Adding Text To Price Field

[PFZ_Ken]

I need to be able to add "Or Best Offer" to a price field.

What edits are required to do this?

Ken

[Eric Barnes]

Do you need this global for all listings or just certain ones?

[PFZ_Ken]

At this point I think I can safely say, all listings/global. Since we are the only ones putting up ads, no outside users I think it would be ok to make it cover any listing.

Hope that wing is getting better.

Ken

[Maffo]

This is a very simple thing to do, its just a bit of a pain as you will need to go through each of the template files that contains prices.

For example, in showlistings.tpl

PHP Code:

{if $viewprice=="Y"}
            <tr> 
                <td><strong>{$smarty.const.LANG_PRICE}:</strong></td>
                <td>{$listingprice}</td>
            </tr>
            {/if} 


After {$listingprice} simply type in 'Or Best Offer'

Off the top of my head you will need to edit

showlistings1 & 2
viewlisting1 & 2

If you are running the developer edition you may struggle to do this to the featured listings on the homepage

[PFZ_Ken]

Thanks for the suggestions Maffo, but I'm thinking that I don't want to be bound to add any text be it "Or Best Offer" or "Call for a quote" to any price field automatically. There may be a situation where we do want to enter a firm price. If I'm understanding what you're suggesting the text would be added no matter what is enter into the price field.

Not being a coder I thought there must be a mechanism that allows only numeric characters or excludes alpha characters, otherwise it seems you could put in any character on the keyboard. But again, I'm learning how all this stuff works.

As things go along if we need to upgrade to the developer version we will, that's not a problem.

Ken

[Maffo]

A: I would suggest the developer edition anyways.

B: You could cheat and have a 'special-price'. Eg you enter the price as 1234.56

Then within your code in the places i have told you can have a piece of code such as

PHP Code:

<td>{if $listingprice=='1234.56'}Or Nearest Offer
{else}
{$listingprice}
{/if}</td> 


You could have a couple of different codes such as 6543.21

PHP Code:

<td>{if $listingprice=='1234.56'}Or Nearest Offer
{elseif $listingprice=='65.4321'}Call For Quote
{else}
{$listingprice}
{/if}</td> 


Its not the best way to do things but it may fix your needs

[PFZ_Ken]

Looks like a great solution for what I want. There are really only two message I'd want to have in addition to, or instead of a numerical price.

Thanks Maffo.

Ken

[Chaslie]

Another option is to use the 'Price Descriptor' module. This allows you to add anything before the price, after the price or both.

eg:
Reduced to $xxx this week only
Special Offer $xxx (only 6 available)
SOLD $xxx
etc, etc

For 68 Classified versions v3.1.3 and above.

Overview: This module provides 2 extra fields to add text before and/or after the price field. This input appears in checkout, view listing, modify listing, admin/add listing, admin/modify listing, in the search results and in new listings, top listings and favorite listings, most viewed listings, and featured listings. Rather than a listing just having its price displayed (eg: $250), the mod allows you to have the option to add a word(s) to display in front of the price field (Pre Price) and/or following the price field (Post Price). The Price 'Pre' and 'Post' fields are option (not mandatory)

It's available from here (http://www.mods.auscity.com) - but just relised there is a problem with the site - give us a few hours to sort out.

[Maffo]

Sorry Chaslie, didnt even think there.