ChrisW123

FYI, I've installed the Redirect .php file (beta 3) and it seems to work great. Here's what I did to test (let me know if I should test it another way): Before installing I looked for the old style links in Yahoo and Google and clicked them to confirm that I would go to the "Product not found page." on my site. Then I installed your file, and re-clicked the same links, as well as a bunch of others, and I was redirected to the correct product page with the new SEO URLs displayed! Seems to work! Worked great for products and for category listings. So I guess I could take this include out of application_top.php after a few months, right? What do you recommend? Does it slow things down to leave it in? If not, maybe just leave it there? -Chris.

Jakob, I'm about ready to install phpbb 2.0.11 on my site, and your contribution as well. But I have a couple questions. In your instructions it says to install the forum in a directory with the same parent dir as the /catalog/ directory. But I my osc website is installed in my Root directory (no /catalog folder). So will this cause a problem with your contribution? So my structure would look like this: /root osc files /forum phpbb files Will this work? I'm thinking it would but I'd just need to edit a couple of the files in your contribution to make it work. Right? :) Second question: The instructions don't mention if you can use a SECOND database for the forum, or if you should use your existing osc database for the forum also. I'd like to use a seperate database for the forum if possible but not sure if this will work with your contribution. Thanks, -Chris.

Great contribution, thanks! I had to move the folder containing the number images out of /images/ and place it off of the Root folder. And I had to also change the settings to 777 to get it to work. Is this OK? I think it is.

I don't think there is anything else. I looked a few months ago also. But it's worth the effort. The contribution has cool setup features and ability to send coupons to new customers when they first register, etc. It's worth the effort to install. And you don't have to use the Gift Vouchers part if you don't want to.

Sounds cool. Is there any benefit to using this new version in terms of speed, security, effeciency, etc., or is it mostly just to standardize your contribs to using your cache class? Other question: I noticed that I can view the cache file by calling up: www.mysite.com/cache/seo_english.cache in my browser. Is this a problem? Is there any sensitive info that could be decrypted from this? I don't think it can modified right? I have rights on ...\cache directory set to 777.

Thanks for the great contribution Bobby! After installing and working out a few problems (my mistakes) everything seems to work fine. I'll watch for any SERP result changes over the next few weeks. I've read several articles stating how "keywords" in your webpage names can make a difference so I'm looking forward to that number 1 position pretty soon. :D

I just clicked on "Computer Packages" in Categories, and it created another "Computer Packages" category directly under the original. Ahh, it's probably because it doesn't have sub-cats. So you should make it go directly into the category if there are no subcategories. Also, when a menu drops down, it won't go away until you click something else. Instead, it should disappear if you RE-click the same parent category. Good job, looks great!

Jenny, I mentioned that, meaning that the new code from the contribution will usually begin with and end with those "remarks" which makes doing the file diff easier since you can concentrate just on the new code that needs to be added. Most of the time for contributions you don't need to do a "file diff" because the instructions give step by step instructions on where to go in your code and what to paste into your code. But since this one doesn't have those instructions, that is why you have to do a file diff. You would do the diff to compare your existing .php file against the corresponding one from the contribution. This allows you to find out where in your code you should place the contribution code. Basically you just need to do it, and you'll get the hang of it. But be sure to backup your files first so if you make a mistake that you can't correct, you can just copy the originals back in and start over.

No problem. And yes, you should never overwrite your existing files with ones from a new contribution, even if you have never changed them. Even if never changed, there still could be differences. So basically if the contribution install instructions don't give you details on what to search for and what to add, then you have to do a file Diff on them to see where the new code should go. When you do it again, pay close attention to where the "{" signs are, etc., because if you make a mistake and put the new code above or below when it should be the opposite, the code won't work. :) Also in situations where have code from Authorize.net, etc., this will make the comparison harder and you have to think logically about where your new code (from download controller) should go in relation to the existing Authorize.net code, etc. Have fun. :) If you get to a file that you just can't do (too many differences), PM me and I can do it for you. But it's a good learning experiment for you, especially if you are going to make more changes to your website.

I have the Meta Tag Controller contrib (similar to Header Tag Controller) installed, and after viewing some strange Google page results, I'm thinking I should not have added the auto-keywords .php include to every page like I've done. :) I was going to post a question on this, but your post seems to validate my thought that I should probably remove the include for it from most pages. And adding something like this (your idea) sounds great for those "extra" pages. As for parse times, running through a tiny array like this and not touching the db at all, will not increase parse times by any significant amount. Thanks for the idea!

Are you sure checkout_process.php is the only problem? I have a feeling that you have other problems (ie. the "Call to undefined function: tep_get_products_master_status()" parse error you're getting). Did you overwrite any of your original files with the Download Controller files? If so, you should restore your original files and start over, and then this time compare each file from the contribution with your existing file and carefully add the needed code that way. Also, the "needed code" in the contribution has comments before and after so that you tell what to copy. Example: // BOF: WebMakers.com Added: Downloads Controller ...... ..... // EOF: WebMakers.com Added: Downloads Controller So, this means for the most part you can ignore many of the other file differences which don't involve code that is inside of these remarks. If you need help with checkout_process.php, PM me and I can make those changes for you.

