount the LOWER of the items in a "category to category" discount? ie; a person adds one item, worth $5 to the cart, then from the same category, an item worth $20. It's discounting the $20 item by 25%, and I'd prefer it discount the $5 one.

2. I cannot seem to get the "two for one category" discount to work. I tried this first, with no other discounts, but no-go. I then used the "category to category" discount at 100% on the second item, and it worked. Items are in category 56, which is a sub-category of category 27. I was using category 56 for the discounts.

Thanks.

Re: 1 - not at this time.

Re 2 - the semantics (as implemented) of add_cat_to_cat(x) are "you get two for one on all items in category x" not "buy one item from category x, get another free". Of course, this is incredibly confusing given that the marketing text suggests the latter behavior. :( Add_cat_to_cat gives you what (I think) you want.

Thanks,
Scott

swguy:

Re: 1 - not at this time.

Re 2 - the semantics (as implemented) of add_cat_to_cat(x) are "you get two for one on all items in category x" not "buy one item from category x, get another free". Of course, this is incredibly confusing given that the marketing text suggests the latter behavior. :( Add_cat_to_cat gives you what (I think) you want.

Thanks,
Scott

Hi Scott,

I think I was not clear in my explanation... I'll try again :smile:
My first attempt was with this code:

         // Buy any item from category 56, get a second identical one free
         $this->add_twoforone_cat(56);

I could not get it to work on my cart, but I do have this working to do the same thing:

         $this->add_cat_to_cat(56, 56, "%", 50);

Am I missing something in the functionality? My site seems OK, but I'm just trying to figure out why I could not make the twoforone work. Got no discount on the category at all.

Thanks
Ray