X-Cart forums

[anandat]

Any one please share the complete working code for version 4.1.7 ?

I was using it with version 4.0.12 but as now I have upgraed to latest version the original code doesn't work.

[JWait]

Originally Posted by anandat

Any one please share the complete working code for version 4.1.7 ?

That would be nice but I don't think there is a working code for the 4.1.x version. It is the major reason we have not upgraded.

[august]

Maybe Phil from http://www.xcartmods.co.uk/ can help...

[lapidarist]

Originally Posted by JWait

That would be nice but I don't think there is a working code for the 4.1.x version. It is the major reason we have not upgraded.

I rewrote the newproducts module for 4.1.x

I am attaching a zip file for the code I use. It may have some bugs.. so we can work them out together

- james -

[chamberinternet]

Hello ...

Works great in 4.1.8

Just a few things to mention for the installation:

1) Comment out line 15 in newproducts.php if you're not using WebsiteCM's CDSEO Mod.

include $xcart_dir."/modules/cdseolinks/cdseo_cat.php";

2) The language.sql has a slight error with the last INSERT (nothing major)
Replace line with this:

INSERT INTO xcart_languages (code, name,value,topic) VALUES ('US','txt_no_newproducts','No new products have been listed within timeframe you specified','Text');

3) The default view is set to 7 days, this can be changed on line 42 of newproducts.php

if (!$days || $days == 0) {$days = 7;}

Regards

Shafiq :sK

[yages]

How do I get this to show in Categories. I add this to the categories.tpl
I am using this code
Only the word New Products show with no link

{capture name=menu}
{if $active_modules.Fancy_Categories ne ""}
{include file="`$fancycategories_config.modules_path`/fancy_categories.tpl"}
{else}
{if $main eq "newproducts"}New Products<HR size="1" noshade class="CateMenuHr">
{else}
New Products<HR size="1" noshade class="CateMenuHr">
{/if}
{if $config.General.root_categories eq "Y"}
{section name=cat_num loop=$categories}

[LisaB]

Hi! Had a problem with this mod for version 4.1.x as listed above by lapidarist. I used the zip file and made the modifications recommended by chamberinternet.

When you arrive at the link, the following error occurs when a time frame is chosen with no new products,

Warning: array_slice() [function.array-slice]: The first argument should be an array in /home/wwwjust/public_html/shop/newproducts.php on line 153

Line 153 reads: $newproducts = array_slice($temp_products, $lowerLimit, ($upperLimit - $lowerLimit));

[JWait]

Originally Posted by yages

How do I get this to show in Categories. I add this to the categories.tpl
I am using this code
Only the word New Products show with no link

{capture name=menu}
{if $active_modules.Fancy_Categories ne ""}
{include file="`$fancycategories_config.modules_path`/fancy_categories.tpl"}
{else}
{if $main eq "newproducts"}New Products<HR size="1" noshade class="CateMenuHr">
{else}
New Products<HR size="1" noshade class="CateMenuHr">
{/if}
{if $config.General.root_categories eq "Y"}
{section name=cat_num loop=$categories}

It could be because you have not specified a link to newproducts.php. Since it is "newproducts" is not a category it will not be there on its own, you need to add a link to it.
Try....

{if $main eq "newproducts"}<a href="newproducts.php">New Products<HR size="1" noshade class="CateMenuHr"></a>
{else}
<a href="newproducts.php">New Products<HR size="1" noshade class="CateMenuHr"></a>
{/if}

[JWait]

Originally Posted by LisaB

When you arrive at the link, the following error occurs when a time frame is chosen with no new products,

Warning: array_slice() [function.array-slice]: The first argument should be an array in /home/wwwjust/public_html/shop/newproducts.php on line 153

Line 153 reads: $newproducts = array_slice($temp_products, $lowerLimit, ($upperLimit - $lowerLimit));

Yes, this seems to be a problem when there is no new products in the specified time period. The rest seems to be working ok. From the error message, it appears that there should be an array and none is created if the array is empty (no new products). I tried changing the area around line 147 so it says...

# if we have items to show.. go get them.. if not it will default to empty string "".
if ($total_items > 0) {
# get the product list that is limited to the page we need to display.
print_debug("temp_products count: " . count($temp_products) . "<br />");
print_debug("lowerLimit: $lowerLimit upperLimit: $upperLimit <br>");
}
if ($temp_products > 0) {
$newproducts = array_slice($temp_products, $lowerLimit, ($upperLimit - $lowerLimit));
print_debug("newproducts count: " . count($newproducts) . "<br />");
}

I added a check that $temp_products > 0.
and it seems to work. Try it and see what you get.

[lapidarist]

Originally Posted by LisaB

Hi! Had a problem with this mod for version 4.1.x as listed above by lapidarist. I used the zip file and made the modifications recommended by chamberinternet.

When you arrive at the link, the following error occurs when a time frame is chosen with no new products,

Warning: array_slice() [function.array-slice]: The first argument should be an array in /home/wwwjust/public_html/shop/newproducts.php on line 153

Line 153 reads: $newproducts = array_slice($temp_products, $lowerLimit, ($upperLimit - $lowerLimit));

I modified the code to:

1. Conditionally load WebsiteCM CDSEO if it exists (thanks chamberinternet) .
2. Updated the bad SQL statement in the language file (thanks chamberinternet).
3. Added a $default_days variable to set default instead of 7 days (thanks chamberinternet)
4. Fixed the bug to check if an array is returned from the search.. if not it will create
an empty array (thanks LisaB)
5. Updated the install file
6. Changed code to not show new products that are not available (sold). This was
confusing my customers.


Hopefully this will fix some problems.