Major Additions - microCART: Shopping System for vB4

microCART is a fully featured Shopping Cart for vBulletin 4.x, with support for Downloadable & Pysical Products, Subscriptions and Services, without missing any feature even from commercial scripts. Installation is very easy, you just need sometime for the initial configuration.

Edit: Please note - Currently this mod is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.9 and below, if your using vBulletin 4.1.10 then the modifications current version released here (1.1.4) is not suggested for use. - TheLastSuperman

1.- Highlights

• Supports Downloadable products
• Since version 1.0.3 supports Physical products too!!
• Supports Subscriptions (Even Reccuring)
• Supports Services
• Ability to upgrade usergroup per product
• Unlimited depth levels of categories
• Unlimited Products
• Supports Renewals
• Ability to Add Orders manually
• PayPal & 2CO payments
• Since version 1.0.4 support payments with ccBill (Credits to kastak)
• Supports AddOns
• Support Special Deals
• Unlimited Screenshoots per product
• Unlimited Files per product, so the customers can download previous versions
• Unlimited Agreements
• Customers (and only those who have bought that product) can rate and review it.
• Admin can turn On/Off the Reviews per product
• Uses HTML Editor.
• Since version 1.0.5 support multiple Tax levels.
• Since version 1.0.5 support Shipping Zones with unlimited shipping choices per zone.
• Since version 1.0.5 supports Delivery locations (unlimited depth, eg Country, State, Area with different setup for Tax and Shipping per category.
• Since version 1.0.5 customer must enter his details to finalize the order.
• NEW!! Since version 1.0.6 supports Auto Tax calculation.
• NEW!! Since version 1.0.6 supports Auto Shipping calculation.
• NEW!! Since version 1.0.5 supports Invoice creation.
• NEW!! Comming Soon Block.

2.- Installation

• Download and unzip microCART.zip file
• Upload all the files in your site keeping the same structure. eg cart.php must be on the same level as your forum.php
• CMOD 777 the directories:
  • microcart
  • microcart/photos
  • microcart/photos/thumbs
  • microcart/photos/tmp
  • microcart/editor/files
  • microcart/editor/flash
  • microcart/editor/media
  • microcart/editor/photos
  • microcart/pdf
  • microcart/fonts
  • microcart/images
• Login to your admincp and import product-microcart.xml

3.- Configuration

• First of all you need to setup microCART General Options. The most important option is to set the path to the directory where you'll store the files. For security reasons you must create a directory over the public area. Then write the full path in the options. Don't forget the trailing slash at the end. Example:
  • /home/username/downloads/
• Setup Usergroup permissions. Available options are:
  • Can access the store
  • Can order
  • Can Moderate. Please note that, as a way to bypass the limitation of having vB editor in admincp, I've moved the product descriprion, system messages and agreements to fronend. But only those who can moderate can access this area, and only for modifying the text. Nothing more.
• Setup Categories and Subcategories for your store.
• Setup your Agreements (at least one)
• Start adding products but from AddOns and Services. It will helps you to save time, as when at a later time you add a main product, you can choose the addons.
• To work properly with HTML editor you need to edit settings.php locating at: microcart/editor/assetmanager/ and set the corrects paths.

4.- Product Options (Configurations)

In version 1.0.3 has been added support for configurable options. Not just simple text choices, but options that can increase/decrease the total price. That's why you need to pay extra attention on entering these options to avoid pricing mess.

First of all, you can find these options as "Extra Options" on the droplist on the right of each product (AdminCP). By choosing it you'll get a list of all available configurable options for the specific product. You can Edit and Delete it, or you can change the display order. Click "New Extra Option" to add one.

There is no need for explanation of title. Write there anything that you want. Examples of configuration options are: Color, Size, Ram, Hard disk etc. So let's write Size. In the box below you must add all the available options keeping the format:
Amount|Name

Examples:

• 0|Normal : This option dosen't changes the product's price and it will appears as: Normal
• 15.30|Large : This option increases the price by 15.30 and it will appears as: Large (+$15.30) ... The currency symbol is the one that you've setup. DON'T NEED TO ENTER CURRENCY SYMBOL HERE
• -7.50|Mini : This option decreases the price by 7.50 and it will appears as: Mini (-$7.50). ONCE MORE: DONT ADD CURRENCY SYMBOL.

