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X-SpecialOffers add-on module - X-Cart

1. Walkman shoes t shirt expired Delete selected Update Add new Figure 1 Offers list Special offers appear in the list by the short names given to them at the last step of offer configuration Clicking on an offer name provides access to the details of that offer and allows you to view edit the offer conditions bonuses promo texts availability and validity period The links in the STATUS column show the current status of the offers available means all the settings necessary for the functioning of the offer are provided and today s date is somewhere within the offer validity period upcoming means all the settings necessary for the functioning of the offer are provided but the offer validity period has not begun yet expired means the offer validity period is over incomplete means the offer configuration has not been finished properly Clicking on a status link allows you to update the status of an offer The ACTIVE column shows which of your special offers are currently active available to customers e selected checkboxes mark the offers which are currently available to customers 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 62 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual e unselected checkboxes mark inactive offers e inactive checkboxes mark the offers which cannot be active expired or incomplete offers You can change the availabili
2. Walkman lt LI gt lt LI gt 1 one lt A class NavigationPath href product php productid 16123 gt PATRICK Maracana HG Cleats lt A gt Sport lt LI gt lt LI gt and 2 two lt A class NavigationPath href product php productid 16130 gt Pocket T x Update Note There may be 2 types of promo blocks 1 Short promo block Appears at the top of category and produc pages and if customer changes his profile May contain Image or Text If no Image is defined Text is used Text may contain HTML code Detailed promo block Appears at a special page lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 17 Promo texts section short and detailed promo blocks have been created Click on Update The promo blocks will be saved Configuring offer details for the offer Walkman shoes t shirt is done in the usual way 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Managing existing special offers 61 4 Managing existing special offers All the special offers existing in your store can be seen in the Offers list To access the Offers list click Special offers in the Inventory menu or the link List of offers in the Special offers section menu Check all Uncheck all SHORT NAME STATUS ACTIVE 10 Audio CD 1 FREE Audio CD available 10 for Oklahoma available Christmas discounts upcoming Members week 15 off of everything expired Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer available
3. How many times the bonuses of this offer will be given to a customer if the conditions are met QUANTITY Products from category CD audio 10 including subcategories No v Delete selected Update How many products need to PRO be bought from the selected category Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category zl Add Next gt gt Figure 4 Conditions section the number of products and the type of system action have been specified Click on the Update button The condition parameters will be saved 3 Select the check box next to the condition whose parameters you ve just configured Click on Update The condition will be assigned to the special offer being configured Now you can move on to configuring offer bonuses Configuring bonuses for the offer 10 Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD 1 In the Bonuses section click the link Offer products for free The dialog window will be expanded allowing you to configure the bonus parameters 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 45 Edit parameters Please define bonus parameters Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category z Add lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 6 Bonuses section the bonus Offer products for free is expanded 2 Configure the bonus parameters Select the necessary product category fro
4. 45 95 Bonuses Bonus memberships Premium Thank you for your purchase Print invoice C Continue shopping Figure 12 Invoice showing the membership granted to a customer in the Bonuses section The principal difference between getting bonus points and getting a bonus membership is that a 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 14 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual membership will not be granted to a customer automatically If a customer wants to get a membership offered to him he needs to wait till his order status is set to completed then visit the section Bonuses Your cart menu gt Bonuses and sign up for the desired membership Bonuses Learn more about offers Membership Change membership to Premium Figure 13 Bonuses section allowing a customer to sign up for a granted membership If putting some products into the shopping cart entitles a customer to getting free products or some kind of discount on products which have not yet been placed into the cart a button Check for special offers appears at the bottom of the Items form 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 15 Items All offers for cart J Bach s Goldberg Variations i 3 As the legend goes Bach s Goldberg Variationswere written for an insomniac diplomat patron who desired music to help cheer him on lonely slee
5. Next gt gt Figure 6 Conditions section the condition Customer orders a certain product or products is expanded 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 27 e f you have selected Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount specify the range in which a customer s order subtotal must fall for the customer to be able to get bonuses The minimum limit is supposed to equal the lowest the maximum limit the highest order subtotal amount with which a customer will be eligible for bonuses If no maximum limit is needed simply set the maximum limit to 0 00 Please note that this functionality enables you to define more than one subtotal amount ranges and use them for different special offers For example you can define two offers A and B whose application will depend on the subtotal amount If you configure them so that the subtotal amount range for A is 100 00 199 99 and the subtotal amount range for B is 200 00 0 00 assuming the currency is USD offer A will be applied to orders with a subtotal of 100 or more under 200 offer B will be applied to orders with a subtotal of 200 or more Edit parameters Min o 00 Max poo Note 0 00 means no maximum limit Update Next gt gt Figure 7 Conditions section the condition Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount is expanded e f you have selected Customer has a
6. Figure 13 Bonuses section the bonus Give bonus points is expanded e f you have selected Give free shipping e specify whether you want free shipping to be applied to specific products categories or the whole shopping cart Edit parameters Note Free shipping will be applied to all the products in the customer s cart Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category aj Add lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 14 Bonuses section the bonus Give free shipping is expanded e f you have selected Offer products for free specify which products should be offered to a customer if the offer conditions are satisfied You can specify particular products or a category categories from which a customer will be able to choose a certain number of products by himself 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 34 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Edit parameters Please define bonus parameters Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category z Add lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 15 Bonuses section the bonus Offer products for free is expanded e f you have selected Offer membership specify what membership should be offered to a customer if the offer conditions are satisfied If necessary you can specify more than one membership so the customer will be able to cho
7. configuring special offers 57 Now you can move on to configuring offer bonuses Configuring bonuses for the offer Walkman shoes t shirt 1 In the Bonuses section click the link Offer products for free The dialog window will be expanded allowing you to configure the bonus parameters 2 Configure the bonus parameters Select the product HTML 4 for the World Wide Web using the Browse button in the section Add a parameter Set the number of products that will be given to a customer to 1 Click on Update The parameter will be saved 3 Select the checkbox next to the bonus title Offer products for free Click on Update The bonus will be assigned to the special offer being configured Now that you have defined all the necessary bonuses you can move on to configuring promo blocks Configuring promo blocks for the offer Walkman shoes t shirt Suppose we want the short and detailed promo blocks to look as follows Special offer for internet programmers Get your FREE copy of HTML 4 for the World Wide Web A FREE book HTML 4 for the World Wide Web with the following product set e 1 one SONY WM 3300 MY FIRST RGE Electronics Walkman e 1 one PATRICK Maracana HG Cleats Sport e and2 two Pocket T summer colors Men s clothes T shirts To create a link from the short to the detailed promo block to boldface some of the words and to arrange the product titles in the form of a
8. destination zone a customer must come from to be eligible for offer bonuses If necessary several destination zones can be specified in one offer For each of the zones you can specify which of the customer s addresses billing or shipping must belong to that zone 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 29 Edit parameters Please define condition parameters Add a parameter Zone f Please select one ix New York Oklahoma Next gt gt Figure 10 Conditions section the condition Customer comes from a specific geographic location is expanded Click Next The zone will be added to the list of zones applicable to this special offer Edit parameters ZONE NAME ZONE TYPE New York Billing z Delete selected Update Add a parameter Zone Please select one aj Add Next gt gt Select zone type Billing or Shipping from the corresponding drop down box To remove a zone from the list select the check box next to the zone name and click Delete selected When all the necessary zones have been included into the list click Update The condition parameters will be saved 4 Select the check box next to the condition whose parameters you have just configured Click Update The condition will be assigned to the special offer being configured After all the necessary conditions have been set you can move on to configuring offer bon
