Toastboy’s Tech Tips

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Using the how did you hear about us mod from zen cart, I came across a few minor glitches that I had to fix.

Problem: When it was installed ( which was flawless ) the admin section showed all of the referral stuff. But when i came time for new user submissions, the information was not getting put in the database.

Solution: Turns out that this is a common problem. You have to make sure that you are not using a template overrided create_account.php. I was. SO I edited all three of the create_account.php files to be the same with the rmh code.

Next Problem: When the user clicked submit , and error was being created about a duplicate key and not continuing on with the user creation. Bad news.

Solution: I had to change the code to be an update to the customers_info table from an insert which was original to the rmh code.

find this block of code and make the changes below. Notice the # comments. These lines had to be commented out. The // comments are original.

//rmh referral start
# $query_insert= “insert into ” . TABLE_CUSTOMERS_INFO . ” (customers_info_id, customers_info_number_of_logons, customers_info_date_account_created, customers_info_source_id) values (‘” . (int)$_SESSION['customer_id'] . “‘, ‘0′, now(), ‘”. (int)$source . “‘)”;
# $db->Execute($query_insert);

// BEGIN NEW CODE
$query_update = “update ” . TABLE_CUSTOMERS_INFO . ”
set customers_info_source_id = ‘” . (int)$source . “‘
where customers_info_id = ‘” . (int)$_SESSION['customer_id'] . “‘”;

$db->Execute($query_update);
// END NEW CODE
# $db->Execute($sql);
if ($source == ‘9999′) {
zen_db_perform(TABLE_SOURCES_OTHER, array(‘customers_id’ => (int)$_SESSION['customer_id'], ’sources_other_name’ => $source_other));
}
// $sql = “insert into ” . TABLE_CUSTOMERS_INFO . ”
// (customers_info_id, customers_info_number_of_logons,
// customers_info_date_account_created)
// values (‘” . (int)$_SESSION['customer_id'] . “‘, ‘0′, now())”;
//
// $db->Execute($sql);
//rmh referral end

Yeehaw. It works on account creation.

Problem: Now it works with actual user account creation. and the referral shows up in /admin/customers.php , but I also use the Checkout With Out Account mod. And wanted the referrals to be set in there as well.

Solution: Edit the no_account.php and place the rmh referral code in the same spots as the create_account.php. Noting the updated code that I wrote.

Now I have referrals being captured from both full account holders, and also the COWOA customers.

Now if only I could figure out how to get this info from my paypal customers…

Per Item Commissions in Zen Cart and Jrox JAM

They said this couldn’t be done. I said bah!

I have it working on a zen cart install at leap movie

You will be able to setup individual commissions on each product, as either a flat per item commission or a percentage per item. Or if you have products that you don’t want to pay out on this can now be done as well.

Screen Capture Below from Zen Cart Admin for Product Setup

So if you sell 10 items at a flat rate of $5 per, the commission is going to be $50.00

And thats not all. The commission is based entirely on the products in the order. So if you have one product that pays a flat fee, and other items that are percentage based, it does the math on the whole order.

Item 1 x 4 @ $5.00 flat
Item 2 x 1 @ 10% ( price is $10.00 )
Item 3 x 5 @ $1.00 flat
== total commission
Item 1 $20.00
Item 2 $ 1.00
Item 3 $ 5.00
=============
Actual Commission is $26.00

Unlike the default jam config of a commission per order. This is much more appealing to the affiliate. and lot more fair , escpecially if you want to pay them for each item they sell. Not just if the item happens to be in the order.

Once I finalize the tutorial on how to do this. I will be selling the ebook, and custom php code for $49.95 with the option of having me install it for an additional $29.95 or in combination as one fee of $69.95.

If you are interested let me know.

I am also looking for a few beta testers to try this out. ( FREE ) Just post a comment.

Happy zen carting.

Note: This works when you have only one program setup in JAM. Also this only makes sense for stores with products, and not services sites that offer recurring commissions on subscriptions. Because now that the commission rates are setup in zencart all JAM does is keep track of them after they are calculated. All other features of JAM are left intact, paying affiliates, signup etc.