5.- Product Terminology

• Price: Is the normal price that you're selling a product (eg 49.95)
• Discount: Is the amount that you're giving as discount. eg if you place 4.95 here the price will appear as $49.95 $45.00
• Special (Bundle) price. Currently not in use
• AddOns. Are products that someone can order in the same form (eg Installation, Brand Free etc).
• Special Bundle. Currently not in use

6.- Understanding Shipping Zones
To understand Shipping fields (Base weight, Base fare, Extra weight, Extra fare), you must know how the companies (at least the most of them) are working. They're saying: Till 3 kilos the rate is $15. More than 3 kilos you must add $3 per 500gr (1/2 kilos). In this example you must setup:

1. Base weight 3000 (in grammars) or 3 (in kilos)
2. Base fare 15.00
3. Extra weight 500 (in grammars) or 0.5 (in kilos)
4. Extra fare 3.00
5. Please note to use the same as the definied in the general option weight unit. Setting in options kgr and here grammars is the best way to mess your shop.

7.- Friedly notes

• Please let my copyright link in place. Thank you.
• When rating, please remember that you're rating the script and not me as a person. Thank you.
• Don't spam this thread with comments about my personality. Comment my work only. Thank you.

8.- Demo

• http://www.totally-scripts.com
• This is not a demo but shop in action.

9.- Warning

The included HTML Editor is commercial, so you can use it ONLY within microCART directory.


UPGRADING

To upgrade just upload the new files then follow 2.- Installationwith Allow Overwrite set to YES


CHANGE LOG

• Added Comming Soon Block
• Added view users invoice within admincp
• Added usergroup controled discounts
• Added stock level control
• Added coupon system
• Changed the invoice system to work better.
• Added forum home side block. (Download the product-microcart_forum_block.xml and Install like a new product)
• MICROCART_114_01022011.zip has no affects added to my account
• MICROCART_114_240211.zip has a fade in affect on my accounts pages.
• added some java for the my accounts page and the product view page. So you dont have to re-fresh the page all the time. Updated: 28/02/2011
• Fixed the problem with the euro within the add-on options.

BUG FIX

• Fixed error within the admin php file on line 23.
• Updated the forum side block ( Please let me know if you are still having problems with this. Updated Date 22nd Fed 2011)
• fixed problem with the prices. UPDATED Date 22nd Apr 2011 to upgrade just upload the files as its only the cart.php and microcart/functions.php files that have been updated.
• Fixed problem with the add-ons prices. Updated 25th Apr 2011 to upgrade just upload the cart.php file
• cart.php updated again to fix the problem with the add-ons when changing the qty within the cart.
• Fixed problem with edit invoices in admincp
• Fixed a problem with large price formats.
• Fixed problem with option prices (11-05-2011)
• Updated the files for the new editor not tested Updated 13/06/2011.

Arabic Language File Download Here

[janaf]

hyperviperx99, I also missed some "hello world" info on these basics when I installed

First, MicroCart needs to be enabled in ACP / Plugins / Products, or all ACP parts for microCart will be hidden. You may need to refresh the ACP to see the microCart drop-down in the ACP left column.
THEN you should see user group rights at the bottom of:
- ACP - Usergoups - Usergroup Manager - Edit Usergroup / hit "Go" and look right at the bottom of the long page with options.

[janaf]

Small bug;

In ACP list of Products & Services, the item Name link and Edit drop-down point to different URLS:
Item Title: ..../admincp/microcart_admin.php?do=edit&id=1 (not working)
Edit: ..../admincp/microcart_admin.php?do=editproduct&id=1 (working)

[janaf]

I'm aware that this is bold, bad timing and opening a can of worms, but based on my own development and modding several shop systems and codes, my "dream version 2.0" of microCart would use the vB CMS pages, instead of a separate shop structure. Ie, shopping would be added as CMS page attributes:

- If this CMS page is a Shop Item [Y/N]
- then add to the CMS page; price, quantity, checkout buttons, item ID etc in the ACP and front end pages....

The big advantage would be that things like page navigation, editing, commenting, searches, page layout, categories sytem, images, thumbnails, gadgets etc in the front end and ACP page structure etc would be the normal vB CMS / forum, so no development would be needed for that.

Also important is that the shopping pages would blend in fully with the rest of the site.

The "Your Shopping Cart" code could be converted, possibly with very few changes, into a vB gadget, placed in a sidebar.

Order history and invoices could be found by the users, under their Profile page.

Many parts of the ACP / back end for microCart could probably remain unchanged....