9. is a Premium member e Customer has a certain amount of bonus points for offers similar to 10 off any purchase for 200 bonus points customer has 200 bonus points e Customer comes from a specific geographic location for offers similar to Free shipping on all orders within the Continental USA customer resides in the Continental USA Free shipping to all addresses within Bayfield county customer is from Bayfield county 2 Decide on the type of condition that you want to set Click on the selected condition The dialog window will be expanded allowing you to configure the condition parameters 3 Configure the condition parameters e f you have selected Customer orders a certain product or products select what product s a customer will need to buy to become eligible for bonuses You can select one specific product several products which will have to be ordered as a set or a category For each of the selected products categories specify the product quantity that needs to be ordered Select the action that the system should take if a customer orders more than one product or product set specified here Give bonus just once or Give bonus for each instance of this set Note the Give bonus just once or Give bonus for each instance of this set setting is only applicable to Offer products for free bonus option Edit parameters Please define condition parameters Add a parameter Product Browse T Category
10. list we ll need some HTML First let s create a short promo block with a link to the detailed offer description Leave the Image field empty Enter the following piece 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 58 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual A href http example com offers php mode offer amp offerid 2 Special offer for internet programmers BR Get your lt B gt FREE lt B gt copy of lt B gt HTML 4 for the World Wide Web lt B gt into the field Text in the Short promo section Make sure you replace the target URL http example com offers php mode offer amp offerid 2 by the URL from below the Text field in the Short promo section Please note that you can use a relative path offers php mode offer amp offerid 2 instead of the full path Now let s create a detailed promo block Enter the following piece IMG border 0 src http example com path to file offer gif align right gt lt H2 gt A FREE book lt A class NavigationPath href product php productid 68 gt HTML lt UL gt lt LI gt 1 one lt A class NavigationPath href product php productid 163 gt SONY WM lt LI gt 1 one A class NavigationPath href product php productid 16123 gt PATRI lt LI gt and 2 two lt A class NavigationPath href product php productid 16130 gt P lt UL gt into the Detailed promo section replacing th
11. step Selecting Yes enables display of the short promo block for this offer Selecting No hides the short promo block 4 Click on Update 5 Make sure all the necessary settings have been adjusted properly The link Status at the top right of the offer configuration dialog must be green 6 Make the offer available to customers select Yes from the Active drop down box Unnamed offer 25 details Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Short name Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD Active ves Start data December E 22 E 2007 d End date December BE Sx lag 2007 M Display short promo ves E block Yes E Update lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 10 Offer details section offer short name and validity period have been specified offer status has been set to Active 7 Click Update If you have properly completed all the configuration steps your offer is now ready for use 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 50 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual 3 2 Example 2 Walkman shoes t shirt Let us create a special offer according to which a customer who buys a walkman SONY WM 3300 a pair of shoes PATRICK Maracana HG Cleats and a T shirt any product from the category T shirts will be able to get a free copy of the book HTML 4 for the World Wide Web Configuring conditions for the offer Walkman shoes t shir
12. texts Status Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Language English zl Short promo Change image Default editor WYSIWYG editor Note You can use the following URL as a link to the offer detailed promo page http example com offers offers php mode offerofferid 1 Detailed promo Default editor WYSIWYG editor Update Note There may be 2 types of promo blocks 1 Short promo block Appears at the top of category and product pages and if customer changes his profile May contain Image or Text If no Image is defined Text is used Text may contain HTML code Detailed promo block Appears at a special page lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 17 Offer configuration dialog Promo texts section Note This section can be accessed by clicking the button Next in the Bonuses section of the offer configuration dialog or the link Promo texts at the top of the offer configuration dialog 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 37 2 Create a short description of the offer for use in a short promo block Do one of the following a If all the information that needs to be demonstrated in the short promo block is contained in a single image file use the field Image to select the necessary file Click on Update to apply the changes b If you want your short promo block to contain text use the field Text to enter
13. the information about the special offer You can use either plain or HTML formatted text If you need to include images create links to them using the href attribute To save the changes click on Update Short promo blocks based on an image or consisting of plain text are clickable they allow your store visitors to access the detailed offer description If you use HTML formatting the promo block does not become clickable automatically If you need it clickable be sure to use the link provided below the Text field in the HTML code of your short promo block 3 Create a detailed description of the offer for use in a detailed promo block by entering the necessary offer info into the Detailed promo field You can use either plain or HTML formatted text If you need to include images create links to them using the href attribute To save the changes click on Update Note If you want to create promo blocks in languages other than the default store language choose the necessary language from the drop down box in the top right corner of the Promo texts section enter the text in that language into the Short promo and Detailed promo fields and click on Update After the necessary promo blocks have been created you can move on to the final step of offer configuration setting offer details 2 4 Offer details The final configuration step allows you to enable the created offer and define some important offer details sh
14. will only be converted to a GC if their amount is larger or equal to the amount specified in the Minimum allowed amount of bonus points to convert Minimum allowed amount of bonus points to convert Enter the minimum amount of bonus points which a customer can convert to a Gift Certificate Display offers list in multiple columns 1 3 Specify how many columns you would like the short promo blocks of your special offers to be displayed in on the store pages Maximum quantity of offers in the list at category and product pages Specify the maximum number of short promo blocks with information about special offers that will be simultaneously displayed to your customers on category and product pages Click on Save to apply the changes 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 23 2 Creating and configuring special offers Special offers are configured via the section Special offers located in the administrative X Cart GOLD or provider X Cart PRO zone of your store To access this section select Special offers from the Inventory menu Figure 1 Inventory menu gt Special offers The page you will find yourself at is supposed to provide a list of all the special offers in your store As no special offers have been configured yet on your first visit to this page the list of special offers will be empty SHORT NAME STATUS ACTIVE Currently there are no off
15. Product Browse al Category Next gt gt Figure 1 Conditions section the condition Customer orders a certain product or products is expanded 2 Configure the parameters for the chosen condition In our example it is not important which audio CDs a customer will buy Practically they can be any 10 CDs from the catalog category CD audio In this case setting the condition boils down to building the expression Any 10 products from the category CD audio Let s see how this can be done Select the necessary product category from the Category drop down box in the section Add a parameter 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 42 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Edit parameters Please define condition parameters Category CD audio subcategory of Add a parameter CD DVD Video Browse CD DVD Video CD audio Product Category Next gt gt Figure 2 Conditions section the category CD audio has been selected from the Category drop down box Click on the Add button below The selected category will be added to the condition expression Edit parameters Action that should be taken if the m Give bonus just once aj conditions are met Note The option Give bonus for each instance of this set works only for bonuses of the Offer products for free type PRODUCT QUANTITY 7 Products fr
16. Status Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Language English zl Short promo Change image Default editor WYSIWYG editor Note You can use the following URL as a link to the offer detailed promo page http jl example com offers offers php mode offer amp gofferid 1 Detailed promo Default editor WYSIWYG editor Update Note There may be 2 types of promo blocks 1 Short promo block Appears at the top of category and product pages and if customer changes his profile May contain Image or Text If no Image is defined Text is used Text may contain HTML code Detailed promo block Appears at a special page lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 9 Promo texts section short and detailed promo blocks have been created Click on Update The promo blocks will be saved Configuring offer details for the offer 10 Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 49 1 Use the Short name field of the Offer details section to enter the name 10 Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD 2 Use the Start date and End date to define the period during which the offer will be valid 3 Use the Display short promo block field to specify whether you want to use a short promo block to advertise the offer being created This option will only work if you have created a short promo text at the previous configuration
