Simple fix...

Edit your httpd.ini with the following.

[ISAPI_Rewrite]
RewriteRule .*?/cat_(\d+)(?:\.[a-z]{3,4})?([^?]*)(?:\?(.*))? /index.php\?_a=viewCat&catId=$1?2&$2 [I,L]
RewriteRule .*?/prod_(\d+)(?:\.[a-z]{3,4})?(?:\?(.*))? /index.php\?_a=viewProd&productId=$1?2&$2 [I,L]
RewriteRule .*?/info_(\d+)(?:\.[a-z]{3,4})?(?:\?(.*))? /index.php\?_a=viewDoc&docId=$1?2&$2 [I,L]
RewriteRule .*?/tell_(\d+)(?:\.[a-z]{3,4})?(?:\?(.*))? /index.php\?_a=tellafriend&productId=$1?2&$2 [I,L]
RewriteRule .*?/_saleItems(?:\.[a-z]+)?(\?(.*))? /index.php\?_a=viewCat&catId=saleItems?1&$1 [I,L]

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Although CubeCart allows this and calculates the VAT right on the checkout process, it doesn't have any facility to show the customer which tax class the product falls into on the viewProd page.

Annoying.

As you can see we've got two main tax classes set. "+VAT" and "VAT Exempt".

Here's how to display this information on your viewProd page.

Step One - Edit includes/content/viewProd.inc.php

Around line 36 you will see $query. Replace with

$query = "SELECT I.*, C.cat_name, C.cat_father_id, I.taxType , ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_taxes.taxName
FROM ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_inventory AS I
LEFT JOIN ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_category AS C ON I.cat_id = C.cat_id
LEFT JOIN ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_taxes ON I.taxType = ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_taxes.id
WHERE I.disabled='0'
AND I.productId = ".$db->mySQLSafe($_GET['productId']);

Further down find,

 $view_prod->assign("TXT_DESCRIPTION",$prodArray[0]['description']);

Add below

$view_prod->assign("TAX_TYPE",$prodArray[0]['taxName']);

Step Two - Edit skins/YOUR SKIN/styleTemplates/content/viewProd.tpl

Put the {TAX_TYPE} where you want the Tax Name to appear. Probably next to the price.

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There are quite a few ways round this, but none are really ideal. For example, if you want to include an external page in Wordpress for whatever reason, you could use the Exec-PHP plugin. Simple, hey? No.

What if that page does something a little bit tricky that can't be run through PHP's eval();?

I ran into these problems whilst integrating a 3rd party web application with a new Wordpress.
We needed both sites to look exactly the same, ideally, using the Wordpress theme as it creates all the page links etc for us.

How do we do it? Simple. I wrote a wrapper to download and save these two files so the 3rd party app can access them.

Here's my shell script, called update_headers.sh

#!/bin/bash
rm -rf header-wrapper.html && wget http://YOUR_URL/header-wrapper.php -O header-wrapper.html -q
rm -rf footer-wrapper.html && wget http://YOUR_URL/footer-wrapper.php -O footer-wrapper.html -q

It calls wget to download two simple files from the Wordpress directory.

header-wrapper.php looks like this

<?php
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
 
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/wp-content/themes/new_theme/header.php";
?>

and footer-wrapper.php looks like this

<?php
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
 
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/wp-content/themes/new_theme/footer.php";
?>

So, the script calls the header and footer wrapper, saves the file to the web root (or where ever you ran the script from, ready to be included by your 3rd party app.

This particular application uses the Smarty template engine, so all I needed to do was replace the appliaction's header code with the following line

{include file="/home/YOUR_PATH/header-wrapper.html"}

and of course, your footer will look similar.

Whenever the client updates the Wordpress pages, for example adds a new page etc, we just call the shell script. Or, if you're lazy, set it to run every hour from cron.

"A bit clunky", you say? Well you find a better way!

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Speed New Customers Through Checkout
This free CubeCart mod reduces the number of checkout pages by one for all new customers, so it is useful for most stores. Customers who already have an account at your store will go through the same number of checkout pages as usual.

For shoppers who are not logged in, normally when they view the cart then click the 'Checkout' button they will be taken to a page that has three sections, 'Repeat customer?', 'I do not have an account' and 'Continue shopping'. For most stores that have more new customers than repeat customers, this page does not serve much purpose and simply slows the customer down.

This CubeCart mod will remove this page so that shoppers are taken straight to the page where they enter their invoice details. It also adds information towards the top of the page: 'Already have an account? Please log in or use the forgot password feature if you cannot remember your password'.

Disable Order Acknowledgement Emails
CubeCart 4 sends an 'Order Acknowledgement' email to the customer when a new order is being placed. This email is sent before the customer completes payment for their order, so the email may confuse customers if they decide not to complete their order. Also two more emails, 'Payment Received' and 'Order Complete', are sent to the customer when the order status is set to Processing or Completed (respectively), so for most stores the 'Order Acknowledgement' email serves little purpose.

This CubeCart mod will stop the 'Order Acknowledgement' email from being sent.

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Swell! Here's to me being even more annoying towards the 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 releases.

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For example, store owners can now set Custom SEO URL Paths and Custom product options (Text Box/Text Area) for individual products. Two very welcome features. The developers have been working hard to add some much needed features to CubeCart 4.2.0 and there's already a 4.2.1 release due soon.

Shame it breaks a few custom modifications though!

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Firstly, Advanced Contact Forms - any store has a basic requirement for customers to make contact with the store owner.
Like cForms II for Wordpress, which I am also a great fan of, Estelle has managed to create a fully flexible form creation package. I purchase a copy for every store I put live.

The interface is extremely simple to use and the front end view is gorgeous, even in it's default CSS.
You can even add reCAPTCHA to combat spam, so at $19.99 it is well worth purchasing.

Secondly, what I consider a necessity, Force Selection of Product Options. It solves several CubeCart 4 short-comings where it stops the customer adding items to the basket without selection and required product options.
You can chose which options will be forced and nice warning messages will fade in.

It's really nice to see other modders start to use the Prototype/scriptaculous libraries bundled in CubeCart 4.

Previous blog entry on Estelles's Mod Store.

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I offer an installation service on this product which, if selected, I will contact you directly for your store details.

Mod Version: 1.0 Initial Public Release
Mod License: Commercial: per Web Server Installation
Cost: £9.99
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Quite simply, it shows your customers all the products in a category and subcategories without having them click into separate subcategories.

A must have for those with lots of categories.

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