A client had several dozen products, spread across multiple categories, that he wanted to discount. “Do I really have to create dozens of add_condition/set_constraint/set_discount statements to set up Big Chooser?”
The answer is no! You can use the power of PHP to programmatically configure your discounts. See the fourth example in my Advanced Discount Configuration guide.
Zen Cart 1.5.0, as part of PCI Compliance, emails the shopowner every time something changes in the admin. While this is a good safety feature, it’s not desirable on test carts. Here’s how to turn it off:
Edit the file includes/functions/functions_email.php
At the start of the function zen_mail() add the line
if ($module == ‘admin_settings_changed’) return;
This will bypass the sending of notifications on admin changes.
The following contributions of mine to the Zen Cart project have brand new updates for Zen Cart 1.5.0.
My other contributions work as is in Zen Cart 1.5.0 rc2.
The following commercial mods of mine have Zen Cart 1.5.0 updates:
The rest of my Zen Cart extensions (unless otherwise noted) will work on Zen Cart 1.5.0 without change.
For Zen Cart 1.x modules, my upgrade fee is only $10. If you have purchased the module from me before, pay only $10 for the latest version!
Did you know you can add a Buy Now button to the Checkout Candy upsell prompts for Zen Cart Better Together? It’s an extra feature of Checkout Candy called Checkout Candy plus Buy Now.
As ridiculously overengineered powerful as my software may seem, some shopowners can’t help but take it up a notch by using complex PHP within the setup() functions I provide. Here are some examples of complex Zen Cart discount configurations you can do by adding more logic to the setup() functions of Zen Cart Better Together, Combination Discounts and Table Discounts.
This is a common problem I see in failed mod installs: incorrectly renaming files you wish to keep as backups. Zen Cart automatically loads all files ending with the extension “.php” in certain directories (such as includes/functions/extra_functions and includes/modules/order_totals), so you must name your backup files in a way such that they do not end with the extension “.php”.
For example: suppose you want to save a backup copy of the file ot_coupon.php
Good names:
ot_coupon.php.5Oct10
ot_coupon.php.orig
ot_coupon.php.old
Bad Names
5Oct10.ot_coupon.php
orig-ot_coupon.php
old.ot_coupon.php
I have released new Zen Cart or osCommerce software every single month for the last 5 years. Month 61; not slowing down. Thank you for using my work!
Zen Cart Find Duplicate Models allows you to quickly identify which items in your catalog are using the same model number – an important feature if you are using a plugin like QBI, which requires unique model numbers for every item in your catalog.
Table Discounts for osCommerce is ready! All you osCommerce users who want to do Quantity Discounting on a per Category, Product or Manufacturer basis, with different schedules for each, take a look! Oh, and yes, of course Discount Preview for osCommerce works with Table Discounts, for osCommerce 2.2 and 2.3.1. (If you’re a Zen Cart user, please look at the original Table Discounts for Zen Cart.)
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