Just a couple of Qs about certain smarty code?

[T0m1 +]

Hi David,

Yer I see your meaning , I just dont fancy having half a million threads dotted about lol.

With regards to my query, on the step 3 page (step3.tpl) you have the main area for title, description etc, and under this you have the extra options for Highlights, Bold and featured ads.

Basically, what im trying to do is
If featured ad = enabled AND price = 0 then select Yes as default but hide the label and drop down box from the user.

PS. I will more than likely be looking at asking some Q's about a module of yours (the one which can display sold if price = 0) but as you suggested this is for another thread.

many thanks for your response though.

[Lhotch +]

whats your goal? Are you trying to make all ads that are placed bold/featured etc??

[T0m1 +]

Hi Larry,

No not every listing should be bold/featured . I have been thinking about a number of ways in which to do this and realistically the best way for me would have been via membership. This was removed however as a feature as I have seen you mention to others many times before.

Basically only on the top most package would featured, bold and highlight be free and is already automatically selected.
Because I very much doubt anyone would think nah ill leave the featured bit, I thought why not hide it, because no-one really would turn those off.

Now I know a membership module of sorts exists, but from what ive read in David's write up at the end of the term (lets say 1 year) that member is not re-allocated to another group but instead no longer receives a discount.
I could make it work, but then I couldnt. Ideally id have a group and have only 1 package assigned to that group. Obviously this voids anyone having to choose one , then ideally id like to sell yearly subscriptions and move them to an appropriate group, its just the automation of it all But again this is another thread I reckon

Manyt hanks for getting back in touch btw.

[seymourjames +]

OK so in a nutshell you are saying this. I have several packages. Lets say bronze means they have to pay for featured, bold, highlight. The same for silver but if they choose gold the adverts is automatically made featured, bold and highlight?

This should be possible to code in the checkout module with a bit of logic being deployed. It would seem possible to do at the template level without core code changes - hmmm?

The second part of your post seems complicated and I am unsure you have thought it through. So many ramifications with special cases etc etc. KEEP things simple is the best motto. People don't have time to read lots of terms and conditions nor do you want to create barriers to advertisers. If I want to post an advert, after the obvious questions about likelihood of making a sale, I want it to be fast and simple to understand.

What is your market by the way?

[T0m1 +]

Hi David (I do hope I got your name correct?),

The first part is pretty much bang on. Im not looking for a long over complicated module, I was hoping that the {if not $cFeaturedPrice=="0"} would work but clearly it didnt

The second part, I can see how it comes across as complicated and I do hope to keep it simple. Ill reword it in a moment I reckon.

My target market for me would be our current users on facebook as well as all people living locally within our region and just across the borders. Its basically anything thats unwanted, uneeded, wanted, for sale, giving to others or swapping?

many thanks,

[seymourjames +]

Yes but no matter.

Use the smarty debug tool and see if the package ID is available to you in step3.tpl and if it is then you can put logic around the extras to say if it is not this package show the extras normally , else don't show them but set those extras.

[T0m1 +]

Hi again,

How would I construct the logic? I am relatively new to php let alone smarty so im still learning about the idea of it all lol.

but looking briefly at the debug tool the $productid is there

So I would have thought id start with

{if $allowFeatured=="Y"}
{if $productid =<"2"}
<p>
<label for="featured">{$smarty.const.LANG_ADD_FEATURED}{$smarty.const.LANG_COLON}</label>
<select name="featured" id="featured">
<option value="N">{$smarty.const.LANG_NO_THANKS}</option>
<option value="Y"{if $cFeaturedPrice=="0"} SELECTED{/if}>{$smarty.const.LANG_YES} (+{$cFeaturedPrice|format_money})</option>
</select>
</p>
{elseif $productid =>"3"}
.....ok i gave it a shot...
{/if}
{/if}

To be honest I think im a mile off with my idea above...

(PS on the latest developer download there is a slight bug in the modify ad page. the character limit doesnt show when modifying a current ad).

Many thanks,

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

If it were me, I would do the reverse. Something like this:

{if $productid=="3"}
	<input type="hidden" name="featured" id="featured" value="Y">
{else}
	<p>
	<label for="featured">{$smarty.const.LANG_ADD_FEATURED}{$smarty.const.LANG_COLON}</label>
		<select name="featured" id="featured">
			<option value="N">{$smarty.const.LANG_NO_THANKS}</option>
			<option value="Y"{if $cFeaturedPrice=="0"} SELECTED{/if}>{$smarty.const.LANG_YES} (+{$cFeaturedPrice|format_money})</option>
		</select>
	</p>
{/if}

[T0m1 +]

hi Mike,

But still keeping it inside of the original {if $allowFeatured=="y"} tag im guessing?

Many thanks,

Tom.

[T0m1 +]

Actually Mike,

How about this, this is basically doing what you suggested, but cutting out the extra if condition

{if $productid=="3"}
	<input type="hidden" name="featured" id="featured" value="Y">
{elseif $allowFeatured=="Y"}
	<p>
	<label for="featured">{$smarty.const.LANG_ADD_FEATURED}{$smarty.const.LANG_COLON}</label>
		<select name="featured" id="featured">
			<option value="N">{$smarty.const.LANG_NO_THANKS}</option>
			<option value="Y"{if $cFeaturedPrice=="0"} SELECTED{/if}>{$smarty.const.LANG_YES} (+{$cFeaturedPrice|format_money})</option>
		</select>
	</p>
{/if}

Would that work do you reckon?

Many thanks