Contributions

Attached is the /admin/view_families.php file. It is now updated so that you can perform all product serie / product family operation on one page, i.e;

- add new families/series
- rename series
- delete products within series

This increases the usability of this contribution a lot.

Old 'modify_families.php' file is now obsolete / redundant.

INSTALLATION:

1) Just copy the view_families.php file and overwrite the old one,
2) Cut and paste the contents of
/admin/includes/languages/YOURLANGUAGE/modify_families.php into
/admin/includes/languages/YOURLANGUAGE/view_families.php

Additionally you could remove all references to modify_families.php in:
/admin/includes/filenames.php
/admin/includes/boxes/families.php

Good luck,
Matt,
www.digital-photography.pl

just a trick from forun
add this line in product_info.php where you want to display the module box/list family products ;p

<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_FAMILY_PRODUCTS); ?>

in catalog/includes/boxes/families.php

AFTER:
$products_id = $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'];

ADD:
$info_box_contents = array();

To prevent "spilling" of a box declared in sts_user_code.php prior to the Families box when product exists in no family.

Installation instructions for Family Products v. 4.0
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This is the updated Family Products v. 3.4 readme file.

This modification is compatibile with SEO URL's. It uses an infobox displayed using STS Template System on the product_info page.
If you are not using SEO URL's, feel free to use the "modules/family_products.php" file to display the families.
If you are using SEO URL's, but not STS, I strongly suggest you install STS. Otherwise, you are on your own to find a way to
display the infobox in your shop.

The admin side was heavily improved by me, and will work regardless of STS or SEO Url's. This part is for everybody.

I applied all of the suggestions and bugfixes that were mentioned on the forums, and made the admin side of the contribution look nicer.

LIST OF CHANGES SINCE v 3.4:

- admin side corrected and improved,
- duplicate entries check working,
- ability to delete products from series added,
- language files expanded,
- ability to change the number of displayed products added,
(this one is perhaps pointless, since OSCommerce supports it already,
nevertheless it's here - you don't have to use it)
- other minor bugfixes

- compatibility with STS and SEO Urls client-side. Minimal amount of
code required to show/hide the contribution.

- updated installation instructions

Have fun,
Matt (kantarou), www.digital-photography.pl/en

Help
http://forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=60944

Just updated 2 files from 3.3. The sql file and include/module/family_products.php so you should not get any sql error or a 1064 errors. I have include html install file. This is still the full package

Family Products is a module that allows a shop owner to create "families" of products to display in there shop. This module is only available to the customer on the product_info,php page. To give you an example of why a module like this may be helpful, and to give an example of how it can be used, consider the example below:

Let's say you sell game consoles on your site...things like Playstation or X-Box. Well, you would probably want to show off certain products that would compliment your customer's purchase. For example, if they are looking at the Playstation 2 product_info.php page, you can create a family called "Playstation 2 Accessories" that consists of games, controllers, remote controls, and other misc stuff. Then when the user sees the main product they want to buy, you are "reminding" them that they will probably want to look the the other available complimentary products.

It is called Family Products because the idea was you would assign products into a "family" and that family would be called whenever a product was called that belongs to a family. In the example above, games for the Playstation 2 would also show when a customer is looking at Playstation 2 controllers, or any other product found in that "family."

I hope this clears some things up. If there is anything else you would like to see added, please feel free to tell me.

Thanks,
-Chris Sullivan
csull@bellsouth.net

Fixed all errors people were experiencing.

Also added the ability to set the header text = to the family name.

Included all files that need to be replaced, that way if you are working on a clean MX2 install you simply copy all of the files instead of having to edit them one by one.

Also included a files that explains what the mod is used for.

Hope you enjoy the changes.

Fixed some minor bugs. This file includes all needed files.

Family Products v3.0 is here. This has a lot more functionality, more features, and lots to look forward to.

Hope you guys enjoy it.

Made for Milestone 2.