Printable Price list :: support thread

Hi Paul - Concerning 1.3-pre2: You mentioned unfinished code to show products images and desciptions. Will this version show images? (Using it at my own risk, of course)

Thanks

MeltDown:

Hi Paul - Concerning 1.3-pre2: You mentioned unfinished code to show products images and desciptions. Will this version show images?Yep it will :-)

in extra_configures/ there is a pricelist.php file that contains some settings for the images/decriptions:

define('PL_IMGDESC_EXTRALINES', 5);

// can not use IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT and IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH since these are not yet defined here (?)
define('PL_IMAGE_PRODUCT_HEIGHT', '80');
define('PL_IMAGE_PRODUCT_WIDTH', '100');
```PL_IMGDESC_EXTRALINES is a correction for the amount of space the images/decriptions take (to correct the "line counter" which determines when the page is full).

(and the "// can not use.... " remark can be ignored, not sure why I added it, the image size settings seem to work fine after all)

paulm:

It's a configuration file setting in 1.3-pre2 (it switches both the logo and text on each page on/off, maybe separate switches should be added for the logo and text)...

About the documentation: sorry, but don't expect to much on that part. It consumes lots of time for me to write docs, and it certainly is not my favorite way to pass the time ;-)

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the note on commenting out the NAVBAR_TITLE define. Wondering why I could not figure that out myself. Doh! ;-)

Regarding the define file, where is "%s" variable called from?
For example in:
define('TEXT_PL_HEADER_TITLE', '%s Printable Price List');

Yes I vote for separate switches on displaying logo and text. But not a big priority. I can easily manually edit out the logo/text myself if needed.

And your documentation is very thorough. I was just inquiring if any special points to be aware of in v.1.23, if any significant differences from the readme v.1.20. But I suspect all the info I need to read is in the readme history and this support thread.

I like the idea of being able to toggle on product images and/or product descriptions, if needed. I will sit still and play with your v.1.23 for awhile and wait for reports to come in on 1.30pre2.

Checking out the archive support thread I can now see you have been working on this mod for awhile! Cool!

Thanks again,

Woody

Most wanted (so the the features mentioned below are not implemented yet!) features are:

• custom columns for additional data
• hide prices for non approved customers
• show prices to the store owner only

And more?

Some more questions/ideas...

Is therea recommended method to control access to the pricelist page to logged in users only?

And have the pricelist link show up in info sidebox (and elsewhere) for logged in customers only?

Or have the pricelist link show up for everyone, including in the shop sitemap. But if pricelist link is clicked while not logged in then make the browser redirect to login/create account page, and after logging in, redirect to the price list page.

Woody

Woodymon:

Yes I vote for separate switches on displaying logo and text. But not a big priority. I can easily manually edit out the logo/text myself if needed.

Woody

Paul, Thanks SO MUCH for adding photos to the Pricelist. It is a fantastic module!

Paul / woodymon - concerning manually editing-out the text: How would I do that?

Thanks!

Tim

MeltDown:

Paul / woodymon - concerning manually editing-out the text: How would I do that?

Thanks!

Tim

To Clarify - If I set the "define('PL_IMGDESC_EXTRALINES'," to 0 I still have quite a bit of text being displayed. is it possible to have just have the settings from the original Pricelist (product link, model, qnty, price) and a photo?

Thanks

Tim

Not much time now and I will get back to some other things later, but PL_IMGDESC_EXTRALINES is just a correction for the line/row counter that determines when a new page has to start. Normally on a page would fit 30 lines/rows for example, but when lines/rows are added to show images and/or descriptions these will take up more space than "normal" lines/rows. So if your images take the space of 5 lines for example the PL_IMGDESC_EXTRALINES has to be set to 5 (and then the price list script should start a new page just before the page is full).

Depending on the amount of other data you want to print (and how much space it takes) it might be smarter (save some space) to "float" the image left or right to the other data. But that is not how it's curently programmed.

And printed images will always take up more space than a singel row of product data, won't they?

This is great module!Can someone guide me how to add wholesale prices to this module?At this time,it just can print retail prices .

Thanks for help,

This a great module. - Many Thanks.

Just a few queries though for the stupid like me!

Can anybody please explain what the various CSS entries actually amend (ie which elements of the print/display they refer to)?

When mine prints off I get truncation of the product description for some products.

How can I make the box 'grow' to fit a large description please?

Also I have had to cut out the 'Model' field to fit in large product names. - Again I need the fields to 'grow' where necessary.

Any help please would be much appreciated?

PS - getting tios out to an RTF file would be a complete bonus!

Thanks

@kimson: I sent you a PM.

@crabacle: I must addmit the css classnames do not make much sense, at some point I decided to abbreviate the classnames as much as possible, which was a bad idea.

But finding out what CSS classes and id's are for is not something which is typical for this pricelist contribution. (In general) you just need to look at the html source what the available classes and id's are, and then look in the stylesheet if and how they are being used and then add/edit to the stylesheet whatever you need.

If I remember well I added some comments to the stylesheet. It's a long time ago I wrote that, so I am not sure how extensive these comments are, but it might help a little.

So its been a while since you posted the 1.3-pre release with WARNING... and no comments, so I am guessing (and crossing fingers) that it works as intended... and about to install... if you don't find me on your dorr screaming then it worked perfectly :-) :lol:

SUCCESS! it worked flawlessly over version 1.08. I didn't even replace the SQL... going to do that next. I do wonder if there is a "profile" in there to show the reduced version as well.. I can see needing that on occasion, although the "Boss" loves the new one.. so I hope I don't mess it up.

BTW, I also just upgraded ZC to 1.3.7 today as well

So only comments I have are...

1. If done with EZ Pages and you ask it to open in NEW PAGE,it adds a query param to the link which causes the pricelist not to operate for some reason. Not sure if this is a problem with EZPages, PriceList or ZenCart, but works fin if a specific page is specified.

<li><a href="http://www.totalgarage.ca/products/index.php?main_page=pricelist?target=&quot;_blank" target="_blank">Price List</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.totalgarage.ca/products/rss2.php?target=&quot;_blank" target="_blank">RSS2 Feed</a></li>

above is an example where it works for RSS2. but not for price list.

And is there a way to configure it (query params even) that allow the older minimalistic version to show?

Clearly this url is invalid:```
http://www.totalgarage.ca/products/index.php?main_page=pricelist?target="_blank

No idea why it is generated and by what piece of code, and I don't see any reason to try to make the pricelist popup when an invalid url is clicked.

Its a bug in EZPages. Not a worry.

On the minimalistic version... is there a toggle to show that?

On the minimalistic version... is there a toggle to show that?Sorry, I don't understand. A toggle to show what?

I like the new detailed price list with the images and descriptions... but I also liked the old one that was a more minimalistic view. Is there a way to add a query parameter to select which one is shown?

quentinjs:

I like the new detailed price list with the images and descriptions... but I also liked the old one that was a more minimalistic view. Is there a way to add a query parameter to select which one is shown?:blush: I think that was one of the reasons it was not ready for an "official" release...... I added the (more or less) unfinished code for images and descriptions, and made preparations to add on/off switches, but it looks like I did not get to adding any switch at all :shocking:

I will probably update soon to add those switches :-)

That easily happens, you start on something get distracted with another aspect of it, then the next thing you know life over takes you and when you go back you remember the las stuff you were doing, but forget what you had been doing before that. I have had that happen way to many times as of late.