2012 January to June
Zen Cart and osCommerce - Package Discounts using Big Chooser
(06/2012)
Zen Cart Big Chooser
and
osCommerce Big Chooser
both now offer the ability to discount a group of items on a percentage
basis, so you can create a "package discount," such as
"Buy items A, B and C, save 25% on the group."
Zen Cart - MailChimp Integration Updated
(05/2012)
Those crazy chimps are hard workers! Their API has been updated
to version 1.3, so my
Zen Cart
MailChimp Integration and
Zen
Cart Newsletter Discount modules have been updated.
Please use the new versions of the contributions for any future
installations you are doing.
Zen Cart - Free and Discounted Shipping now in Big Chooser
(05/2012)
Last year I added this feature to Big Spender -
free or discounted shipping after orders reached certain
dollar thresholds. Now it's in
Zen Cart Big Chooser.
So shopowners have
a mechanism to offer free or discounted shipping on
orders which contain certain
products, categories or manufacturers.
Fixes to Save for Later for products with attributes
(04/2012)
Ajeh noticed that
some attribute combinations were
not well handled by
Save for Later, so I submitted
fixes to resolve this problem. Please update to Save for Later 1.3 if
you are using Save for Later in your cart.
Fixes to Sales Report for my Zen Cart Discounting mods
(04/2012)
All my discounting mods and the
Zen Cart
Sales Report mod
have an interoperability issue described in
this blog post.
Updates to Checkout Candy for Better Together
(04/2012)
The
Buy Now button on Checkout Candy
now works on Cross Sells.
And Cross Sells are now checked against the cart to ensure that no
already purchased items are displayed.
Updates for Zen Cart 1.5.0
(03/2012)
The following extensions to Better Together and Combination Discounts
have been updated for Zen Cart 1.5.0:
See
Better Together World and
Combination Discounts
World
for a complete listing of all components for both discounting modules.
Zen Cart Combination Discounts - Add All to Cart
(03/2012)
Combination Discounts
now has a single button add for all items in a discount from
the
Promotional Page. It's called
Add All to Cart.
This extension is a new addition to the
Combination Discounts
World.
Zen Cart 1.5.0 Tricks and Tips
(03/2012)
If you're using Zen Cart 1.5.0 on some test carts on your own PC or
in an environment that doesn't require PCI compliance,
take a look at my
tips and tricks
page for some commonly requested tweaks, including
increasing the admin page timeout and turning off (or reducing the
frequency of) mandatory password changes.
VAT tax recalculation method added to Big Chooser, Big Spender
(02/2012)
Zen Cart Big Chooser and
Zen Cart Big Spender
have now been updated to do "VAT" style recalculation, which is preferred
by some vendors who use embedded taxes in their product prices.
Using Big Chooser to Filter on Attributes for Discounting
(01/2012)
Zen Cart Big Chooser
has been enhanced to allow you to discount on the basis of attribute
settings. See the set_constraint_attrfilter and
set_discount_attrfilter functions.
Advanced Discount Configuration
(01/2012)
I wrote an article that demonstrates some ways you can configure
my discounting modules by using PHP in the setup() function.
A few interesting examples are contained for people who'd like
to do
Advanced
Configuration of That Software Guy's Zen Cart Discount Modules.