2013 July to December
Zen Cart 1.5.2 is coming!
Posted December, 2013
In case you didn't see the announcement,
Zen Cart 1.5.2 is
coming soon!
With every new update, some (but not all) of my mods are updated, because
of changes either in core files or in template files. Here's a
preliminary list of mods which are expected to be re-released due to
1.5.2 changes:
Zen Cart Big Chooser and osCommerce Big Chooser new feature
Posted December, 2013
Zen Cart Big Chooser
and
osCommerce Big Chooser
have both been updated to include the condition_price_gte
feature.
This feature allows you to specify that a discount only trigger when
condition prices are greater than the prices of the items to be
discounted. (This can be an issue when the condition and
discounted items are selected from different groups of items.)
For example, if your discount is "Buy 2 category 12 items, get 1
manufacturer 17 item free," you can use condition_price_gte to
indicate that the price of the least expensive category 12 item
must be greater than or equal to the price of the manufacturer 17
item. (In general, this is what people want, unless they are doing
a closeout of manufacturer 17.)
Mod Updates
Posted December, 2013
The following mods have had minor updates:
Zen Cart Edit Orders 4.1 and my Discount Mods
Posted November, 2013
People ask why Better Together and friends don't work with
Edit Orders 4.x for Zen Cart 1.5.x, since this mod
does work
with coupons. The reason is simple: Edit Orders (as of version 4.1.2)
does not present a filled out $_SESSION->cart object.
(Unlike my mods, coupon calculations generally don't
require access to the shopping cart; they just work off the subtotal.)
I have
asked the Edit Orders maintainers to fix this issue
at their earliest convenience.
Numinix Fast and Easy Checkout and Gift Wrapping
Posted November, 2013
A client asked me to install my
Gift Wrapping module on his site, which already had
Fast and Easy Checkout.
In doing so, I found and fixed some bugs in
FEC integration of Zen Cart Gift Wrapping from Numinix.
New Site Design
Posted November, 2013
Goodbye, old friend.
My old site served me well, but it was created before the iPhone
was a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye.
So I used Bootstrap 3 to create the responsive, mobile friendly site
which you see now!
Discount Date Ranges for Zen Cart Better Together Admin and Combination Discounts Admin
Posted November, 2013
Zen Cart Better Together Admin Panel
and
Zen Cart Combination Discounts Admin Panel
now both allow you to set start and/or end dates for offers.
The date feature is only available with the admin panel -
if you're still configuring using the setup() function, you miss out.
Marketing Text for Table Discounts
Posted October, 2013
Zen Cart Table Discounts
now has marketing text that is built into sentences instead of
just tables of figures. You can see it in the
description of alternate marketing text for Zen Cart Table Discounts.
osCommerce 2.3.3.3 Discounting Mods Updates
Posted September, 2013
osCommerce 2.3.3.3 has been released, with changes to the MySQL layer.
If you are getting messages like:
PHP Warning: mysql_num_rows() expects parameter 1 to be resource, object given in ...
or
Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource
then simply change the call
mysql_num_rows
to
tep_db_num_rows
in the
following places:
So the old code looked like this:
$this->_check = mysql_num_rows($check_query);
the new code will look like this:
$this->_check = tep_db_num_rows($check_query);
Table Discounts Universal Match
Posted September, 2013
Zen Cart Table Discounts
now has a universal match (CAT, '*') which can be used to provide a
default discount.
Big Upsell now displays Free Gift Chooser offers
Posted September, 2013
The marketing text for
Zen Cart Free Gift Chooser Mega Module
can be shown on the Product Info page of your Zen Cart; it
may also be shown on the Shopping Cart (and Checkout Shipping) page by
Big Upsell.
Save for Later Report
Posted September, 2013
Do you love
Save for Later? Of course you do!
It's awesome!
But wouldn't it be even better if you could see which items are most
frequently saved, and see who's saving what?
Well now you can! Take a look at
Save for Later Report.
Running CKEditor with Firefox 23
Posted September, 2013
If you use CKEditor to
edit your Zen Cart HTML, and browse using Firefox 23 (or higher),
you'll need to make the change described in
this post. (Note: This bug is fixed in CKEditor 3.7g but exists in prior versions.)
Ten Years!
Posted August, 2013
That Software Guy, Inc. was founded 10 years ago.
I am honored that so many of you have trusted me to help
you build your businesses. Thank you.
Now let's get to work to make the next ten years even more exciting, profitable and fun!
More Videos
Posted August, 2013
There are now videos for Better Together Admin, Combination Discounts Admin
and Free Gift Chooser (for Zen Cart). These can all be seen on
That Software Guy's Video Channel.
BOGO Bonanza!
Posted August, 2013
People ask me all the time how to get started with BOGO in Zen Cart.
I have options for you. Take a look at my
List of Zen Cart BOGO Options,
and choose the right option for your shop.
Zen Cart Big Chooser Update
Posted August, 2013
Zen Cart Big Chooser
has been updated to handle
creating a discount for a product from a specific category
where the condition is the purchase of other products from that
category (excluding the discounted product).
It's exciting to watch how the ever-more-complex discounting requirements of my users
are pushing the boundaries of my software!
New discount selection features for Big Chooser, Big Spender
Posted July, 2013
Zen Cart Big Spender and
Zen Cart Big Chooser
have been updated with a new command called "one_discount_only."
This allows you to stop after the first discount, which is useful for
shops with several tiers of discounting (it's less work that specifying
deal ids and using no_double_dip).
It's new in Big Chooser 1.2.18 and Big Spender 1.2.15.
Video: osCommerce Better Together Admin
Posted July, 2013
If you'd like to see it in action, you can watch a
YouTube video of creating a discount
using osCommerce Better Together Admin.
New discount selection features for ZenCart Big Chooser, Big Spender
Posted July, 2013
Zen Cart Big Spender and
Zen Cart Big Chooser
have been updated with a new command called "one_discount_only."
This allows you to stop after the first discount, which is useful for
shops with several tiers of discounting (it's less work that specifying
deal ids and using no_double_dip).
It's new in Big Chooser 1.2.18 and Big Spender 1.2.15.