17. X Cart Gold and X Cart Pro To install the module take the following steps 1 Download the module distributive from the File area Software distributives The file you need is named x offers x y z tgz where x y and z are the numbers of the module version must be the same as the version of your X Cart 2 Uncompress the archive file x offers x y z tgz and copy the resulting files to the directory where your X Cart is installed The file INSTALL X OFFERS provides instructions for installing the module 3 Run in the browser the installation script http www yourhost com xcart_dir install xoffers php X SpecialOffers installation wizard will be launched 4 Enter your authentication code read the License Agreement and if you accept the terms and conditions of the License Agreement click the Next button Note The authentication code is issued on completion of X Cart installation It is used to prevent unauthorized re installation of X Cart You also need to know this code to install any purchased X Cart modules If you do not remember your Auth code you can look it up at any time in the file include install php 5 The installation script will copy the files and make all the necessary changes in the database Note If while running the installation you get any messages marked red it means some errors were encountered and the installation has not been completed properly Resolve the issues causing the installation process to be interrupt
18. X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User Manual gt X SpecialOtfers 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Company website www x cart com Revision date Aug 05 2008 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User Manual 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved This User Manual is intended for X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart v 4 1 11 It covers most of the areas of the add on module s installation and use and is applicable for both X Cart GOLD and X Cart PRO versions X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of the copyright owner Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indire
19. be read straight through or referenced on a need to know basis Special LOAF Selected options Cover Soft 45 95 x fi 45 95 39 98 Delete item Edit options Subtotal 45 95 39 98 TOTAL 45 95 39 98 After checkout you will get Ability to get a higher membership level Premium Update Clear cart Figure 11 A shopping cart displaying a message about an opportunity to get a membership Similarly the invoice issued at the end of checkout contains a record of the awarded bonus 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 13 Invoice company INVOICE Date 04 07 2005 15 48 51 Your Company Name NAME Order id 10 Test address Test city Order status Queued 50001 California Payment method United States Phone Ordering US TOLL FREE 1 800 555 5555 Delivery method International 500 555 5555 n a Fax 1 800 555 5555 Company First Name John Last Name Smith Phone n a Fax E Mail john_s example com URL Billing Address Shipping Address First Name John First Name John Last Name Smith Last Name Smith Address test Address test City test City test State Oklahoma State Oklahoma Country United States Country United States Zip Postal code 12345 Zip Postal code 12345 Products ordered Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Classroom Options Cover Soft 45 95 1 45 95 SKU63 Subtotal 45 95 Shipping cost 0 00 Total
20. certain membership specify a membership that a customer will need to have to be eligible for bonuses If necessary specify more than one membership To do so simply hold down Ctrl key while selecting the necessary memberships with your mouse Please note that in case of multiple memberships selected ANY of the selected memberships entitles a customer to use the special offer 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 28 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Edit parameters If no memberships are selected only the customers with no membership will match the condition Premium Wholesale Next gt gt Figure 8 Conditions section the condition Customer has a certain membership is expanded e f you have selected Customer has a certain amount of bonus points specify the amount of bonus points that a customer is supposed to have to be eligible for bonuses In a way similar to setting a subtotal amount range you can specify the minimum and maximum limit for the amount of bonus points If no maximum limit is needed simply set the maximum limit to 0 00 Edit parameters Min o 00 Max o 00 Note 0 00 means no maximum limit Update Next gt gt Figure 9 Conditions section the condition Customer has a certain amount of bonus points is expanded e If you have selected Customer comes from a specific geographic location specify what
21. condition membership tpl Comet ion pon SI s CdL cromo sim eXeE o eTou COMCLIELCM Ege Eod condition zone tpl product n category tpl sq1 x offers sql P uEsE Gem Ing UWS sxepll 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Printed 05 08 2008
22. ction to the system as to what it should do if a customer buys for example not ten but twenty or thirty audio CDs With ten CDs it s clear a customer just gets one free CD and that s it Does he get three CDs free of charge if he buys thirty Or is it that he can get a free CD just once no matter how many audio CDs he buys this time Please turn your attention to the drop down box Action that should be taken if the conditions are met If you want your customers to be able to use the special offer being created just once per order select the option Give bonus just once In this case if a customer orders 20 CDs or any other number of CDs divisible by 10 he will only get 1 audio CD for free If you want your customers to get a free CD for every 10 CDs that they purchase in one order select the option Give bonus for each instance of this set In this case if a customer orders 20 CDs he will get 2 audio CDs free of charge if he orders 50 CDs he will get 5 CDs etc Suppose we ve chosen to apply the special offer bonuses every time the conditions are met 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 44 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Edit parameters Action that should be taken if the Give bonus for each instance of this set aj conditions are met Note The option Give bonus for each instance of this set wo only for bonuses of the Offer products for free type
23. ctly by this document Printed 05 08 2008 Contents l Table of Contents 1 General TUTOR ETN cd OU eens te 1 1 1 Key features 1 2 Special offers 1 3 Special Offers page wow cc esses sessesesssceessssseeessseesessneeeesseneeeeesseesuseneeusueneeseeeaaessuseneesaseneeeeesaesensenes 1 4 Promo blocks and Special offer labels 1 5 Cart and checkout 1 6 Bonuses section 1 7 Functional roles 1 8 Installing and configuring SpecialOffers IE ABL cIInPRugupnc X 1 8 2 Uninstalling the mod le 1 8 3 Configuring the module 1 00 2 2 Creating and configuring special offers eeeee 2 1 Conditions 2 2 Bonuses 3 Examples of configuring special offers eere 3 1 Example 1 10 Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD 3 2 Example 2 Walkman shoes t shirt 4 Managing existing special Offe E TERT TEETLETTE TIT TTTTTTTTTLTITEIILOTITOCTTELTTRL TOIT CETSOTTITET 5 Managing bonus points eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer rr reenneeneeeeeeeee nennen nnne 6 Appendix NEN LLLI 1 1 1 LLL Thank you for choosing X Cart software solutions 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 1 1 General information X SpecialOffers is an X Cart add on module that allows you to create special offers By special offers we mean a great variety of discounts a
24. dd lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 8 Bonuses section the bonus Offer products for free has been assigned to the offer Click on Update The bonus will be assigned to the special offer being configured Now that you have defined all the necessary bonuses you can move on to configuring promo blocks 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 47 Configuring promo blocks for the offer 10 Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD Let us create an advertisement for the special offer being created For the sake of example we ll try to keep the advertisement as simple as possible the short promo block will contain a textual link to a detailed description of the offer the detailed block will also be just a line of text To configure the short promo block enter the text of your advertisement into the field Text in the Short promo section As we do not need the link to be anything but plain text we do not use any HTML formatting This makes the textual part of the short promo block clickable To configure the detailed promo block enter the offer details into the Detailed promo section To make the text of the detailed promo more conspicuous format it using HTML tags for example H2 lt H2 gt 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 48 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Unnamed offer 26 promo texts
25. e image source URL http example com path to file offer gif by a valid image URL or file path To create links to products copy product URLs from the address line of your browser and use them as values of the href attribute in product links for instance lt A class NavigationPath href http example com product php productid 68 amp cat 23 amp page 1 gt HTML 4 for the World Wide Web lt A gt or A class NavigationPath href product php productid 68 gt HTML 4 for the World Wide Web lt A gt 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 59 Unnamed offer 2 promo texts Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Language English Short promo Image 77777 Browse lt CENTER gt lt A href offers php mode offer amp offerid 2 gt Special offer for internet programmers lt BR gt Note You can use the following URL as a link to the offer detailed promo page http examptie com offers offers php rodezofferSofferid 2 Detailed promo lt IMG border 0 srcz skini rnodules Special Offers dermno offer big white gif align right gt lt H2 gt A FREE book lt A class NavigationPath href product php productid 68 gt HTML 4 for the World Wide Web lt A gt with the following product set lt H2 gt lt UL gt lt LI gt 1 one lt A class NavigationPath href product php productid 163 gt SONY WM 3300 MY FIRST RGE A gt Electronics
