Add Product Actions to Lesane's Store Hack!

Physical Product Hack for Lesane's Store Hack
by ChurchMedia
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NOTE: This hack has not been updated for the latest version of the Store Hack for VB2. I'll write a new hack if and when there is a VB3 version of the Store Hack
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What this hack is for:

If you want to sell actual products in your community store, such as books, videos, coffee mugs... whatever. I suggest adding products that promote your site. You can get all sorts of customized merchandise from Cafe Press.

Before you ask, this is not a shopping cart to sell things with real money. It's to redeem points for tangible products. If you don't like the idea of giving stuff away for posting, this isn't the hack for you.

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How this hack works/what it does (after initial setup):

1) You add a new action to the database from your admin cp
2) You modify 2 small parts of a code chunk and add it to your store.php
3) When a user purchases an item, they enter their address, etc.
4) You will receive an email with the product info and shipping info
5) The user receives a "receipt" by email as well

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Follow the instructions in:

initial_hack_instructions.txt

You only have to do this once!

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2) For new actions, follow the instructions in

add_action_instructions.txt

You have to follow these instructions for each new action/product you add, so keep them handy!

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Modifications:

1 Initial Modification to store.php
1 Modification to index.php in admin

Templates:
2 new templates are added

Screenshots are included in the zip file.

Enjoy!

[ChurchMedia]

If you downloaded the variations zip (which I deleted now), don't use it. I just realized there still needs to be a verify step. Just follow the instructions in the post above if you want to skip the shipping info...

[dkny]

Great job!
One question, is there a way to sort items in price order (from lowerest to highest)?

[ChurchMedia]

Originally posted by dkny
Great job!
One question, is there a way to sort items in price order (from lowerest to highest)?

I haven't figured that one out yet. I'll post it if/when I do...

[NuclioN]

ehm..is this for fun or is it a serious sort of ecommerce kind of thing? Shipments to what and where? Are they pay with points for gizmo's?

[ChurchMedia]

Originally posted by NuclioN
ehm..is this for fun or is it a serious sort of ecommerce kind of thing? Shipments to what and where? Are they pay with points for gizmo's?

That's up to you . It's not a shopping cart, if that's what you're asking. Yes, they pay with points. For me, it's a way to increase forum activity by offering a tangible reward for posting. Since I also have a (real) online store, chances are they may pay real money for some of the items rather than wait for their points to rack up. Either way, it increases traffic to the site, which increases real sales in the long run....

[NuclioN]

Ok It looks almost as a miniature itemshop and could act that way if there were icons or mini images to display in the postbit. Very nice CM.

[Dean C]

Lovely add-on

However i wouldn't offer my members something for free for just for posting .

Any chance you could modify this like so:

- When entering the store main you have 2 places you can go. One where you sell actual products and another place where you can buy real products.

- then on the real products page you put in your information as such and then it takes you to paypal with some info filled in the form and where you can pay in real money ?

Regards

- miSt

[ChurchMedia]

It's really only desinged for redeeming points for product. Like I said, it's kind of a marketing mechanism for my real oline store. I use Miva Merchant with a MySql mod for the database. I've also tried X-Cart, which is an excellent and affordable php-based shopping cart.

Lesane's original store hack was desinged to sell "forum enhancements" redeemable by points. This is just a modification for real product. If you want an actual cart and have people pay real money, check out the carts I mentioned. Also, keep in mind that I am in the "information business", so the more people post to my site, the better. I don't mind paying for a few items to make that happen .

[ranger2kxlt]

Originally posted by Mist
Lovely add-on

However i wouldn't offer my members something for free for just for posting .

Any chance you could modify this like so:

- When entering the store main you have 2 places you can go. One where you sell actual products and another place where you can buy real products.

- then on the real products page you put in your information as such and then it takes you to paypal with some info filled in the form and where you can pay in real money ?

Regards

- miSt

that would be nice, with Tax for certain states as well :-)

[ChurchMedia]

It's not a shopping cart. I suppose you could do a bunch of coding and turn it into one, but that's a whole different ball game and doesn't have anything to do with forum posting. You would be better off with x-cart. You could do some mods to x-cart to access VB's database for login info and look, so in a way it would be integrated with VB.

Just to add some perspective, be sure you understand Leane's original hack, Found Here.