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Variants on the Productlist

I think some people will appreciate this, cost me around $260 but I thought I'd share it. :mrgreen:

Don't use the Patch file, follow the install instructions and review the report .html file. :wink:

Re: Variants on the Productlist

Anyone got it working yet?

Re: Variants on the Productlist

Does it do what I think? Does it show the variants and allows to add to cart FROM the CATEGORY PAGE? If this is the case, i will give u a kiss! ;)

Re: Variants on the Productlist

Wow!! I installed and its awesome!

Notes: In order for this to work, you must have these options in admin:

- Display products list in multiple columns (1-3) 0
- Enable "Buy Now" button in the products list: Checked

Observations:
It makes your category pages load way slower (obvious!).

Wishlist:
1. I would love to have drop down menus with variants, instead of radio buttons, since they make the customer scroll a lot if you have many of them.
2. I would like to assign a special category, like "Buy fast" and list all products there, and use this mod only in that category.
3. It would be great that it would work if you have 3 or 2 columns format in your categories pages.

THANKS FOR SHARING! I owe u a kiss, lol.

Re: Variants on the Productlist

About loading slower, for some reason it was working fast with me then it slowed down. I think it might have to do with the template cache maybe. There is room for optimization but I havn't gotten to that stage so far.

Also the original design had a dropdown list but I had them change it to radio buttons. It code be reverted back with a few template changes.

Re: Variants on the Productlist

Has anyone got an example of this working I could see?

Also anyone got any further getting it to work on a 2 column product layout (that would be fantastic)

Re: Variants on the Productlist

Question. The patch.diff shows this:

Quote:

Index: modules/Product_Options/customer_options.php
================================================== =================
diff -u modules/Product_Options/customer_options.php
--- modules/Product_Options/customer_options.php
+++ modules/Product_Options/customer_options.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ if (!empty($product_options) && !empty($

}

+if (!$dont_assign) {
if (!empty($product_options))
$smarty->assign("product_options",$product_options);

My customer_options.php file looks like this:

Quote:

if (!empty($product_options) && !empty($options) && is_array($options)) {

# Defined preselected options
foreach ($product_options as $k => $v) {
if (preg_match("/^\d+$/S", $options[$v['classid']])) {
if ($v['is_modifier'] == 'T') {
$product_options[$k]['default'] = $options[$v['classid']];
} else {
$product_options[$k]['options'][$options[$v['classid']]]['selected'] = 'Y';
}
} else {
$product_options[$k]['default'] = $options[$v['classid']];
}
}

}

Would I put the code after this line?:

Quote:

if (!empty($product_options) && !empty($options) && is_array($options)) {

Re: Variants on the Productlist

@2coolbaby: is that your entire file?

@Jonjolt1: the speed is likely due to the queries involved. X-Cart has to run at *least* 1 additional query per product for the product options, but likely more than 1 additional. So I'd bet you're essentially doubling/tripling your queries on your category page.