Is it possible to have a code used a set number of times without users logging in ?

Hi
is it possible to have a code be used say 10 times by users to my site, but I don't require buyers to log in, it appears to only work if customers are logged in.

If set as a coupon, no, since it is uses per user, so you would need to know which user is using what.
If set as gift certificate, then yes, you can set the total number ot times a coupon can be used total.

Many thanks for that, works a treat

Hi,

I love this component, have been waiting literally YEARS for someone to get this right.

I see the logic in having to have the user login before they can use the usage-limited codes, however, for new users, the place where you enter the coupon comes BEFORE the place where you register, so the potential for confusion & lost sales is great.

Do you know of a way to remove the 'add coupon' field until later in the process?

(i.e. after the user completes the register part of the process, or logs in)

or else making the coupon field visible to 'registered only?

any help would be greatly appreciated

No worries, here is the hack:

in www/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/basket.php

around line 318 (pretty much the last line of code) you should see this



change it to this:


Now the coupon component will only show up either after the user registers or after shipping address has has been put in (if you set virtuemart up so customers do not have to register)

Thank you so much for this...

I `ve been using VM for 3 years now & have fought with the coupon system the whole time.
Today I finally won ;)

Hello, thank you for providing this solution, it is exactly what I am looking for... however after copying the fix you suggested, I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF in /users/multimediabible.com/htdocs/spotya1/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/basket.php on line 318

Now, I am not a php code writer, so I have no idea what I did wrong. I tried to put the file back to it's original code and that did not work either...

Can you provide some assistance please? This is currently what my code looks like:

/* Input Field for the Coupon Code */
if( PSHOP_COUPONS_ENABLE=='1'
&& !@$_SESSION['coupon_redeemed']
//&& ($page == "shop.cart" )); }
{
if(!empty($auth['user_id'])) {
    $basket_html .= $tpl->fetch( 'common/couponField.tpl.php' );
}

?>


Can someone please help me with this error?
Thank you!

Hi, you are missing a closed parenthesis of the if statement and also a closing bracket in the code:

change


to



You might have that last bracket and just didnt include it in the code you pasted. If it still doesnt work, delete the last "}". Hope it helps.

Thought I would share... the code works as you already know... In my case, with respect to your reply above, I actually needed a third "}" at the end before the ?> tag... so it reads:



anyway, hope that helps other non programmers with this fix... thanks for the help.

Hi,

I implemented this change, so only logged in users now see the field.
That's great!

But how can I also remove the field in the cart?

I want the field ONLY be visible at the page where the customer chooses a payment method.

Any help?

Thank you,
Maurice

you will need to delete the couponfield.tpl from the basket.html file, since you no longer want it attached to the basket. then within www/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/checkout.index.php, you should add it back in there.

so somewhere after the title gets echoed out


where CHECK_OUT_GET_SHIPPING_ADDR is the page you want it to show up on.

Hello Seyi,

I tried the above fix albeit I wanted the coupon to show only on the payment method page like so. I need folks to have picked a shipper before I'd like them to be able to use a coupon. I inserted this code right below the first echo of $browse_html on the checkout.index.php page. I did delete the reference out of the basket.php file.

No luck. Am I missing something?

What is the error you are getting?

Try changing CHECK_OUT_GET_PAYMENT_METHOD to CHECK_OUT_GET_SHIPPING_ADDR

Seyi,

I'd actually given that a try earlier. Either way there is never an error the coupon field just never shows. Not any where in the checkout series at least.

Would the if statement as it's written just never be testing as true?

Thanks for helping out on this!

You can try 2 things, echo out the value of the current step and put an exit statement within the if loop to see if it is actually run. So something like this:

To any others wanting the coupon code to appear only during the Payment Method page. Here is what I did to the basket.html file. I'd previously used a hack to make sure only logged in users were seeing the coupon field, I further narrowed that down so that the coupon field was only displayed on the Payment page. I was never able to get this to work modifying the checkout.index.php file.

Thanks Seyi for pointing me in the right direction.

Ok I commented out the said line in basket.html file and added the said code for the checkout.index.php file as referenced below:

echo '

'.print_r($checkout_steps[$current_stage],1).'

';
if( in_array('CHECK_OUT_GET_PAYMENT_METHOD', $checkout_steps[$current_stage]) ) {
/* Input Field for the Coupon Code */
if( PSHOP_COUPONS_ENABLE=='1'
&& !@$_SESSION['coupon_redeemed']
//&& ($page == "shop.cart" )
) {
$basket_html .= $tpl->fetch( 'common/couponField.tpl.php' );
}

if($paypalActive)
{
// Paypal API / Express
echo '';
}
}

Now I am getting this error:

Array
(
[0] => CHECK_OUT_GET_PAYMENT_METHOD
)

Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch() on a non-object in /home/artattac/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/checkout.index.php on line 155

Can you explain as to where the code issue is and how to fix it, I think I am really close, like right almost there. More than likely right under my nose, but I cant figure it out.

try changing


to

Ok I changed it and this is the error I got,

Array
(
[0] => CHECK_OUT_GET_PAYMENT_METHOD
)

Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch() on a non-object in /home/artattac/public_html/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/checkout.index.php on line 155


Here is the code from the checkout.index.php file:

what is on line 155? It might be helpful to have the full contents of checkout.index.php as I am not sure where the problem is from this code.

I see now, your $theme is not yet defined. Try this, change line 155


to

Still showing the error or code on the front end. I don't think it is an error per say, it is just showing up on the front end on this page in the checkout process:

Array
(
[0] => CHECK_OUT_GET_SHIPPING_METHOD
)


Also Coupon Code Field is not showing on the Confirm Order page of checkout or anywhere for that matter. Do you think it is because I commented the section mentioned in the above posts in the basket.php file?

Thank you for being patient with me and helping me on this. You can check the site at www.artattackgreetings.com to see what I see through out the checkout.

MG7

Ok, that is just an echo of your current checkout status (for debugging).

You can remove that by removing this line


The solution you implemented is for the coupon code field showing up on the payment method page. If you did not remove the debug statement, when it shows:

Array
(
[0] => CHECK_OUT_GET_PAYMENT_METHOD
)

On the page, you should see the coupon code field. If you are never seeing 'CHECK_OUT_GET_PAYMENT_METHOD', then the coupon code field will not appear.

Also make sure you have coupons enabled within Virtuemart configuration.

Hey Seyi,

That worked on the,
"Array
(
[0] => CHECK_OUT_GET_PAYMENT_METHOD
)".

I do have Coupon Code enabled in Virtue Mart, but it is still not showing on the Confirm Order page, before it cycles to PayPal. I am logged in as a customer. I think we are almost there?

MG7