Overview:

This contribution shows the date when a sale or special ends.

E-Commerce expert Jason Billingsley sent out this tweet a while ago:



The Sale Ending/Special Ending mod enables you to do this on the product info page. The default display without the Sale Ending/Special Ending mod is as follows:



With the Sale Ending/Special Ending mod, the end date is shown if an Expiry Date is set on the special (Admin > Catalog > Specials) or an End Date is set on a sale (Admin > Catalog > Salemaker).

Installation Instructions:

This mod assumes your template name is "custom." If you have used another template name, use that name when installing this mod instead of custom. Note: If you are using Zen Cart 1.5.5 or higher, your template name will be "responsive_classic" if you have not changed it.

1. Back up everything! Try this in a test environment prior to installing it on a live shop.
2. Unzip the file you have received.
3. Copy the contents of "common_files" to the root directory of your shop.
4. Use zc138, zc139 or zc150, depending on which version of Zen Cart you have. Merge the files in with what you have in your cart. NOTE that these files assume your template name is "custom," so any file with "custom" in its name will need to be renamed if you are using a different template name.
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Note: The way Zen Cart handles expiry dates is that a sale or special with an end date of X actually ends at midnight the day before X. For instance, a sale which has an end date of July 12 actually ends at midnight on July 11, but the sale ending date shows July 12. Some people don't like this. If you want the sale to end at midnight on July 12 and show this date in sale ending/special ending, set the end date to July 13 in Zen Cart (as usual), and do the following:

1. Edit the file includes/functions/extra_functions/sale_special_ending.php.
2. Change the last parameter in the function sale_special_ending to true, i.e.

   function sale_special_ending($id, $longdate = true, $one_day_back = true)
   

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Showing Sale Ending/Special Ending on Listing Pages





Sale Ending / Special Ending on listing pages is only $20.00! It shows the Sale Ending / Special Ending text on the All Products, New Products, Featured Products, Search Results and manufacturer and category listing pages.

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Showing Sale Ending/Special Ending in Centerboxes


Sale Ending / Special Ending on Centerboxes is only $20.00! It shows the Sale Ending/Special Ending text in the centerboxes for New Products, Featured Products and Specials.

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Major Versions of Sale Ending/Special Ending

• 1.3 01/03/2015 - Updated for 1.5.3
• 1.2 11/06/2011 - Updated for 1.5.0
• 1.1 03/01/2011 - Update to allow people to quote the date as 1 day before the Zen expiry date.
• 1.0 06/01/2010 - First Release

Major Versions of Sale Ending/Special Ending in Centerboxes

• 1.0 12/01/2012 - First Release

Major Versions of Sale Ending/Special Ending on Listing Pages

• 1.3 09/18/2016 - Updated for Zen Cart 1.5.5a
• 1.2 01/03/2015 - Updated for Zen Cart 1.5.3
• 1.1a 11/06/2011 - Updated for Zen Cart 1.5.0
• 1.1a 02/21/2011 - Added new Sale Ending features
• 1.1 09/18/2010 - Updated for 1.3.9f
• 1.0 06/01/2010 - First Release (1.3.8)

FAQ

Q: How can I modify the styling of the Sale Ending/Special Ending text?
A: There is a css file called

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet_sale_special_ending.css

Simply modify the class ssblock in this file.

Q: How can I show Sale Ending/Special Ending text on listing pages?
A: Buy the "Sale Ending/Special Ending on Listing Pages extension from me for $20.00. It shows the Sale Ending / Special Ending text on the All Products, New Products, Featured Products, Search Results and manufacturer and category listing pages.

Q: How can I show Sale Ending/Special Ending text in the Centerboxes on my home page and other pages?
A: Buy the "Sale Ending/Special Ending on Centerboxes extension from me for $20.00. It shows the Sale Ending/Special Ending text in the centerboxes for New Products, Featured Products and Specials.

Q: How can I change the long expiry date from "Friday 26 October, 2012" to "Friday October 26, 2012"?
A: The longdate within this plugin uses the settings for zen_date_long, which is set in includes/languages/english.php Override this by copying it to includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php, and change

define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG', '%A %d %B, %Y');

to

define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG', '%A %B %d, %Y'); 

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