Hmm, not sure why you are still getting the parse error "unexpected $" still. You may need to compare the files. Do you have a file diff comparison program? If so, you can compare the original file (which worked, I'm assuming) and this new one which doesn't. Doing this will narrow down where the problem is. As for the other error "Call to undefined function: tep_get_products_master_status() " it means that function doesn't exist. That function looks like it would have came with the "Master Products" contribution? I don't use this contrib so I don't know about it. Do a file diff comparison on /includes/functions/general.php and on admin/includes/functions/general.php also. These .php files contain the various functions. Maybe when you were installing the Download Controller contrib, you deleted tep_get_products_master_status() by accident. Your system sounds really messed up. If you can't find the problem by looking at the files above, I would restore the files you modified and start over.

Search for "$$". It's in other places as well.

Find: $payment_class = $$payment; And change to: $payment_class = $payment; :)

Line 310 seems to be the last "?>" line in the file, right? When an error message states that the last line in a file is problem and the last line clearly isn't the problem, it indicates that the problem is above that. The processing gets confused and mentions the last line because it can't pinpoint the real line that is causing the problem. You have to look above that, and look for a "$" (dollar sign) that is out of place. Compare this file to your backup file using a Diff program, and look for an extra "$" in the new file. You did make a backup of the file first didn't you? :) If you didn't it will be hard to tell the changes you made, and much harder to find the problem.

To be honest, installing this contrib is a BITCH. It's one of the hardest I've done. The reason it is, is that you have to compare each file that needs to be modified, and then carefully make the changes. There are no instructions like most contribs that tell you the line to find and then what to replace it with or add above or below. Comparing highly modified files (like mine are) is not as easy as you think. I have a LOT of experience using file Diff programs, and it can be tricky with a lot of mods. You have to be VERY CAREFULL. I almost gave up on it, because it was so time consumming. But I need this contrib so much, I kept at it. I was sure while doing it that I would make a mistake and have to start over, but believe it or not, it worked perfectly the first time! :) I think most people ignore the "backup your files first" stuff you read in the readme files (I do most of the time), but with this one, you absolutely have to or you may regret it.

I got it working now. Thanks for the offer to help however. After reading as much as possible on it, I figured out for the link to show up you need all these things to be true: 1) The contrib is Enabled (duh). All the other settings are setup correctly, etc. 2) You must have at least one product Attribute setup in Catalog > Product Attributes and applied to your product(s). I used phpMyAdmin to do this quickly for all my products using an UPDATE query instead of doing it one by one. 3) Then for each product you want a download for, in Catalog > Product Attributes scroll to the bottom of the screen and do these 4 things (for each product that will have a download): a) Select the product to setup a download for from the dropdown box at the bottom. B) Select the product attribute from the dropdown box that you want to associate the download to. For example, I named mine "File Download". You can have several attributes. I just have one however. c) Specify the filename of the download on the line below the attributes box. Example: mygreatpic.jpg d) Upload mygreatpic.jpg to your Catalog/Download folder. That's it! :) Good luck

I can't get this contribution or downloads in general to work at all. I've looked at the download documentation in the knowledge base but it's not helpfull. And the readme.txt file with this contribution is no help either. Does anyone know if there is better documentation that fully describes the steps needed to setup a product as a downloadable?

Your header_tags.php code looks like the error message I get when I click on that link. :) So is this the "Header Tags" contrib or the "Meta Tag Controller" contrib? I don't know about the "Header Tags" contrib, and if you're using that one you should go to the support thread for it.

I'm getting an error clicking on your link: Warning: mysql_connect(): Host 'web6.hivelocity.net' is blocked because of many connection errors. Unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts' in /hsphere/local/home/ricky33/gamesrealcheap.com/catalog/includes/functions/database.php on line 19 Unable to connect to database server! Don't worry about the "No file uploaded" message. It just means that on this product update, you didn't specify a product image to upload, but you don't have to each time (just the first time). Also, in Index.php, product_info.php, etc., did you copy in this code just after the <body> tag?: <?php // Insert our Meta Tags Code require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'meta_tags.php'); ?> This is what will add in the tag info. Remove (or rem out) the existing "TITLE" meta tag code because it's a duplicate of what meta_tags.php is doing. Refresh the page after adding the code in. Did you edit includes/meta_tags.php (the top area) and add in your title, keywords, and descriptions?

Thanks for the great contribution! Everything works fine for me.

Here's the contribution: Visual Verify Code If you need to use this (instead of fixing something in your checkout process), this method is probably better then a verify email address thing. Verify email address are not usually used for online stores. Only for services, etc. where the service MUST verify your email address for some reason. You'll irratate customers if they have to wait for your email and then reply to it, just to buy something from your site.

Hmm, maybe I'll add this to my website then. Sounds like it's a good payment option to have. Thanks for the info!

Maybe you have a competitor doing it... spamming you with bogus account creations. If you think the volume (3000 a month) is too high for your site, then that might be the problem and you could try using the contribution that requires the user to enter a "key code" before the account is created. Sorry, I can't find it right now but someone else could post the link to this contrib. It's a graphic that automatted processes can't read, therefore only manual acct creation is possible (supposedly). However, if you think the volume is NOT too high for your site, them maybe your checkout procedure has something wrong with it that makes people leave without completing it? Post your URL to let people check it out in this case.

Do you get many customers using this payment method? Why wouldn't they just use a credit card? I don't know if I would want to send my bank info to an online store. What prevents the store owner from printing out 100 checks and cashing them all once they have your bank info? Do banks really accept a check printed on your printer? Seems like you'd get some raised eyebrows from the teller. :)