Anyone interested in the auction mod?

Has anyone been able to use this mod? Does anyone have it running on their site? I downloaded the files but there is an overwrite for a lot of files and I don't want to do that. I see someone asked if it was necessary for all the overwrites, but the post received no reply.

Thanks,
Kelly

I've got it running in two of my stores. I've had it for a while now, and I remember I had problems in the beginning.
I don't think I did all the overwrites. The first time I installed it I followed the instructions completely, all the overwrites, and I was getting error msgs. I restored some of the original files and got rid of the errors, and stopped right there.
Sorry this isn't more help, but the MOD will work. I don't get all the email notifications. It only sends out two, one if you've placed a bid, and someone outbids you, and at the end of the auction it sends the winner an email. I was happy with that so I stopped messing with it. One day I might try re-installing, but for now it's O.K.

nstalled Zen Auctions V.095_for Zen V.1.3.7 and have a few issues.

First, while I do receive an email stating that someone has bid or outbid, I do not receive an email stating who actually won which may be a bit confusing. Ok, it would be very confusing...LOL

Also, when someone signs in and places a bid, a security pop up window comes up stating that , "Although this page is encrypted the information you have entered is to be sent over an unencrypted connection and could easily be read by a third party. Do you want to continue?"

Now, my cart does have SSL encryption, so I am confused as to why this is coming up? My customers will FREAK!! and not bid.

I really do not want to go live with this until I get some resolution or suggestions on what to do with these issues. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

gxjenkins:

After replacing tpl_login_default.php with my original file I'm only getting the one Security Message that Secure, and Non Secure items are loading on this page. Plus I'm not getting the emails now. I'm pretty sure the code that generated the emails was in the tpl_login_default.php file, and I'll have to do a compare to see whats missing. All and all it's running pretty good now, and once I get rid of that pesky security message I'll be happy with this mod. Fixing the emails should be just a matter of moving the email code from one file to another.

I am no PHP expert by any means, but I have fixed the security message (at least it worked for me). When you want to bid and you click on the button to login, it was taking you to the login screen with http instead of https. Also, once you login and enter the amount you want to bid, the minute you click on "submit bid" you get a security message because it is going to take you back to the same page, but non ssl. I think I have fixed these two problems.

go to includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

find
$_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot(); echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN) . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_LOG_IN,

(its line 138 for me)

and change it to:

$_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot(); echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button

That will take them to a secure log in page.

Then to fix the security message when they bid:

Find

YOU ROCK!! Genius girl....awesome, fantastic, stupendous! Thanks for taking the time to work on the issue and solve it!!!
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craftzombie:

I am no PHP expert by any means, but I have fixed the security message (at least it worked for me). When you want to bid and you click on the button to login, it was taking you to the login screen with http instead of https. Also, once you login and enter the amount you want to bid, the minute you click on "submit bid" you get a security message because it is going to take you back to the same page, but non ssl. I think I have fixed these two problems.

go to includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

find
$_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot(); echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN) . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_LOG_IN,

(its line 138 for me)

and change it to:

$_SESSION['navigation']->set_snapshot(); echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button

>  
> That will take them to a secure log in page.
>  
> Then to fix the security message when they bid:
>  
> Find
>  
> <?php echo zen_draw_form('place_bid', zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($_GET['products_id']), zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=place_bid'),
>  
> (line 177 for me)
>  
> and change it to
> ```
<?php echo zen_draw_form('place_bid', zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($_GET['products_id']), zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=place_bid', 'SSL'),

Once again, if any PHP masters out there know that I did this wrong, please reply. But I've tested this several times and its worked everytime.

Now if only I could figure out the issue with the emails.....

:smile:

When I first installed the MOD I got an email when the auction ended. I don't anymore. Are you getting that one?

gxjenkins:

When I first installed the MOD I got an email when the auction ended. I don't anymore. Are you getting that one?

Nope, I only get outbid notices. I know the file that handles the emails, but I don't know PHP so I have no clue how to fix it. For now I will just start all the auctions on the same day and send manual emails to the winning bidders. It sucks. Wish I knew someone who could fix it. :(

I think that's what I'll do is start them all on the same day. I always forget to list one, or two, but I can start them the next time around. Plus, if I place a bid on each one I'll get an email for the auctions that anyone bids on. Those I won't delete when they end.

If I learn anymore I'll post it here.

hey guys, i dunno if this fixes the email problem you are having or not, but all i have done is i commented out the function sendclosedlostemail in the class.productauction file, and all my emails seem to be working fine. test it and let me know what happens

hello all, I also download this mod and trying it out on my local PC first. When i come to the includes/templates/template_default/template folder, I was so intimidated by the number of files that I need to overwrite!

Is it really necessary to overwrite those files? if not all are necessary, how do we know which files are required to be overwrite? Overwriting such a big number of files may deem previous module installation incomplete or fail. and there is also a folder name "bak auction" exists in this folder, what are those files for? are they necessary to upload as well?

if anyone has succeed installing this mod, can you share with me your experience? really need to install this Auction product type to the existing shopping cart...

thanks everyone!

I have it installed, and working. I would suggest you do a complete backup before installing, and then install the MOD complletly. Tnen make the changes that craftzombie suggest. You should be O.K. after that.

Hi gxjenkins

thanks for the reply. I installed it on my pc for testing, only add in the includes/templates/template_default/tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

i ignore the rest of the tpl files in that folder. But for the rest of the files in the MOD, i uploaded all.