26. ed and run the installation wizard from the beginning Click on Next to proceed 6 After the installation is completed you will get a message informing you of the completion of the installation process Now you need to enable the module and configure it for work with your X Cart based store 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 21 1 8 2 Uninstalling the module To uninstall X SpecialOffers do the following 1 Launch the Installation Wizard Point your browser at the location of your store with the addition of install xoffers php 2 At the first step of the Installation Wizard Step 1 License agreement select the Un install the module radio button 3 Click the Next button 4 The Installation Wizard will remove the module files and deactivate the module Step 2 Uninstalling the module Click Next to proceed 5 Step 3 Uninstallation complete is the final step of the uninstallation process It notifies you that the module has been successfully uninstalled Important After uninstalling X SpecialOffers be sure to remove the module distribution package from your web directory 1 8 3 Configuring the module Log in to the Admin area Go to the Modules section Enable the module Special Offers by selecting the checkbox next to it mp cem This module provides interaction between the shopping cart and Sales n Stats applications IV special Offers This module e
27. em Bach Cello Suiten Mstislav Rostropovich Composer Johann Sebastian Bach Performer Mstislau RostropovichEmd Emi Classics 55363 June 13 1995Audio CD DDD Number of Discs 2 0 00 x 0 00 0 00 This item is FREE for you Delete item Subtotal 139 90 121 71 TOTAL 139 90 121 71 Update 79 Clear cart Check for special offers Checkout Figure 16 A shopping cart containing a free product Important Please be aware that when a free product that gets added to a shopping cart comes from the same category as some of the products already contained in the shopping cart the zero price is assigned to the most expensive of the category products added to the cart Example Suppose there is a special offer that allows anyone to order any 2 books and get a third book free all the books are in the same category If a customer adds to cart book A 3 and book B 5 and then selects some book C 2 as a free gift to go with his purchase X SpecialOffers will readjust the prices of the products in the shopping cart so that the books A and C will cost 3 and 2 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 18 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual respectively while the book B will be offered at zero price The link All offers for cart located at the top of the Items form on the shopping cart page provides access to descriptions of special offers avai
28. ers defined Add new Figure 2 Special offers section no special offers configured As you start creating special offers they will be added to the list To add a special offer click on Add new at the bottom of the Offers dialog You will be given access to the offer configuration dialog Use it to configure the new offer Configuring any special offer involves the following steps 1 Setting up offer conditions 2 Selecting bonuses 3 Creating promo texts for short and detailed offer descriptions 4 Defining the validity period of the offer activating the offer 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 24 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Each of the named steps corresponds to a specific section of the offer configuration dialog The sections can be accessed by clicking the links Conditions Bonuses Promo texts and Offer at the top Unnamed offer 25 conditions Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the conditions under which bonuses will be applied T Customer orders a certain product or products Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount Customer has a certain membership Customer has a certain amount of bonus paints Customer comes from a specific geographic location Next gt gt Figure 3 Offer configuration dialog The link Status in the top right corner of the offer configuration dialog allows you to make s
29. fers for cart e Continue shopping amp 3 Figure 4 A detailed offer description obtained by clicking on a short promo block The detailed offer description page provides some additional links e the link Show all available offers allows a customer to access the Special offers page with detailed descriptions of all the offers currently available e the link Show offers for cart allows a customer who has products in his shopping cart to view descriptions of all the offers which can be or are already being applied to the contents of the cart e the link Continue shopping allows a customer to return to the category product page from which he was redirected to the detailed offer description All the products affected by special offers receive labels saying there is a special offer available Customers can click on these labels to find out more information about the offers 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 7 Your Company Name Computer hardware Portable computers Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer more offers gt gt Portable computers Sort by Product Price 4 Default Acer TravelMate 212T The freedom to leave your desk behind without leaving your computer The freedom to do what you want where you want The freedom of an all in one mobile system Acer s new TravelMate 210 series of mobile PCs provides you with all you Special need to stay pr
30. ffers add on module are extremely diverse Each offer is supposed to give a customer some kind of bonus a discount some bonus points a privileged membership free products or free shipping Bonuses may be combined within one special offer for example a customer may be offered both a discount and a membership for buying a specific amount of some product 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 2 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Customers become eligible for getting bonuses as a result of certain conditions being met For example you can create offers that will be applicable if a customer 8 buys a certain product combination of products product s from a certain category b belongs to a specific membership group C d e orders products for a sum of money that is larger than a certain amount has a certain amount of bonus points comes from a specific geographic location Conditions can be combined with one another to form complex conditions It is possible to define a validity period for each of your special offers Expired offers get disabled automatically Detailed information on how to create special offers is available in the chapter Creating and Configuring Special Offers 1 3 Special offers page After you create and enable some special offers the visitors of the Customer area of your store can obtain information about currently available special o
31. ffers from a page titled Special offers This page can be accessed by clicking on Special offers in the Special menu Figure 1 Special menu gt Special offers The Special offers page displays detailed offer descriptions which you create while configuring your special offers Information on how to create detailed offer descriptions is available in the Promo texts section of the chapter Creating and Configuring Special Offers See Detailed promo blocks Please note that the set of offers displayed on the Special offers page may change depending on who is viewing the page Special offers which may be used only by customers with a certain membership or customers from a specific geographic location are displayed on the Special offers page only to customers logged into the store with a profile corresponding to that membership or geographic location 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information Your Company Name Special offers Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer more offers gt gt Our special offers Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer Don t miss your chance Buy any laptop from the category Computer hardware Portable computers to get a genuine Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer absolutely free Show offers for cart gt 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 4 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 Use
32. ice provided at the end of checkout procedure shows the number of bonus points awarded for the purchase Bonuses section 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 10 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Invoice company INVOICE Date 04 07 2005 15 48 51 Your Company Name NAME Order id 10 Test address Test city Order status Queued 50001 California Payment method United States Phone Ordering US TOLL FREE 1 800 555 5555 Delivery method International 500 555 5555 n a Fax 1 800 555 5555 Company First Name John Last Name Smith Phone n a Fax E Mail john s gexample com URL Billing Address Shipping Address First Name John First Name John Last Name Smith Last Name Smith Address test Address test City test City test State Oklahoma State Oklahoma Country United States Country United States Zip Postal code 12345 Zip Postal code 12345 Products ordered Es Photoshop 5 5 Classroom SKU63 Options Cover Soft 45 25 i 45 95 Subtotal 45 25 Shipping cost 0 00 Total 45 95 Bonuses Bonus points 40 Thank you for your purchase Print invoice 73 Continue shopping Figure 8 Invoice showing the number of awarded bonus points in the Bonuses section As bonus points are awarded not immediately but after order completion you might want to inform your customers that they will need to allow enough time f
33. lable for the current state of the shopping cart Customers can use this link to view the complete list of offers which can be applied or are already being applied to their cart Note Only one discount may be applied to any item If several discounts might apply to the same product the greatest of the applicable discounts is used For example one discount offers 1096 off on red T shirts and a different discount offers 2096 off on any purchase to customers with Premium membership When a Premium member adds a red T shirt to his shopping cart he can see both the discounts in the list of offers available for his cart however only the 2096 discount for Premium members is applied to his purchase at checkout 1 6 Bonuses section Registered customers can access information about the bonuses they have earned via Your cart menu gt Bonuses Before a customer earns any bonuses the Bonuses section is empty Then as bonuses are collected Bonus points and or Membership subsections may be included Bonuses Learn more about offers amp 3 Bonus points Earned bonus points 100 Minimum allowed amount of bonus points to convert 100 Conversion rate is 0 10 0 09 Convert to a Gift Certificate Membership Change membership to Premium z Figure 17 Bonuses section of the Customer interface Bonus points subsection Bonus points subsection allows a customer to find out how many bon