Premier in fort collins, CO standing room only

The Leap! Guys did it. A complete success story, the movie went off without a hitch. More than 400 viewers at the Premier of the Leap! Movie.

If you missed the premier don’t worry you can catch an upcoming viewing in January.

Or if you can wait for a viewing you can pick up a copy for yourself. Leap! DVD

Kudos go out to all that have worked on the production of this. Chad and Isaac did a magnificent job on this film.

Move over “The Secret” Leap Movie is here.

Take the Leap or Stay Asleep.

Leap! Movie

Leap! is a film that compels you to consider this ageless theory that “The world is an illusion”. This idea may challenge your current beliefs and ideals. but then again Einstein did say “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” Leap! explores ancient and modern philosophies and philosophers who support the illusion theory. To Leap! beyond the illusion is to let go and live from inspiration….To Leap! beyond the constraints of your current perceived reality and what you think you know…. The purpose of Leap! is to invite each of us to live beyond the illusion. This movie is not about denying our physical experience. Ultimately it is about Leaping beyond limitations and restrictions which this illusion appears to impose.

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Cisco 91 / 831 Multi Nat With Public Addresses

Got 5 or more static ips from your bandwidth provider and don’t know how to utilize them all?

If you are like me, and have a cable or dsl connection and were given 5 ips with most home routers you can really only use one of them on the wan side. This was not sufficient for my use. So I found a reasonably price router that could handle having all 5 ips assigned on the front of the router, and I NAT / PAT all of them to different servers / services on my private internal network. Now I can have multiple webservers, DNS servers, Mail Servers all behind my firewall utilizing the 5 public ips assigned to me.

Cisco to the rescue.

Lets setup your Cisco Soho 91 series router for multiple public ip addresses for multi natting / patting to private network servers / workstations.

### Assign a password to your router
Router> enable password <password>

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### config ethernet1 (outside) interface with first ip address
### from dsl/cable provider

# get into the enabled exec mode
Router> enable
# enter your password

# config mode
Router# config terminal

# config the outside (public) interface
Router(config)# interface Ethernet1

# assign the first of your ip addresses to the interface
Router(config-if)# ip address <your.public.ip.address> <your.netmask>

# bring up the interface
Router(config-if)# no shutdown

# activate the changes
Router(config-if)# crtl-z
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Attraction Methods to Gain New Visitors

Blog Marketing

I am currently trying out many different options to increase my daily visitors. This is what I have tried to do so far.

> In wordpress, I have added a few new plugins. ( the all in one seo pack ) to greatly enhance my meta keywords per post / page, and also to define a unique title and such for each of them too. This I hope will increase my SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) return with the major engines.

> I have also added links to the social networking sites like, digg, and others. This I hope will get people linking to what I have to write about. We’ll see. So far I have been dugg once on my vobcopy / mkisofs page. Its a start

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Your house is not your asset

We are taught from a very young age that we are supposed to go to a good school and get a great education and get a good paying stable secure job. Then when you are all set in your career, you go out and buy a house and car or two. You are living the dream. Then you rely on your house as your biggest asset to create equity for you so that you can buy a bigger house later and maybe some more toys. I hate to tell you this, but this is a lie. I see it a little differently, and you may not like what I have to say. But here goes.

Your house is your biggest liability
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Setup Zen Cart Local Sales Tax Mod

I recently had to hack my way through the Local Sales Tax Module for Zen Cart. Much thanks to Heather and her help with getting this to work on Leap! Movie

To start follow the instructions at Local Sales Tax Mod
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Vobcopy and Mkisofs to the rescue again

Firstly, vobcopy does not make iso images directly. You first need to extract all the required files from the dvd you are making an iso image of.

To do this take a look here.

Short version is this.

This will place all the files in the current directory. So make sure that you are in the directory you want all your files in.

Then run this command in the directory that holds the VIDEO_TS sub directory.

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