My current situation:

• I saw Auction Manager, working ok
• I set Product -Auction to Y under Add to Cart column in Product Type, and - set this product to be considered a sub-type of Product-Auction
• I can add in the Auction category, and add new product with Product Auction type --- but something happen here.. will inform below
• I can see the bid product, I can bid for it
• regarding the email function, cannot test it out yet becos this is run on my PC instead of real online (i used EasyPHP, cannot send out emails.. or is it suppose to be able to send email even for testing on PC?)

Problems:

• during the product creation page, when i click add new product - Auction type, there is a Invalid Master Category ID error message, although I can still insert the new product after filling in the info, I am quite skeptical what does this mean to my database. what is the consequences when there is this error message of Invalid Master Category ID?

• at the product detail page for the auction product, I cannot see the small line at the bottom which mentioned about the time the product is added or the auction is expiring when. These two lines are however visible during the product creation page when i click preview in the admin control panel.

I did try to copy the codes from preview_info.php of admin/includes/modules/product_auction/ , but all it show at the product page is this line below, align left instead of center:

TEXT_PRODUCT_DATE_ADDED
TEXT_PRODUCT_DATE_EXPIRES

I'm stuck and dunno how to go from here. I have not install this on my live site yet..

another thing, wanna check with you since you have it working on your site, from the admin control panel, I can't see any bidding history about the auction product, do I? I can't even see from admin who has bid for it, and from the customer listing, I also can't see that they have bid for something, is that the situation for you as well? As an admin, will you get any notification that who has win the bidding, example being cc in the outgoing email?

thanks for your patience reading this long reply..

sorry once again, i've another question.

After the customer has win the bid, I saw that when the customer log in, there will be a congratulations sentence and a button name Pay Now to bring the customer to check out. After i've paid for the item, item delivered, and order updated, transaction considered closed, I still see the pay now button on the screen. How to remove that?

And, there isn't a way to set bid increment limit, is it?

do we have to run zen_auction_update.sql in the download package?

As I saw this file is modified on year 2002, and zen_auctions.sql dated february 2006. Hence I decided to only install the zen_auctions.sql instead of installing both..

hi all

trying to get rid of the Pay Now button after the winning bidder has paid for the item. but still can't find any successful walkaround to it. I wanted to, if i can, to reduce the auctioned product quantity to 0 after the auction is over, in order to avoid successful check out process.. if there is no stock, they can't be possible to buy...

but to my surprise, the product quantity in the admin panel is set to 1 and there is no way I can modify it... why? It is listed as 1 even when I just create a new product and it is not a box that I can change the number to something else.
where can I change in order for it to be editable?

if i select it as out of stock, it is totally invisible from the catalog... don't really want it to be invisible, will like it to be there, so that people can still view.. or I just shift it into my blog and write it as a news entry... maybe that's the only way..

natalia

me again...

I found out the way to change the product quantity to 0, but it still doesn't stop appearance of the Pay Now button or display the sold out image. so I look into the code around the Pay Now button, and change to become the following... however, this does stop the Pay Now button from appearing, no matter whether the product quantity is 0 or 1...

any insights? how to amend this code in tpl_product_auction_info_display.php?

<?php 
if ($button_check->fields['products_quantity'] <= 0 and SHOW_PRODUCTS_SOLD_OUT_IMAGE == '1') {
		  
$the_button = zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_SOLD_OUT, BUTTON_SOLD_OUT_ALT);
		  
} else {
            
$the_button = '<input type="hidden" name="cart_quantity" value="1" />' . zen_draw_hidden_field('price', $auction_current_bid) . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', (int)$_GET['products_id']) . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_PAY_NOW, BUTTON_AUCTION_PAY_NOW_ALT);
          
echo $the_button;		  
}
?>

as long as this Pay Now button can hide/unhide according to the product quantity (i will be manually editing the quantity), at least better than the user keeps seeing the pay now button.. although in terms of logic, it should go away once the bidder pays for it immediately...

but never mind.. if i can get this to work, i am more than happy...

Hi all,

until today, still couldn't get the Pay Now button hide/unhide according to the product quantity level.

I have do this, change this original code around line 76 or tpl_product_auction_info_display.php

<td class="main"><?php
           $the_button = '<input type="hidden" name="cart_quantity" value="1" />' . zen_draw_hidden_field('price', $auction_current_bid) . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', (int)$_GET['products_id']) . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_PAY_NOW, BUTTON_AUCTION_PAY_NOW_ALT);
           echo $the_button;
?></td>

to

if ($check_products_all->fields['products_quantity'] = 0 || SHOW_PRODUCTS_SOLD_OUT_IMAGE == '1') {     
$the_button = zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_SOLD_OUT, BUTTON_SOLD_OUT_ALT);

echo $the_button;
          
} else {
$the_button = '<input type="hidden" name="cart_quantity" value="1" />' . zen_draw_hidden_field('price', $auction_current_bid) . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', (int)$_GET['products_id']) . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_AUCTION_PAY_NOW, BUTTON_AUCTION_PAY_NOW_ALT);
          
echo $the_button;          
}

the sold out button does appear, but it won't change to Pay Now button even if the product quantity is more than 0. Can anyone help me to spot why this if..else statement won't work?

really hope that someone can help... thanks a lot!

Other than the same problems I see, has anyone experienced this error?

Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

changing from php to sendmail solved the 1 problem.
Does anyone know how/why the bid has to be above $1.00 plus the start bid to be accepted?
I want to change it so we can have a lower start on the bidding, example
we have an item that bid is started at $.10 and a bid of $.20 will be accepted and not as it is with the bid needing to be at least $1.10, where do I change the base of $1.00???

Any news on this mod?
havent heard from stampsville, wondering if he was still working on it
Andy