34. le of the chapter Installing and Configuring X SpecialOffers The link more offers gt gt which may appear on category product pages allows your customers to access a list of detailed descriptions of all the offers available for the category product they are currently viewing The link is especially helpful for situations in which the number of special offers available for a category product exceeds the number of short promo blocks which can be displayed on one page Short promo blocks with information about special offers not concerning specific products categories can appear on any store page except for product category pages already used for displaying promo blocks of 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 6 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual offers concerning products categories The module shows only one such promo block per page based on random selection When a short promo block is made clickable clicking on it allows a customer to view the detailed description of the offer Your Company Name Special offers Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer more offers gt gt Our special offers Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer Don t miss your chance Buy any laptop from the category Computer hardware Portable computers to get a genuine Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer absolutely free Show all available offers PE Show of
35. m the Category drop down box in the section Add a parameter Set the number of products that will be given to a customer for free Edit parameters Bonus will include the following PRODUCT QUANTITY E Products from category including subcategories N Selected _Delete selected update category How many products from the selected category will be given to a customer Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category Add lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 7 Bonuses section the category and number of the products that will be given as a bonus have been specified 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 46 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Click on Update The parameter will be saved 3 Now select the checkbox next to the title of the bonus whose parameters you ve just defined Unnamed offer 25 bonuses Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the necessary bonuses Give a discount Give bonus points Give free shipping 2 Offer products for free er membership Tick this checkbox to select the bonus Edit parameters Bonus will include the following PRODUCT QUANTITY Products from category CD audio P including subcategories No x Delete selected Update Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category sl A
36. mbership Customer has a certain amount of bonus points Customer comes from a specific geographic location Next gt gt Figure 5 Offer configuration dialog Conditions section Note This section opens automatically when you click the button Add new in the Offers dialog Another way to access this section is to click the link Conditions at the top of the offer configuration dialog or the link Offer conditions in the status section of the offer configuration dialog In the central part of the dialog window you will see five types of conditions e Customer orders a certain product or products for offers similar to All DVDs Buy 3 Get 4th FREE customer orders 3 DVDs 80 Off Hardcover Bestsellers Every Day customer orders a hardcover book Free 256MB expansion card with any Palm computer customer orders a Palm computer Buy a cell phone and a hands free kit get 200 bonus points customer orders a cell phone and a hands free kit 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 26 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual e Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount for offers similar to Free Shipping on any purchase over 40 the subtotal order amount exceeds 40 200 bonus points with orders of 200 or more the subtotal order amount is 200 or more e Customer has a certain membership for offers similar to Premium Members Save 20 June 7 23 customer
37. nables you to create special Punfioure offers for your customers LL This module allows you to disable the usage of your shop from specific IP addresses a Stop List Useful for protection from the known sources of fraudulent orders Figure 1 X Cart admin area Modules section enabling X SpecialOffers Click on Update at the bottom of the page 1 Go to the General settings Special Offers options section and adjust the module settings 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 22 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual General settings Special Offers options Bonus points to Gift Certificate ji conversion rate Minimum allowed amount of bonus points to convert Display offers list in multiple columns 1 3 Maximum number of offers in the list at category and s product pages Save Figure 2 X Cart admin area General settings Special Offers options section Bonus points to Gift Certificate conversion rate Specify the conversion rate which should be used when converting bonus points to a Gift Certificate The amount of the resulting GC will be calculated as the number of bonus points multiplied by the number entered into this field For example if the store currency is US dollars the conversion rate is 0 1 and the customer has 100 bonus points the GC amount will be 10 100 bonus points x 0 1 10 Please note that bonus points
38. nd bonuses which customers can get under certain conditions X SpecialOffers does not impose any ready made schemes but provides you extreme flexibility in defining bonuses discounts and setting up conditions under which they will be made available to your customers 1 1 Key features e allows to create an unlimited number of special offers based on 5 combinable types of bonuses allows to set up complex conditions defining when this or that special offer can be applied informs customers about available special offers by means of promo blocks Special offers page and clickable Special offer labels added to thumbnail images of products detects situations in which a customer is eligible for getting discounts bonuses automatically applies bonuses to qualified orders performs deduction of discounts and shipping charges adds bonus points to customer accounts provides optional bonuses free products and memberships to eligible customers keeps the list of available offers up to date automatically disables expired offers provides customers with a means for managing earned bonuses including a tool for converting bonus points to Gift Certificates X SpecialOffers is a reliable up to date solution that can help your online business succeed in the competitive market of today More products of X Cart family are available at http www x cart com 1 2 Special offers Special offers which can be created by means of X SpecialO
39. oductive at home at the office or in the clas LIAI Market price 2034 00 See details Our price 1790 00 1557 30 save 12 Quantity E aj Buy How Figure 5 Special offer labels mark products on which special offers are provided 1 5 Cart and checkout The shopping cart page allows a customer to see what bonuses will be applied to his order after checkout and to find out if there are any other bonuses that may be applied Discounts bonus points and free shipping are applied to qualified orders automatically When a discount is applied to a product in a customer s shopping cart the shopping cart page displays two prices for this product e common price a price defined for this product by the product provider e special price a discounted price made available to the customer according to the special offer that was applied 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 8 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Items All offers for cart eo Designing Web Usability Creating Web sites is easy Creating sites that truly meet the needs andexpectations of a wide range of online users is quite another story In Designing Web Usability The Practice of Simplicity renownedWeb usability guru Jakob Nielsen shares his insightful thoughts on thesubject Common price 27 58 Special price for you 23 38 x n 23 38 Le 20 34 Delete item 3 Delivery method
40. oles The administrative part of X SpecialOffers module is handled by the store administrators and providers In X Cart GOLD the store admin provider fully controls the work of the module enables the module and adjusts the module settings configures special offers defines bonuses and conditions creates promo blocks adjusts availability and duration for each offer manages existing special offers has access to information about the number of bonus points earned by specific customers and edits the number of bonus points if necessary In X Cart PRO the store admin and provider s have different access privileges so the functions performed by them in connection with X SpecialOffers are not the same The administrator installs and configures the module while all the tasks related to configuring and managing special offers are performed by providers The administrator also carries out the function of supervision which enables him to edit the number of bonus points earned by the store users 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 20 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual 1 8 Installing and configuring SpecialOffers Learn to install and uninstall X SpecialOffers installing X SpecialOffers uninstalling X SpecialOffers Find out how to configure X SpecialOffers configuring the module 1 8 1 Installing the module The process of installing the module X SpecialOffers is the same for