I think that in the long term this would be a very efficient development path, as much of the front end development would be taken care of via the CMS and some of the back end development by the ACP so the microCart development could concentrate on the shop specifics only.

[Simon Lloyd]

Originally Posted by hyperviperx99

I've done the steps.. I couldn't see it in the usergroup permissions.

Or maybe I missed this part:

CHMOD 777.....

How exactly do I do this?

Please let me know.

This is done at server level to your files either in your cpanel, plesk, ftp or ssh, CHMOD means to change the permissions , so you will be changing the file permissions from e.g 644 (or may show as 0644) to 777 (or 0777).

[mrmanners]

Originally Posted by micheal332001

I see what you mean there are to many sub-categories for that one category.

But it does say here within the settings for the subcategories

Subcategories under Categories
How many subcategories, do you like to show below categories menu? Setting it to 0 will hide subcategories, setting to 99 will shows all. If you set a number lower than the actual subcategories, .... will appear at the end.

also you can change this

Listing Columns
How many columns to use for listing Categories?

That cleans it up. Thanks.

[micheal332001]

Originally Posted by janaf

Is there a commercial version too? I'd like to make some contribution and hope that this will be a long-lived mod.

There is a commercial version of this and thats about all i can say here visit my site for more info on this.

Originally Posted by janaf

For some reason fixed with works OK now

Thats good i thought i was going to have to go through all the templates and fix something lol.

Originally Posted by janaf

Small bug;

In ACP list of Products & Services, the item Name link and Edit drop-down point to different URLS:
Item Title: ..../admincp/microcart_admin.php?do=edit&id=1 (not working)
Edit: ..../admincp/microcart_admin.php?do=editproduct&id=1 (working)

I have also seen this error and will be fixing this very soon.

Originally Posted by janaf

I'm aware that this is bold, bad timing and opening a can of worms, but based on my own development and modding several shop systems and codes, my "dream version 2.0" of microCart would use the vB CMS pages, instead of a separate shop structure. Ie, shopping would be added as CMS page attributes:

- If this CMS page is a Shop Item [Y/N]
- then add to the CMS page; price, quantity, checkout buttons, item ID etc in the ACP and front end pages....

The big advantage would be that things like page navigation, editing, commenting, searches, page layout, categories sytem, images, thumbnails, gadgets etc in the front end and ACP page structure etc would be the normal vB CMS / forum, so no development would be needed for that.

Also important is that the shopping pages would blend in fully with the rest of the site.

The "Your Shopping Cart" code could be converted, possibly with very few changes, into a vB gadget, placed in a sidebar.

Order history and invoices could be found by the users, under their Profile page.

Many parts of the ACP / back end for microCart could probably remain unchanged....

I think that in the long term this would be a very efficient development path, as much of the front end development would be taken care of via the CMS and some of the back end development by the ACP so the microCart development could concentrate on the shop specifics only.

I like this idea and would have to look into this before making this step as that means there would be 3 versions of this cart system.

These would have to stay as some members dont use or want the CMPS system installed for there sites.
1 free version
1 commercial version

This would have to be a new system alltogether.
1 new CMPS version

[bebeko]

The plugin gives me the error

Unable to find a class to validate: vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile on line 1083 in /*****/public_html/includes/class_template_parser.php
...............
Fatal error: Unable to find a class to validate: vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile on line 1083 in [path]/includes/class_template_parser.php in [path]/vb/vb.php on line 287
#0 vb_error_handler(256, Unable to find a class to validate: vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile on line 1083 in ....................

and a huge list af these errors

[micheal332001]

Originally Posted by bebeko

The plugin gives me the error

Unable to find a class to validate: vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile on line 1083 in /*****/public_html/includes/class_template_parser.php
...............
Fatal error: Unable to find a class to validate: vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile on line 1083 in [path]/includes/class_template_parser.php in [path]/vb/vb.php on line 287
#0 vb_error_handler(256, Unable to find a class to validate: vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile on line 1083 in ....................

and a huge list af these errors

I can tell you this class (vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile) does not belong to this plugin so therefore you have a problem with something else not with the cart system.

[clubvr4]

Originally Posted by clubvr4

Any news on the full version being released?

Keen on getting the facility to use several paypal accounts.

cooiiieee

[bebeko]

My version is 4.0.3 pl2
Maybe this is the problem

Originally Posted by micheal332001

I can tell you this class (vB_TemplateParser_Curlycssfile) does not belong to this plugin so therefore you have a problem with something else not with the cart system.