My Add-On for MAP (minimum advertised price).

Hi. I'm looking for a map pricing module for 1.3.5 like the one for 1.2 described here: http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=158

Can I use the older module on my site without problems?

Thanks for any help or advise on map pricing.

Nate

Hello,

Has anyone gotten the MAP pricing module to work in Zen 1.3.5 ?

Tony

Hi All,

I just updated the MAP Pricing module so you don't have to do manual file edits anymore. I submitted the update in the downloads section. It comes with complete instuctions in the read me file.

Some manufacturers proibit people from advertising an item for less than a certain price. This is called MAP. This mod allows you to set prices lower than MAP without breaking the law because it only displays the prices once they are added to a shopping cart. On the product listing page, a message saying 'Priced so low, we're not able to advertise it. Add to cart for price.' will appear instead of the actual price.

Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=158

Hello,
There seems to be a problem the new add-on for map pricing.
I get the following error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/afcsales/public_html/includes/functions/functions_prices.php on line 1356

How can I fix it?

Tony

HI,

Fixed the parse problem on line 1356. Now I have a another problem as follows:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: zen_get_products_actual_price() in /home/afcsales/public_html/includes/modules/meta_tags.php on line 254

When the product with MAP pricing is displayed this is the error. How can I fix this?

Tony

What version of Zen Cart are you running? I've only tested it on v1.3.5.

Updated for v1.3.6:
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=158

Hello,

Map Version 1.1 has some problems I hope someone can help me with.

When MAP is enabled, displays lowest price and displays and displays the following message in bold red letters:
"Will not display lowest price except in shopping cart"

Please Help!

Tony

Hi,

I installed the latest Map Pricing Module, version 1.1 for 1.3.6 and it dosen't work properly. A lot of the electronic products I have are MAP Priced

Before I enter anymore new products I would like to get my problem corrected.

When map pricing is enabled when entering a product, it should display " add to cart to see price, etc" . In error it displays the lower price and the folloing message in bold red letters: "Will not display lowest price except in shopping cart" The product entered was a new entry.

Since I know nothing about programing, can someone help me correct the problem?

regards,

Tony

You would probably get replies on this issue if you posted in the MAP support thread instead of starting a new one:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49901

That way any solutions will be in one place instead of having to search multiple threads.

betty

If you use v1.0, does it work any differently?

Hi,

Well, the 1.0 version is was much worse than version 1.1 . Version 1.1 was improved a great deal, except for the problem with pricing and the error message.
Version 1.0 was not tested in Zen Cart version 1.3.6. I'am using 1.3.6 and version 1.0 broke my website and i had to reinstall it

I have no idea how to correct the problem.

Any ideas?

Tony

Hmmm ... I cleaned the code up a bit, but IMO the approach is not the best and is very limited in its scope.
I"m sure it met a need for someone. I'm not convinced it's ready for mass-rollout.

Not sure exactly what's causing the symptoms you're reporting though.

Hi,

I got the MAP module working. There wasn't anything wrong with your MAP Version 1.1. I re-downloaded the software and reinstalled ZenCart and it worked . I think a file may have been lost or corrupted during the FTP, the first time I did it.
Thank you for your interest in finding a solution to my problem.

Regards,
Tony

I just added the add-on and everything seems as advertised, but I seem to be missing a define or two. The products Image section looks like this...

Products Image: TEXT_IMAGE_CURRENTD2Xs.jpg Upload to directory: Main Directoryattributesbannerscategoriesdvdgift_certificatesgt_interactivehewlett_packardlargemanufacturersmatroxmediummicrosoftsamplessierrauploads TEXT_IMAGES_DELETE No Yes Overwrite Existing Image? Use No for manually typed names No Yes
TEXT_PRODUCTS_IMAGE_MANUAL

What am I missing?

Try reuploading all the files with the MAP mod via ftp. Sounds like you are missing something.

Still a problem. It just looks like I'm missing a DEFINE statement for the TEXT_IMAGE_CURRENT and TEXT_PRODUCTS_IMAGE_MANUAL ...

Isn't the TEXT_IMAGE_CURRENT supposed to be set by products.php?

I'm not sure. Can you find a line of code for TEXT_IMAGE_CURRENT in products.php?

This add-on is great.

However, I think the original price should be added to the display, with a line a through it.

Thanks for this contribution, just what I was looking for.

Is that legal? Is a price with a strike through through it "unadvertised"?