41. om category ji including subcategories No Delete selected Update Category added to the M Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category Add Next gt gt Figure 3 Conditions section the category CD audio has been added to the condition expression The category CD audio does not have any subcategories so it does not matter what is selected in the including subcategories drop down box We just leave the value of this box as is Note Had we chosen to select a category with subcategories we could specify whether we want products from the subcategories to be 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 43 covered by this offer or not Now you need to define how many products a customer will need to buy to get bonus es on this offer and how many times he will be able to get them We ve already decided that a customer will need to buy at least ten audio CDs to be able to use the special offer being created Accordingly enter the required number of products 10 CDs into the Quantity field Note If necessary you can specify several categories or products within one condition In this case only the customers who will buy ALL the products specified in the condition will be eligible for bonuses The second part of the question probably needs some explanation In practice we are supposed to provide an instru
42. omer if his order satisfies offer conditions You define the amount of bonus points that a customer can receive on a special offer Bonus points are added to a customer s account automatically as soon as the customer s order receives the status Complete Upon collecting a certain amount of bonus points a customer can convert them to a Gift Certificate If you wish you may also create special offers according to which certain amounts of bonus points will entitle a customer to other bonuses getting free products discounts memberships or free shipping e Give free shipping allows you to provide free shipping on qualified orders Please note that free shipping can be applied to specific products specific categories or the whole customer s shopping cart 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 31 e Offer products for free allows you to enable your customers to receive free products Please note that free products will only be added to a qualified order if the customer who is placing that order declares his wish to get some products free of charge in addition to the order Offer membership allows you to enable your customers to sign up for a membership that grants privileges in using the store If a special offer that gives ability to sign up for some membership is applied to a purchase the customer is informed about it by a message displayed in the shopping cart before checkou
43. or the bonus points to reach their account 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 11 Customers can view the number of bonus points they have earned by clicking on Bonuses in Your cart menu Learn more about offers Bonus points Earned bonus points 40 Minimum allowed amount of bonus points to convert Conversion rate is 0 10 0 09 Convert to a Gift Certificate 100 Figure 9 Bonuses section showing the number of bonus points earned by a customer When a special offer applied to a customer s cart involves free shipping the customer does not get any additional messages but shipping charges are not applied The invoice provided at the end of checkout procedure shows that the cost of shipping in this case is counted as 0 00 If a purchase makes it possible for a customer to get a bonus membership the customer is informed of the fact by a message displayed to him on the shopping cart page The membership message appears in the same way as the message displayed when a customer gets bonus points 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 12 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Items All offers for cart Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Classroom Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Classroom in a Book Specia Web Edition like others in the fine Classroom in a Book series is somewhere between a manual and a tutorial the lessons can
44. ort name and validity period To define offer details do the following 1 Go to the Offer details section of the offer configuration dialog 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 38 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual 8 Unnamed offer 26 details Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Short name Unnamed offer 26 Active Yes zl Start date December zl 21 zl 2007 zl End date December z 21 z 2008 aj Display short promo block Update lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 18 Offer configuration dialog Offer details section Note This section can be accessed by clicking the button Next in the Promo texts section of the offer configuration dialog the link Offer at the top of the offer configuration dialog or the links Active or Validity period in the status section of the offer configuration dialog Think of a short name that would help you recognize the offer you ve created among the other offers in your store Enter the name into the Short name field Use the Start date and End date to define the period during which the offer will be valid Specify whether you want a short promo block to be used for this offer Click Update Make sure all the necessary settings have been adjusted properly The link Status at the top right of the offer configuration dialog must be green Make
45. ose Edit parameters Please define bonus parameters Premium Wholesale lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 16 Bonuses section the bonus Offer membership is expanded Click Update The parameter will be saved 4 Now select the checkbox next to the title of the bonus whose parameters you ve just defined Click Next gt gt The bonus will be assigned to the special offer being configured After all the necessary bonuses have been defined you can move on to configuring promo blocks 2 3 Promo texts The module supports two types of offer descriptions short and detailed Short descriptions are used in 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 35 short promo blocks appearing at the top of store pages Detailed descriptions are used for the Special offers page and other pages providing detailed information about offers Both short and detailed descriptions may contain HTML formatted text and or images You can create offer descriptions via the section Promo texts of the offer configuration dialog To create descriptions that will be used in the offer s short and detailed promo blocks do the following 1 Go to the Promo texts section of the offer configuration dialog 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 36 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Unnamed offer 26 promo
46. pecial Offers See Short promo blocks Short promo blocks concerning specific products or product categories appear at the top of product and category pages on the pages of the product category itself and the pages of their parent categories 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 5 Your Company Name Computer hardware Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer more offers gt gt Computer hardware 5 CPU Coolers 4 Products E Keyboards 2 Products Motherboards 10 Products Personal assistants PDA 5 Products Portable computers 2 Products Printers 3 Products Mouses 3 Products Monitors 2 Products Processors 4 Products Soundcards 2 Products Videocards 3 Products Sortby Product Price 4 Default Figure 3 A short promo block displayed on Computer hardware category page The number of short promo blocks that may be displayed simultaneously on one product category page can be defined by setting the option Maximum number of offers in the list in General settings Special Offers options You can adjust the module so that multiple short promo blocks appearing on one product category page will be displayed in 1 3 columns The number of columns can be defined by setting the option Display offers list in multiple columns 1 3 in General settings Special Offers options More information on Special Offers options is available in the section Configuring the modu
47. pless nights But the real legend is how Bach was able to produce for an apparently throwaway occasion one of the crowning masterpieces not only of the Baroque but of all Western music Here s a gathering of widely varied interpretations the MILLE music has inspired from keyboard masters to arrangements for string 111482 orchestra jazz trio and even brass band 13 99 x i0 139 90 121 71 Delete item Subtotal 139 90 121 71 TOTAL 139 90 121 71 Update Clear cart Check for special offers Checkout Figure 14 Cart displaying the button Check for special offers Clicking on this button allows the customer to view the list of products offered at special prices including zero price on free products 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 16 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Add products to your cart for special price Sort by SKU Product 4 Price Default Result pages 4 132 Bach Cello Suiten Mstislav Rostropovich SKU SKU77 Composer Johann Sebastian Bach Performer Mstislay RostropovichEmd Emi Classics 55363 June 13 See details 1995Audio CD DDD Number of Discs 2 Market price 4476 Our price 31 32 27 25 save 2596 Special price for you FREE 0 00 Quantity 1 7 Elton John Songs From The West Coast SKU SKU117 Songs From The West Coast rests on the strong foundation of piano driven melodie
48. r manual Your Company Name Special offers Are you from Oklahoma Get 10 off on any purchase Members week 15 off of Free Wireless mouse with everything every laptop computer more offers gt gt Our special offers Are you from Oklahoma Buy any product with a 10 discount Members week 15 off of everything A 15 discount for our Premium members on any item ordered till the end of this week Free Wireless mouse with every laptop computer Don t miss your chance Buy any laptop from the category Computer hardware Portable computers to get a genuine Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer absolutely free Show offers for cart Qo Figure 2 Example the same Special offers page as seen by a Premium member from Oklahoma 1 before login 2 after login 1 4 Promo blocks and Special offer labels In addition to the Special offers page information about available special offers can be provided to customers via short promo blocks A short promo block is a compact offer description which may appear at the top of store pages displaying text and or graphics and providing a link to the detailed description of the corresponding offer Short descriptions for use in promo blocks may be easily created in the process of configuring individual special offers Information on how to create short offer descriptions is available in the Promo texts section of the chapter Creating and Configuring S
