Amazon Store Integration

This is my first mod for vBulletin, so take it easy on me if I've done something incorrect...

Anyway, this is an Amazon store integration mod for vB. One of my sites is job/career oriented, so I offer books that are related to this through this mod. It will pull all of the items in a particular category (Amazon BrowseNode) and display them for users to pick & choose what they want. They can add the items to a remote Amazon shopping cart, and when they're finished shopping they can check out through Amazon.

Note that only logged in users will be able to add item to their carts.

See the attached file "install.txt" for installation instruction.

You can see it in action here:

http://www.discusscareers.com/book_store.html

Let me know what you think, have any problems, questions, suggestions, etc.

[xug]

Mikelbeck, the page you link to and when I browse through the 'store' it gives an error, syntax error in line 2 in the html pages.

[mikelbeck]

Originally Posted by xug

Mikelbeck, the page you link to and when I browse through the 'store' it gives an error, syntax error in line 2 in the html pages.

Thanks, I hadn't noticed that.

I don't see anything wrong with "line 2", though, I'll have to look further.

[mikelbeck]

I can't find anything wrong with what it's referring to.

However, I did find one error, and have one addition. I've changed the "install.txt" at the beginning of this thread. Here's the changes.

In the amazon_store template:
find:

PHP Code:

$amazon_store_header_listbit
</table> 


add after:

PHP Code:

<tr>
<td>
<div class="smallfont" align="center">
Amazon Store for vBulletin version 1.0.0<br />
Copyright &copy 2005 by <a href="http://www.elite-computing.net" target=_blank>Elite Computing Services</a>.
</div>
</td>
</tr> 


In the amazon_store_data_listbit template:
find:

PHP Code:

<else> 


replace with:

PHP Code:

<else /> 


If somebody would like to take a look at the page and try to figure out what the syntax error is all about, have at it.

It doesn't occur on the main page, only the inside pages. This one is fine, but this one reports:

Line: 2
Char 1:
Error: Syntax Error
Code: 0
URL: http://www.discusscareers.com/book_s...salesrank.html

[hbalagh1]

great little mod installed here
http://www.daycareforums.com/book_store.html

some kind of search feature (if possible) would be great

[hbalagh1]

ohh , i found some kind of goof up
when i click on a book to read more info then try and go to the navbar i get links like this
http://www.daycareforums.com/book_st...?do=logout&u=1

instead of links like this

http://www.daycareforums.com/login.php?do=logout&u=1

any clue of what i may have done?

[mikelbeck]

Originally Posted by hbalagh1

ohh , i found some kind of goof up
when i click on a book to read more info then try and go to the navbar i get links like this
http://www.daycareforums.com/book_st...?do=logout&u=1

instead of links like this

http://www.daycareforums.com/login.php?do=logout&u=1

any clue of what i may have done?

Your navbar is using relative links, for example:

PHP Code:

<a href="login.php"> 


Add "$vboptions[bburl]/" to the front of the link to correct it:

PHP Code:

<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/login.php"> 


[hbalagh1]

thanks

[hbalagh1]

A couple of request

Is there a way to have bigger thumbnails when your viewing pages (before you click on the product to read more)

And possibly have 3 rows across instead of just the 2....looks a little empty

and when you view your cart if there can be a link to continue shopping

[mikelbeck]

Here's a fix... The image displayed is supposed to be the medium image, the code for that got all screwed up. Also the title isn't displayed.

In amazon_store_data_listbit, find:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$SmallImage">
<a href="/book_store/page_$page/category_$category/sort_$sort/get_detail/item_$ASIN.html"><img src="$SmallImage" border="0"></a><br />
<else />
<a href="/book_store/page_$page/category_$category/sort_$sort/get_detail/item_$ASIN.html">$Title</a><br />
$Author<br />
</if> 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$MediumImage">
<a href="/book_store/page_$page/category_$category/sort_$sort/get_detail/item_$ASIN.html"><img src="$MediumImage" border="0"></a><br />
<else />
<if condition="$SmallImage">
<a href="/book_store/page_$page/category_$category/sort_$sort/get_detail/item_$ASIN.html"><img src="$SmallImage" border="0"></a><br />
</if>
</if>
<a href="/book_store/page_$page/category_$category/sort_$sort/get_detail/item_$ASIN.html">$Title</a><br />
$Author<br /> 


In amazon_store, find:

PHP Code:

Amazon Store for vBulletin version 1.0.0<br /> 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

Amazon Store for vBulletin version 1.0.1<br /> 


I'll update the install.txt file, and will have some more fixes coming later today or tomorrow morning:

- Add a "continue shopping" link.
- Straighten out the boxes on the main page, they're not lined up properly.
- Guests can add items to their cart, apparantly, that's not supposed to happen.
- The page description & keywords are screwed up.

[hbalagh1]

great, i also wonder if there is a way to show a subtotal somehow?