Dynamic Price Updater

Oops forgot to mention... elaforet can you post a link to your shop? I'll have a look for you

Cheers

Dan

If someone can help solve the sales price issue with this module please let me know.. I will be happy to pay a little money for the assistance. It is a small budget, but I will see what I can do!

Hi mattfrand

I'm working on the sales part of the Updater as many people have asked... It could take me a little while but I'll try to keep this thread updated as to how it's going

Also may need some testers if anyone is interested

Cheers

Dan

You don't need an "updater".

Check this out: http://www.triplefishlines.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_71&products_id=231

I found a programmer that solved the problem in about 10 minutes.

Thanks,

Shep

Hi Shep

Maybe I'm missing something but I visited the link you posted and the dropdowns don't seem to update the visible price at all

What can't I see?

Dan

It doesn't update the price in the copy because IMHO it isn't necessary. Noone is going to go all the way to the bottom of a product page, select an option and look back up at the top to see if the price changed. All they have to do is look at the options/attributes and it is quite obvious what the total price is. They click and are on to more shopping or checkout. IMHO you are trying to make it too hard for the average person to use a site.

Shep

Hi Shep

Noone is going to go all the way to the bottom of a product page, select an option and look back up at the top to see if the price changed

That's why the updater display can be duplicated at the bottom of the product page and there is a sidebox that can be positioned anywhere in the side columns

All they have to do is look at the options/attributes and it is quite obvious what the total price is. They click and are on to more shopping or checkout

The Updater is there to alleviate this need... Imagine a product with 12 attributes (I've seen this on a PC configurator) and the customer having to find a calculator (I know, Windows has one... Do general computer users?) then having to go through each attribute to add up the total... That also adds an error situation, e.g. catching the wrong key on the calculator

Also if I were to add up the price myself I would have to scroll all the way up the page to find the original price then back down to read the attributes

IMHO you are trying to make it too hard for the average person to use a site

Nope, you've lost me there

I found a programmer that solved the problem in about 10 minutes

That's from your first post... If you're not using the Updater what problem was fixed?

You don't need an "updater"

While it isn't my place to disagree, the download statistics and posts in this thread wouldn't appear to support that

I've never tried to foist the Updater onto anyone or advertised it as a 'must have'; I was asked to write it twice then decided to release it to see if it could benefit anyone else... The response surprised me (and still does)

I realise you are only expressing your opinions but in this case wouldn't it be easier to just not use it?

Dan

DISCLAIMER No offence was intended in this post

Shepherd348. Do you work for a council or a politician? Sounds to me like you don't like something you can't understand. IMHO of course ;)

Sorry to offend you. Sometimes I get a little too enthusiastic.

It just seemed to me that someone might not have considered that option.

I spent seven years working for a major online retailer that was totally focused on the customer's experience, so I guess I look at things differently. Everyone has to choke their own chicken. Again, no offense meant.

Shep

@shepherd - the main use is when there are a multitude of attributes - this type of thing.. http://www.crowndisplay.co.uk/standard-gondola-bay-665mm-wide-p-188.html

The module isn't on there yet - I did try in an earlier incarnation (of the module, not myself! :smile:) but had problems so am awaiting the revised version)

Hi Shep

No offence taken :smile:... I was just a little confused by what you said

You're right: everyone has their own way of doing things and for a lot of applications the Updater is unnecessary or overkill but for those products that have lots of attributes, as Ryk pointed out, it can be quite handy

Of course, if you have any thoughts on what could make it better or more useable please feel free to throw them into the mix :smile:

Ryk: The revised version is under way... I've been working on a different module at work so I've been getting back into the swing of Zen after being away from it for a while... I feel a renewed vigour :smile:

Dan

Hello everyone.
Great job with the price updater, keep it up Chrome.
I've got one question.
I'm about to start work over a shop with roller blinds. Your module seems to fit perfectly my needs but...
the price of one of the elements that composes the overall final price is calculated on the basis of providing accurate measurements (of the fabrics).. and the problem is that there are some kind of measurement brackets that are connected to given prices i.e. the fabrics that has for example 60 to 90 centimeters of width has one price, than from 91 to 140 centimeters there is another price.
The same with height.
Can your module handle such complications... or is it difficult for you to maybe include such options into the module?
Hopefully an clear enough, english in not my native language.
Regards :smile:
Marcin

Hi Marcin

Thanks

Unfortunately what you're asking for would have to be a custom addition to the Updater (providing of course I've understood the issue correctly :smile:)

I know there are text-based attributes (or at least I think so... I may have seen it in a dream) but, as yet, I've done nothing with them

If you like you can send me a link via PM and I'll take a look to make sure I have understood correctly and maybe make a suggestion or two

Cheers

Dan

Thanks for your great add-on

Is there a way for the Dynamic price updater to include the quantity discounts? I can't seem to be able to do this.

Thanks.

Hi Jason

The discounts are still being worked on when I can find time

I'll update the thread as soon as I have some news

Sorry this is taking so long

Dan

Hi Dan Thanks for the response.

For now I'm going to try and add the discount amount to the end of the price with the javascript below.

function makeChange() {
var addDiscountHere = document.getElementById("addDiscountHere"); //get place to add discount amount

var quantity02 = quantity;
if (quantity02 > 9) {
	var discountAdded = "-10%";
} else {
	var discountAdded = "no quantity discount";
}
addDiscountHere.firstChild.nodeValue = discountAdded;

}

I've used your quantity variable which works fine. I'm not sure how you get the change to update as well as it does after quantity amount is altered. Is there any chance that you could tell me so I could use that on my baby function.

Thanks Jason

I'm now updating it with setTimeout function to get it to update.

setTimeout("makeChange()", 500);
function makeChange() {
var addDiscountHere = document.getElementById("addDiscountHere"); //get place to add discount amount

var quantity02 = quantity;
if (quantity02 > 9) {
var discountAdded = "-10%";
} else {
var discountAdded = "no quantity discount";
}
addDiscountHere.firstChild.nodeValue = discountAdded;
setTimeout("makeChange()", 500);

}

When I remove the code in attributes.php to take off the prices after attributes, the dynamic price updater stops working. Is there a way around this. I'm currently trying to get tags to wrap the prices and then change the colour to white so the text is not visible.

Hi

Any chance you can provide a link to non-working code? I might be able to figure out what's going wrong

Dan

JasonRocket:

When I remove the code in attributes.php to take off the prices after attributes, the dynamic price updater stops working. Is there a way around this. I'm currently trying to get tags to wrap the prices and then change the colour to white so the text is not visible.

Not sure what you're trying to do exactly, but it might be an idea to put div tags around the price and then set the CSS to display:none to stop the price from displaying but still allow the calculations to work correctly...?