49. r membership Not member Membership Not member 7 Username john_s Password esee Confirm Password BEZE O Require to change password on next log in Customer bonuses Earned bonus points 100 Information The password must be different from the username It is strongly recommended to use passwords of 5 or more characters E mail address must be valid because it will be used for communication purposes order notifications etc 3 Figure 1 User profile details Customer bonuses Edit the number in the field Earned bonus points 4 Click on Save The number of bonus points will be updated 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Appendix 6 Appendix Here is a list of files included into the module INSTALL X OFFERS bonuses php install xoffers php offers php modules Special Offers calculate php calculate init php calculate prepare php calculate result php calculate return php calculate subtotal php category offers php complete order php config php customer bonuses php customer offers php func php html catalog php LTE ONI offers php place_order_extra php product_offers php register_customer php search_results_calculate php provider offers php skinl original images offer thumb gif offerbox arrow gif skinl original mail special offers order bonuses tpl skinl original mail html special offers order bonuses tpl sSkinl o
50. riginal modules Special Offers bonus names tpl common tpl condition names tpl menu cart tpl menu provider tpl menu special tpl offer bonuses tpl offer conditions tpl offer details tpl offer languages tpl offer nav tpl OLESE SESIEUSEIS offers tpl order bonuses tpl order extra data tpl show status tpl wizard step tpl wizard step w list tpl 65 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 66 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual sSkinl original modules Special Offers customer bonuses tpl bonuses points2gc tpl bonuses view tpl cart bonuses tpl cart checkout buttons tpl cart free tpl Get Otitiees s EL cart price special tpl category krens sme Jae s E19 checkout free products tpl new offers message tpl new offers short list tpl offers tpl Qiritewe gp product offer thumb tpl jorcoeluiel Qi titess sime ILIKE s ejoll product special price tpl register bonuses tpl skinl original modules Special Offers edit bonus discount tpl bonus membership tpl bonus noprice tpl logus oXOuumtES s pU bonus shipping tpl condition membership tpl ekoimobie die ToxolaLiniE S o Tego croumolLiE3big ye s iET9E COMCLIELOM tone tpud condition zone tpl product n category tpl Skinl original modules Special Offers view bonus discount tpl bonus membership tpl bonus noprice tpl oigimuus oXOJLmiE S s TETpUL bonus shipping tpl
51. s Elton s smooth vocals and Taupin s romantic lyrics The highlight of the album is I Want Love a drawn out track with its visually striking video of Robert Dow Market price 425 06 Our price 100 00 87 00 save 2096 See details Special price for you FREE 0 00 Quantity 1 Result pages 4 1 2 Continue shopping Figure 15 List of products which can be added to cart at special prices The customer can choose any product from the list and add it to the shopping cart 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 17 If a customer adds to his shopping cart some discounted products both the regular and the special prices are shown for each of them Free products are simply marked by a note This item is FREE for you their price appears as 0 00 Items All offers for cart P Bach s Goldberg Variations we 4 As the legend goes Bach s Goldberg Varistionswere written for an insomniac diplomat patron who desired music to help cheer him on lonely sleepless nights But the real legend is how Bach was able to produce for an apparently throwaway occasion one of the crowning masterpieces not only of the Baroque but of all Western music Here s a gathering of widely varied interpretations the DEIL music has inspired from keyboard masters to arrangements for string LIS orchestra jazz trio and even brass band 13 99 x fio 139 90 121 71 Delete it
52. se a product dialog box Use the Choose a product dialog to select the product SONY WM 3300 Select the category in which the product SONY WM 3300 is located from the Category section gt Click on the Show products button gt Click on the product title SONY WM 3300 in the Products section gt Click on the Select button below the Products section The name of the selected product will appear in the Product field 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 52 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Unnamed offer 2 conditions Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the conditions under which bonuses will be applied Customer orders a certain product or products Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount Customer has a certain membership Customer has a certain amount of bonus points Customer comes from a specific geographic location Edit parameters Please define condition parameters Add a parameter Product SONY WM 3300 MY FIRS Category Please select one 7 Add Next gt gt Figure 13 Conditions section the product SONY WM 3300 MY FIRST RGE has been selected Click on Add The selected product will be added to the condition expression 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 53 Unnamed offer 2 conditions Conditions Bonu
53. ses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the conditions under which bonuses will be applied Customer orders a certain product or products Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount Customer has a certain membership Customer has a certain amount of bonus points Customer comes from a specific geographic location Edit parameters Action that should be taken if the conditions are Give bonus just once 7 met PRODUCT QUANTITY Product SKU163 SONY WM 3300 MY FIRST RGE fi Delete selected Update Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select one Ada Next gt gt Figure 14 Conditions section the product SONY WM 3300 MY FIRST RGE has been added to the condition expression Similarly locate the product PATRICK Maracana HG Cleats and add it to the condition expression Then select the category Men s clothes T shirts from the Category drop down box click on Add The category will be added to the condition 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 54 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Unnamed offer 2 conditions Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the conditions under which bonuses will be applied Customer orders a certain product or products Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount Customer has a certain membership n Customer has a certain amount of bonus points C
54. t 1 In the Conditions section of the offer configuration dialog click the link Customer orders a certain product or products The dialog window will be expanded allowing you to configure the condition parameters Edit parameters Please define condition parameters Add a parameter Product Browse a Category Next gt gt Figure 11 Conditions section the condition Customer orders a certain product or products is expanded 2 Configure the parameters for the chosen condition Click on the Browse button next to the field Product A new window displaying the dialog box Choose a product will appear 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 51 Choose a product Bookmarks Categories There are no available products under Books althis category Books Internet Books Software CD DVD Video CD DVD Video CD audio CD DVD Video DVD CD DVD Video Video cassettes Computer hardware Computer hardware CD amp DVD Computer hardware CPU Coolers Computer hardware Cases Computer hardware Keyboards Computer hardware Mernory chips Computer hardware Monitors Computer hardware Motherboards Computer hardware Mouses Computer hardware Personal assistants PDA Computer hardware Portable computers Computer hardware Printers Computer hardware Processors Show products Figure 12 Choo
55. t As soon as the order gets the status Complete the customer can visit the section My bonuses available via Your cart menu and select a membership that he would like to have The chosen membership will be granted to him automatically upon request Please note that memberships are only given to customers who declare their wish to get them by signing up N Decide on the type of bonus that you want to use 3 Configure the bonus parameters e f you have selected Give a discount specify a Discount amount an amount by which the price of each product item that satisfies the parameters of the bonus discount will need to be reduced b Discount type absolute or percent c Discount amount limitation if any the upper limit for the discount defined in the Discount amount field d What the discount needs to be applied to a specific product or products any products from a specific category or categories an entire shopping cart The bonus discount defined in this section will be applied to a customer s order on a per product item basis Note When more than one special offers providing a discount on the same product item are available only the maximum discount is applied Examples demonstrating usage of discount amount limitation 1 Product price 40 Discount amount 5 Discount type percent Limitation 10 Calculating the discount amount 40 5 2 Does the discount amount exceed the discount amount limi
56. tation No 2 lt 10 Calculating the discounted product price 40 2 38 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 32 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Product price 40 Discount amount 50 Discount type percent Limitation 10 Calculating the discount amount 40 50 20 Does the discount amount exceed the discount amount limitation Yes 20 gt 10 Calculating the discounted product price 40 10 30 Edit parameters Discount amount o o6 Discount type Absolute Discount should not exceed o o6 96 Update Note Discount will be applied to all the products in the customer s cart Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select category zl Add lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 12 Bonuses section the bonus Give a discount is expanded e f you have selected Give bonus points specify the amount of bonus points that a customer will be given on the offer A customer can get either a fixed amount of points for on order as a whole or a certain amount of points per spent the undiscounted subtotal is being used in the calculation 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 33 Edit parameters Fixed amount Points RR Amount per subtotal Points fa per fa of subtotal Update lt lt Back Next gt gt
