aldaffodil Posted December 13, 2003 Posted December 13, 2003 Hello. I don't know if this is possible, but can you make a private item? About 90% of our orders are custom orders not listed in the catalog. They still need to pay through the website though. Is there a way to make it so that I can restrict access to a single item so that only the intended purchases may view it and purchase it, perhaps by entering a given username and password? (It would work something like a private auction on ebay)
gaia Posted December 13, 2003 Posted December 13, 2003 Without going into specifics, you could add another field to the products table like customer_id and have it default to 0. If the product has a customer_id of 0, then make it viewable to all. Otherwise only the specific customer can view it. The code shouldn't be to hard to hack up, depending on your familiarity with PHP and your database.
radders Posted December 13, 2003 Posted December 13, 2003 I just make the item have a status of 0 and a stock of 1 That way it doesn't show in the catalog but if you know the link you can buy it. YMMV
aldaffodil Posted December 13, 2003 Author Posted December 13, 2003 Thanks! I'll try the last suggestion!
roby2003 Posted December 13, 2003 Posted December 13, 2003 why dont you install a php auction and link it, www.yoursite.com/auctions
Guest Posted October 23, 2007 Posted October 23, 2007 I just make the item have a status of 0 and a stock of 1 That way it doesn't show in the catalog but if you know the link you can buy it.YMMV I am trying to do something similar, but just with a private item. I don't want it to show up in the main site because I want it to be something I only offer to customers that buy over a certain amount from us. I tried changing the status to Inactive and giving it a stock of 1, but I still couldn't access the url manually. I am using SEF URL's, is it possible that is stopping it from working. Otherwise, does anyone know any way I could make something like this work? Thank you, David Henderson
radders Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 True, it doesn't seem to work any more. I wonder if it has something to do with the changes that were made this year. How about a hidden catagory? For me putting something in the top level category works.
Guest Posted October 24, 2007 Posted October 24, 2007 True, it doesn't seem to work any more. I wonder if it has something to do with the changes that were made this year.How about a hidden catagory? For me putting something in the top level category works. Could you explain a bit more? I am trying to add the serparate price contribution then add the hidden product feature to it, but it is taking forever to modify all the files required. If there is a quick and easy way for me to have a product for sale on the site, but not to have it show up with my other products, that would be great. Are you saying you just place it in your root category and that stops people from seeing it without knowing where to go for it?
radders Posted October 25, 2007 Posted October 25, 2007 Well it does for me but YMMV. It may depend on the type of menu you are using. Isn't there a contribution called 'Hidden Categories' or something similar?
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