[TYPO3-commerce] configuration commerce_coupons

[Ralf Merz]

Hi Ralph,

On 2009-11-27 23:58:03 +0100, "Ralph @ inktVlek concepten" 
<info at inktvlek.nl> said:

> Hello, I use T3 (4.2.10) in combination with EXT commerce (0.9.4) 
> succesfully and would like to know how to configure EXT 
> commerce_coupons (0.2.0) but I can't get it to work... I get the 
> message: "The coupon code is invalid."

This message says that the article(s) in the basket ist not in an 
allowed category.
"include or exclude selected categories" should be selected and then 
choose your category(s).
Also important is to give a number / quantity for a coupon: greater 
than 0 or "-1" for unlimited.

> 
> Questions:
> - EXT commerce_coupons generated a product COUPONS (UID 12) with three 
> artices: syscoupon (UID 24), syscoupon_special (UID 25), syscoupon_use 
> (UID 26), these have ArticleType Article. Is this ok?

Yes, the new articles are ok. The syscoupon is used as it is meant to 
be a "normal" coupon: enter code, get percent or price discount. The 
special article is meant to give an additional article as discount, I 
mean you can get a discaount and add an article as gift, like a little 
bottle of champaign. The _use coupon is meant to be an article you can 
buy, so you can buy a coupon and send it to a friend.

> - I have created a coupon (type Enabled) but cannot change the Article 
> (INVALID VALUE 24). What is wrong?

After a fresh installation this should work.

> - I have created a Related articles for coupons but what article should 
> I select? One of the articles that are sold, or the article syscoupon?

The Related Article you select is the gift a customer get´s when he 
enters the coupon code. You can give this gift for free or enter a 
price > 0 for that article.

> - in the template setup couponNormalType = 4, but where can I find this 
> really is UID 4?

In an normal installation, commerce creates 3 article types: 1 normal, 
2 delivery, 3 payment. (maybe 2 is payment and 3 delivery, don´t have 
in mind at the moment). That´s what commerce_coupons extends: the 
types, so it creates 4,5 and 6 for normal, special and use-coupons.

> - in the template setup couponArticleId = 12, but what UID should I use?

If you sell coupons, this is the UID of the article you have to create 
(want to sell as coupon) in your cat tree.


> 
> Can anybody help me get this thing to work? Or is there any other way 
> to check for a code and give people a discount?

I hope I could help. Else you have to write your own hooks.

Greets
Ralf


> 
> I use the following configuration:
> 
> 
> In Constants:
> 
> plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1 {
>    templateFile = EXT:commerce_coupons/pi1/couponfile.tmpl
>    useCouponPid = 319
>    basketPid = 174
>    errorPID = 141
> #  showCouponFormTextUID = 0
> #  articleAddUID = 0
> #  errorTextUID = 0
> #  couponWithoutArticleTextUID = 0
>    useBacklink = 1
>    }
> 
> 
> In Setup:
> 
> plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1 {
>    couponNormalType = 4
>    couponRelatedType = 5
>    couponBuyType = 6
> 
>    templateFile = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.templateFile}
>      useCouponPid = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.useCouponPid}
>      basketPid = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.basketPid}
>      errorPID = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.errorPID}
> 
>      useBacklink = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.useBacklink}
> 
>      showCouponFormText = RECORDS
>      showCouponFormText {
>        tables = tt_content
>        source = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.showCouponFormTextUID}
>        }
> 
>      articleAdd = RECORDS
>      articleAdd {
>      tables = tt_content
>      source = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.articleAddUID}
>      }
> 
>      errorText = RECORDS
>      errorText {
>      tables = tt_content
>      source = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.errorTextUID}
>    }
> 
>    couponWithoutArticleText = RECORDS
>    couponWithoutArticleText {
>    tables = tt_content
>    source = {$plugin.tx_commercecoupons_pi1.couponWithoutArticleTextUID}
>    }
> 
> _CSS_DEFAULT_STYLE (
>    h3.tx-commercecoupons-pi1-header-errorlink {
>      color:red;
>      }
> 
>    div.tx-commercecoupons-pi1-errorlink {
>    }
> 
>    div.tx-commercecoupons-pi1-backlink {
>    }
> )
> 
> }
> 
> plugin.tx_commerce_pi2 {
>    couponNormalType = 4
>    couponRelatedType = 5
>    couponBuyType = 6
>    couponBasketTemplateFile = EXT:commerce_coupons/pi1/couponsInBasket.tpl
>    }
> 
> plugin.tx_commerce_pi3 {
>    couponNormalType = 4
>    couponRelatedType = 5
>    couponBuyType = 6
>    couponArticleId = 12
>    couponListingTemplateFile = EXT:commerce_coupons/pi1/couponsInListing.tpl
>    couponFinishTemplateFile = EXT:commerce_coupons/pi1/couponsInFinish.tpl
>    couponMailsTemplateFile = EXT:commerce_coupons/pi1/couponsInMails.tpl
>    }
> 
> Thxs, Ralph


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Ralf Merz
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