57. test_national 1 00 10 15 days zi Subtotal 23 38 20 34 Shipping cost 1 00 0 87 TOTAL 24 38 21 21 Update clear cart 3 Check for special offers Checkout Figure 6 A shopping cart displaying common and special prices as a result of a discount being applied To order the product s at the special price the customer simply needs to proceed to checkout the discount amount will be subtracted from the order subtotal automatically When a customer s purchase allows him to get bonus points the customer is informed about it by a special message displayed in the shopping cart After checkout you will get N bonus points where N is the number of bonus points 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 9 Items All offers for cart Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Classroom Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Classroom in a Book Special Web Edition like others in the fine Classroom in a Book series is somewhere between a manual and a tutorial the lessons can be read straight through or referenced on a need to know basis Special LA Selected options Cover Soft 45 95 x 1 45 95 39 98 Delete item 779 Edit options 7 Subtotal 45 95 39 98 TOTAL 45 95 39 98 After checkout you will get 40 bonus points Update Clear cart Checkout Figure 7 A shopping cart displaying a message about an opportunity to get bonus points The invo
58. the number of bonus books given for free to one book per order Click on the Update button The condition parameters will be saved 3 Select the check box next to the condition whose parameters you ve just configured 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 56 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Unnamed offer 2 conditions Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the conditions under which bonuses will be applied Customer orders a certain product or products Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount Customer has a certain membership Customer has a certain amount of bonus points Customer comes from a specific geographic location Edit parameters Action that should be taken if the conditions are Give bonus just once 1 met Give bonus just once PRODUCT QUANTITY n Product SKU163 SONY wM 3300 MY FIRST RGE AND Product C98715 PATRICK Maracana HG Cleats AND E Products from category T shirts including subcategories No 7 Delete selected Update Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select one 7 Ad Next gt gt Figure 16 Conditions section the condition Customer orders a certain product or products has been assigned to the special offer Click on Update The condition will be assigned to the special offer 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of
59. the offer available to customers select Yes from the Active drop down box Click Update If you have properly completed all the configuration steps your offer is now ready for use Note Clicking the button Next at this step allows you to access the status section of the offer configuration dialog Clicking the link List 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 39 of offers in the section menu allows you to see your offers list Clicking the link Create a new offer in the section menu allows you to create and configure a new offer 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 41 3 Examples of configuring special offers Two examples of configuring special offers with different conditions bonuses and other offer details are given in this chapter Example 1 Example 2 3 1 Example 1 10 Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD Let us create a special offer according to which a customer who buys any 10 audio CDs will be able to get another audio CD for free Configuring conditions for the offer 10 Audio CDs 1 FREE Audio CD 1 In the Conditions section of the offer configuration dialog click the link Customer orders a certain product or products The dialog window will be expanded allowing you to configure the condition parameters Edit parameters Please define condition parameters Add a parameter
60. ty of your special offers by selecting unselecting the checkboxes in the ACTIVE column Be sure to click on Update to apply the changes The special offers you no longer need may be deleted To delete one or more special offers select the checkbox es to the left of the offer name s and click on Delete selected To select unselect all existing special offers at once use the links Check all Uncheck all at the top of the Offers list 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Managing bonus points 63 5 Managing bonus points Information about the number of bonus points that a customer has is stored in the customer s profile In some cases it may be necessary to change the number of bonus points that a customer has on his account The task of editing the number of collected bonus points may be performed by a person with administrative privileges To change the number of bonus points do the following 1 In the administrative interface search for the necessary user profile Management menu gt Users Management Search for users 2 Scroll down to the profile section Customer bonuses 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 64 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual Profile details Return to the search results Personal information rite we First Name Pon Last Name smith Company Username amp Password Signup fo
61. ure you have adjusted all the required offer settings Red color of the link means offer configuration has not been finished To find out which configuration steps still need to be completed click the link You will see a list of required configuration settings and their statuses Unnamed offer 25 status Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status OFFER SETTINGS STATUS Active No Validity period available Offer conditions not defined yet Offer bonuses not defined yet lt lt Back Figure 4 Offer status red links lead to the sections which need to be configured 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Creating and configuring special offers 25 The status links allow you to access the corresponding settings and re adjust them if necessary Green links mark the settings which are already defined Red links mark the settings that still need to be taken care of 2 1 Conditions The first thing you need to do while configuring a special offer is to set the conditions under which your special offer will be applied To set offer conditions do the following 1 Open the Conditions section of the offer configuration dialog Unnamed offer 25 conditions Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the conditions under which bonuses will be applied Customer orders a certain product or products Cart subtotal exceeds a certain amount Customer has a certain me
62. us points he has and if he wishes to 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved General information 19 to convert bonus points to a Gift Certificate The line Earned bonus points in the Bonus points subsection displays the number of bonus points earned by the customer The line Minimum allowed amount of bonus points to convert shows the minimum amount of bonus points which can be converted to a Gift Certificate If the number of bonus points that a customer has equals or is larger than this amount he can convert the bonus points to a Gift Certificate by clicking on the Convert to a Gift Certificate button The store administrator can set the minimum amount of bonus points which can be converted to a Gift Certificate and the conversion rate via the section General settings Special Offers options See Configuring the module He may also edit the number of bonus points earned by any customer by editing the customer s profile See Managing bonus points Membership subsection Membership subsection allows a customer to sign up for memberships granted to him as bonuses Bonus memberships are automatically added to the list in the Change membership to drop down box To sign up for a membership the customer needs to select the desired membership from the drop down box and click on Change The chosen membership will be given to him automatically no additional admin approval is needed 1 7 Functional r
63. uses 2 2 Bonuses To configure offer bonuses do the following 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved 30 X SpecialOffers add on module for X Cart 4 1 11 User manual 1 Go to the Bonuses section of the offer configuration dialog Unnamed offer 26 bonuses Conditions Bonuses Promotexts Offer Status Please select the necessary bonuses Give a discount Give bonus points Give free shipping Offer products for free Offer membership lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 11 Offer configuration dialog Bonuses section Note This section can be accessed by clicking the button Next in the Conditions section of the offer configuration dialog the link Bonuses at the top of the offer configuration dialog or the link Offer bonuses in the status section of the offer configuration dialog In the central part of the dialog window you see five types of bonuses e Give a discount allows you to provide a discount on a specific product several products category the whole customer s shopping cart when offer conditions are satisfied According to your needs discounts may be expressed in percent or in absolute terms It is possible to set a maximum limit for any discount For example 10 off the purchase but not more than 100 off e Give bonus points allows you to give a customer bonus points with his purchase Bonus points are conventional units which can be awarded to a cust
64. ustomer comes from a specific geographic location Edit parameters Action that should be taken if the conditions are Give bonus just once 7 met PRODUCT QUANTITY Product SKU163 SONY WM 3300 MY FIRST RGE AND Product C98715 PATRICK Maracana HG Cleats AND E Products from category T shirts including subcategories No Delete selected Update Add a parameter Product Browse Category Please select one 7 Add Next gt gt Figure 15 Conditions section the product PATRICK Maracana HG Cleats and the category T shirts have been added to the condition expression 2008 Ruslan R Fazliev All rights reserved Examples of configuring special offers 55 Note The products and categories added to one condition are joined by AND which means that only the customers who will buy ALL the products specified in the condition will be eligible for bonuses As a customer only needs to buy one item of each product to be able to use this offer leave the product quantity in all the boxes set to 1 Define how many times per order a customer will be able to get a free copy of the book HTML 4 for the World Wide Web Select the option Give bonus for each instance of this set if you want to enable your customers to get as many books as the number of Walkman shoes t shirt sets in their order Select the option Give bonus just once if you want to limit

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