Suggested Contribution for next release - Seperate pricing per customer group

[fuzzyphil]

Any chance of including the 'Seperate Pricing for customers groups V4' Mod in the next release please.
http://www.oscommerce.com/community/...ustomer+groups
I'm sure that you can see how useful that would be. It would enable customers to be set up as Retail inc VAT or Wholesale Ex VAT depending on what pemission they were given.

[michael_s]

Hi,

Yes, this has already been added to our development codebase and works great. It will be in the next public release of the software.

We have a few issues to resolve before we release the next version of osCMax that are unrelated to this mod, but need to be resolved nonetheless.

We are hoping for a RC in the next month or so. Look for an announcement on osCDox.com in the coming weeks...

[fuzzyphil]

Hows the inclusion of the mod going. I tried doing it manually but it was hell so I gave up. As I'm just a beginner I wasn't too sure what was old mod code and what wasn't.

Also, is your configuration going to be just a stock install of sppc or will it have a page heading that relates to the logged in type of account. ie If I were to setup a Wholesale or Trade section and Retail section it would be nice for the relevant header to say something like 'Wholesale' or just 'Retail' maybe.
I noticed from the basic install that you have know way of knowing whether the prices shown are specifically wholesale or just heavily discounted. A reseller would probably feel more confident to buy from us if he knew he was specifcally logged into the wholesale side.

On another note are there any idiot guides for the BTS templating module.
There seems to be a sever lack of instructions available.

How close are you to releasing the next final version?
Soon as poss would be good !!
Phil.

[michael_s]

Hi,

This mod is working 100% in the osCMax development codebase. We are very close to a release of the next version, and are working on the upgrade docs for v1.7 to the latest version (there are a lot of changes).

It is a stock install of SPPC, and all the other mods have been updated to work with it. It should be pretty easy to display the group in the header without too much trouble. That may be something that gets added after the release.

I do not know of any bts guides, but it is so simple that even a beginner can figure it out in a few hours, without a guide

For example, in your template dir:

1. main_page.tpl.php is your main template and controls site structure.
2. stylesheet.css controls all the style elements, sitewide
3. box.tpl.php is the base template for the side boxes structure
4. All files in the /content directory are the center content for the php page that they are named for.

All modifications are straight html edits. Nothing special.

That is the nitty gritty on the BTS.

[Bah]

Actually, the end to which I was poking around was this ...

Any not-horrid way to not show pricing *at all* for a class of customers?

I have a customer thats interested in putting their stock up as a catalog for people to browse, no way to put it into a cart and checkout, they dont do retail. What they would need though is the SPCC mod, and once a wholesaler sets up an account, they would have their customer class changed to wholesaler, and then they would not only see prices, but be able to check out etc.

It seems a pretty heinous proposal and I suspect it might be easier to perhaps add extra pages for the retail users, or perhaps have a partial dupe of the site or something.

Ideas anyone?

Bah

[michael_s]

Actually, I think this would work for you:
osCommerce: Hide products from customer groups for SPPC

or this:
osCommerce: Prices for Logged-In Users Only

and this:
osCommerce: restricted_website

The last two links I posted will hide all prices except for logged in users, and limit new accounts to only those people that are authorized by you to create a new account.

[Bah]

Originally Posted by michael_s

Actually, I think this would work for you:
osCommerce: Hide products from customer groups for SPPC

or this:
osCommerce: Prices for Logged-In Users Only

and this:
osCommerce: restricted_website

The last two links I posted will hide all prices except for logged in users, and limit new accounts to only those people that are authorized by you to create a new account.

Thanks for the replies, thats very very close to the sort of functionality I need ... quick scan ... but;

Hide products from customer with SPPC: I need the products visible, but unpriced and ...

Prices for logged-in users only: Im happy for people to be able to open an account, just not buy anything. That way we could use the same list manager to update people on when to expect new gear at their local outlet.

Restricted website: again very close, I dont care if people want to set up an account, in fact Id invite them to, ask them to pass on details of their login, and flip what customer-group they were in to affect the displayed pricing.

I think my customer's needs fall between whats really available, and I might have to research some custom alterations.

Ta,

bah