Auction Lister Pro (ALP) Support

Sounds great, will there be compatibility for those using the 'other cart' or are we looking at going Zen again?

My main focus is on Zen.

ALP was written against MS2.2. It works with RC1 by default, for the most part.

I don't forsee a version of ALP for "other cart v3" if that is what you are looking to find out.

The other MS2.2 actually. Am an Auctionbloxer right now and have been for a couple years now so am watching this with great interest.

We left Zen for the 'other' due to Auctionblox and going thru that painful process again sounds painful at best.

I'll keep watching in excitement and will install as soon as the next version is out, we run a decent volume eBay and online store..

You may want to hang out with ABX until I get the checkout process working on Zen Cart.

I don't know how long that will be however as I am working on other things to keep the lights on and the eviction notice off the door.

I just have one question about this mod. I don't really care able being able to list on ebay, what catches my eyes are the fact that you can have your ebay user checkout on your site.

I have an ebay store, and a zen store, but for some reason I don't seem to be able to get the ebay users to switch over to just go to my zen store directly, so I'm hoping that this mod can help...

so my question is, will this mod be able to do what I want? if so can anyone explain to me how, with just a few brif words so I get the concept? Thanks :clap:

Hello to all,

I just want to say few things about ALP and some of you that aren’t thankful for this free work.

Discovered the AuctionListerPro two days ago when I was shocked to see that this is actually FREE. Few months back I inquired a quote from some New Delhi eBay API developers who told me that eBay Listing Manager directly from my own website is possible; the cost was $9800.00 for start.

So please next time when you bash other folks work and especially those who are doing this FREE, do your re-search and see how much this actually cost. NOT HAPPY, BUGS, ETC, go use auctiva or other online based eBay Listing Managers, or simply pay a man that small fee and he’ll install it for you.

Nothing is for free! Do you sell your eBay items at $0.00 I don’t think so.

All the best David and good luck your hard work is highly appreciated.

Micho :thumbsup:

David, I just wanted so say we as Zeners appreciate the work you have been doing and I have donated to the cause and will further donate to keep it going. I think everyone should donate "Even if it's small" to further this mod so we all could benifit from this outstanding work! Keep up the good work :bigups:

Thanks,
Chad

HI David,

I read all the 13 pages to know something more about the development of ALP. What i did not understood, actually, is if this mod is ready for production. is it functional?

thanx in advance.

Watching this with interest... If this can get off the ground and work consistantly, I can assure your donations will roll in!

Being able to maintain both your shopping cart and ebay with more or less one interface? Priceless!

Hi,

I installed ALP just fine but when I got to the end of the installation and clicked on Administration Tool button I get the following:

1146 - Table 'xxx_xxx.configuration' doesn't exist

select configuration_key as cfgKey, configuration_value as cfgValue from configuration

[TEP STOP]

What do I need to do?

Thanks,

Jason

brimsjewelry:

Hi,

I installed ALP just fine but when I got to the end of the installation and clicked on Administration Tool button I get the following:

1146 - Table 'xxx_xxx.configuration' doesn't exist

select configuration_key as cfgKey, configuration_value as cfgValue from configuration

[TEP STOP]

What do I need to do?

Thanks,

Jason

Jason,

I had the same problem. I have (and you probably have too) prefixes on your database tables. Table 'xxx_xxx.configuration doesn't exist because it is actually 'xxx_xxx.ZENCART_configuration'. Your prefix being 'ZENCART_' in this example.

To Fix this go to alp/includes/database_tables.php and change this...

// define the database table names used in the project
define('DB_PREFIX', '');
to this...

// define the database table names used in the project
define('DB_PREFIX', 'YOUR PREFIX');

Apparently everything went well on the installation, but when I try to access the program tells me: Unable to connect to database server!:shocking:
I have rechecked the password and the username, database name etc... but it did'nt work, help please.

Looking forward to use this contribution!

Are you attempting to connect to your database using "localhost" or "mysql.something.com"?

If you specify anything but localhost here I know it will try to make a connection on your network card IP address instead of your local loopback (127.0.0.1). If this is the case you would need to set your mysql server to accept external connections.

I would check with the web host to see how things are setup there as there may need to be something special done. In most cases though you should use localhost if ALP is on the same server with your shopping cart database.

Hey David,
We're just trying a new install, but as we get to step three we get the following error:

New Installation
Database Import
The following error has occurred:
SQL file does not exist: /install/SQL_Data/AuctionListerPro.SQL

We got the program finally installed by by-passing the dbase install and doing it all manually, but now when we go to the admin. page, it's just blank. Can someone please help.

Your page is blank because your display errors setting is turned off. What you are not seeing are the SQL errors in the background telling you that there are no tables for ALP.

You will need to navigate to your installation folder and install that SQL file to your cart database. Nothing will work without it.

Ok, so I decided to restore the backup and start all over again and now I'm gettnig the following error.

A test connection made to the database was NOT successful.
The error message returned is:
Table 'njoy.ebay_config' doesn't exist
Please click on the Back button below to review your database server settings.
If you require help with your database server settings, please consult your hosting company.

I looked at the database and I see the tables there with our prefix there.

Can you let me know how we can get arround this?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Look back a couple of pages for the DB_PREFIX posting. The answer is there. Shouldn't be more than a page or two back.

Well looks like I was able to get the configartion set properly

The configuration was successful!
You can now go directly to Auction Lister Pro by clicking on the Administration Tool button.
**NOTE:**If you are on a shared host you will need to install your eBay categories by clicking the button below. If you are on a dedicated server you can retrieve the latest categories directly from eBay from inside Auction Lister Pro.
Make sure you remove the install folder from your installation when you are finished installing this software!

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So now I'm back to getting a blank page at the Alp main page. How do I turn the PHP Error display on?

/alp/includes/application_top.php

The first two lines of the script turn on error reporting. Just remove the slashes and save the file and you will find out why it isn't working.