4 questions please

is it possible :

1 - to deliver a file a few days after an order has been made so that an email is sent AND the user can find the file in their account?

2 - to create a combobox with options (for example +10€ for 24 h delivery) but during checkout, after the login page ? with the total modification of course

3 - to create an upload button also during checkout that allows the user to send some files to the admin?

4 - to add a text array also during checkout where the user can add some info for the admin?

i use hika shop essential and joomla 2.5

thanks

Jeff

Hi,

1. It depends of which file you want to deliver. Would it be a manual generated file ? Something you will upload just for the client ?

2. The best is to create a shipping method for that.
It is also possible to create a combobox using a custom field but it will require some PHP/development skills to make all the process to add the fees in the order (using a special custom plugin).

3. Yes, using an "order custom field" with the type "upload".

4. Yes, using an "order custom field" with the type "textarea".

Order custom fields are features of HikaMarket Business, so an upgrade should be required to use it.
You can test HikaShop business in our demo website, in order to see how it works and be sure that you can do it easily.

Regards,

1 it will be a WAV file or mp3 of size around 40 mb that i would create on demand and that i would upload just for one client yes

thanks for the other answers

Jeff

Hi,

So you can use a "order custom field" with the type "file".
This field has to be hidden during the checkout (by removing all custom fields while removing the step "fields" of the checkout workflow : or by overriding the view "checkout | fields" and use the little code in the beginning to hide a specific custom field).

After that, in the backend, you will be able to upload the file and change the order status to send a new notification email.
If there is a file uploaded, the mail will contain a link to download it.

Regards,

hey

i don't get where i have to upload the file for the custom field to get it. in the safe folder? But then how do i know which file is for which order? And i tried to upload a file to the "safe" folder and to change the status of the order to "sent" but there is no mention of the file in the resulting email sent to the user.

please can you detail how to do that?

and is it ok to hide the field by "not showing it in the public domain" option instead of CSS ?

thanks

Jeff

Hi,

Once you create your custom order file field, you when you edit an order in the backend and click on the edit button for the additional information area, you will get your custom field displayed where you will be able to upload it.
It will be saved in the safe folder automatically and it will be linked to the order automatically.

And yes, you can turn off the "frontend" display but then you might not get it displayed in the email notifications to the user.

thanks

There is a problem though, there is another upload field in the same part of the checkout process, so that users can send me some file. If i hide the field, both will disappear, no ? Is it possible to hide one field but not the other ?

Yes. As you said, you can simply turn off the "frontend" display option of your field.
But you might prefer to simply use a line of CSS to hide it:

.hikashop_checkout_COLUMN_line{ display: none; }

where COLUMN is the column name of your field.
You can add such CSS in the frontend CSS file of HikaShop via the Display tab of the configuration.