Mark Bowen Shopping Cart Plug-in

I’ve got the shopping cart working and I can send almost everything to PayPal Sandbox with the Cart Upload Command. The only thing that doesn’t work is the shipping cost.

I’ve tried sending the shipping cost with a hidden field and with radio buttons but nothing seems to work. The form html looks like this:

<input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="10.00" />

According to the PayPal documentation, this value should be added as a shipping cost for the full cart contents. Any idea what the problem might be?

I also need to add an option to let the client pay via bank transfer instead of PayPal. Any idea on how to implement this?

I know this is working IF you want to pass a shipping fee for each item using the Shopping Cart Plugin

<input type="hidden" name="shipping_{count_offset}" value="{your_custom_field}" />

I haven’t tried pass a shipping fee for the whole cart. You may need to use the handling_cart variable. https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?&cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_html_Appx_websitestandard_htmlvariables#id08A6HH0D0TA

Hi everybody,

I’ve just downloaded EE 2.0 beta and noticed that it ships without any Simple Commerce module this time. Do you think there will be any in the near future? And if so, will Mark find time to upgrade his plugin at all?

I am about to start working on a new e-commerce website (my first one) and I wonder how I should tackle this. Should I revert to v1.6.8 and then maybe upgrade to v2.0 later?

Any ideas on this one?

The purchased version of 2.0 ships with Simple Commerce. I just checked.

And I have an email in to Mark to see if there are any issues with 2.0 and his plugin. More to come but assume for now that it is not 2.0 ready…

M.

Hey Marcus,

Funny coincidence, I just spent a few minutes (about 20) browsing your templates website.

You are right, version 2.0 ships with the Simple Commerce Module. I just couldn’t find any information on it in the documentation, so I assumed that they haven’t implemented it this time. So thanks for correcting me.

Have you taken the new version for a test ride yet? I wonder if they’ve made any improvements in the Simple Commerce module (as I remember there was a long “wishlist” from the forums).

Thanks for stopping by the site. I was going to implement the new version of my site on 2.0 but there are a few add-ons that I need that do not seem to be ready for 2.0 yet. So I have not had a chance to take the simple commerce module for a spin. From what I understand though there have not been any changes made in the way it functions. If you are looking for a full commerce solution with something more than paypal as a payment gateway then simple commerce is not the solution for you. You might want to look into shopignitor as they are going to be one of the closest to implementing a full commerce package for EE. As for EE/paypal based cart systems you have a choice of straight SCM, SCM plus Bowen’s Shopping Cart, or Foxee and that is about it.

Hope this helps…

Hi Marcus,

Yes, the options you’re listing are the ones I am currently evaluating. My client only needs payment via PayPal which makes it a lot easier for me to implement. He also wants a shipping cost added for purchases under 20 euros though. I wonder if this can be done with SCM + Bowen’s Shopping Cart?

It’s funny I was going to start working on this new project today, and then I see that EE version 2.0 has been released. I am really not sure what to do now…

Stick with 1.6.8 for now. 2.0 will not be ready for primetime for a bit. Hopefully sooner rather than later but you should really treat it as a beta for now. Plus all of the devs are having to play catch up to get the add-ons workign in the new framework so if you use any other add-ons on a regular basis then you will be left waiting and your client is not going to be best served.

I have not done it but I would think a simple {if} statement would net you the result you want with adding shipping for items under a certain dollar amount.

OK, so do you think it’s safe to start developing in version 1.6.8 and then, in a few months, upgrade to version 2.0 (or 2.1)?

I wonder if a smooth transition is possible here, especially with regards to Simple Commerce and Mark’s plugin.

Again. A question more for Mark…

New function now added to the plugin called already_added :

{exp:shopping_cart_functions:already_added entry_id="{entry_id}" cart_name="shop"}

{if in_cart}
Sorry item can only be added once
{if:else}
<a href="http://{path=%27cart/add%27}{entry_id}" title="Add {title} to your cart">Add To Cart</a>
{/if}

{/exp:shopping_cart_functions:already_added}

This will need to go inside of your weblog tag to be able to pick up the entry_id or you will need to supply the entry_id directly. File e-mailed along to you just now.

Hi Mark,

I purchased the plugin a week or two ago and I’m nearly done with the Japanese store site that I’m building.
I could really use the ability to limit the number of items in the cart to a quantity of ONE item per each entry that goes in the cart. I think that the quote above could do the trick, but the version of the cart plugin that I have does not include the already_added functionality.

Can you help me out with this added function?

Thanks!

Matthew.

Hey i was visiting http://eetemplates.com/ but this appears to be down due to changes. But i want to know details about Mark Bowen Shopping Cart Plug-in.

Please help.

Hi Matthew and Mejbaol,

PMs just sent now.

Best wishes,

Mark

@Mejbaol, I hope to be back up on Monday. But basically the script just adds cart functionality so that your visitors can add multiple things and then check out. It is not dependent on SCM but that is how I am using it on EETemplates.com so when I go back live (hopefully monday if all goes as planned) then you should be able to step through the site and see how we have implemented it.

It is currently NOT 2.0 ready though. I will post to the forum and on the site when it is.

M.