May.9 2011

Shopp: Custom Discount Price for Products

By: Joshua GibletteTags: , No Comments

I’m not sure if anyone will ever have a need for this, but we had a random request from a client regarding price discounts in Shopp. Shopp has a built in discount function that you can set on a product by product basis, but we needed to show a 20% discount automatically based on the list price for each product.

How to:

So the first thing we did was open the product.php template (wp-content > plugins > shopp > core > model > product.php) and create a new case for the product table called “pricediscounted”. This will check the list price of a product and deduct 20%.

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case "pricediscounted":
     if (empty($this->prices)) $this->load_data(array('prices'));
     $list_price = $this-> min['price'] + ($this-> min['price']*$taxrate);
     return money($list_price - ($list_price*0.20));
     break;

Next we wanted to show the exact amount the user would be saving. So we created another case that would calculate what 20% would amount to.

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case "pricepercent":
     if (empty($this->prices)) $this->load_data(array('prices'));
     $list_price = $this->min['price'] + ($this->min['price']*$taxrate);
     return money($list_price - ($list_price*0.80));
     break;

Finally, here is an example of how you can display this information on your site. Simply place the following anywhere you are using the product loop.

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List Price: <?php shopp('product','price'); ?>
Online Price: <span><?php shopp('product','pricediscounted'); ?>
A savings of: <?php shopp('product','pricepercent'); ?>
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Apr.30 2011

Display Content Based on Timeframe

By: Joshua GibletteTags: , , 2 Comments

Post Date

Here is a quick way to display content if a post was created within a certain timeframe. For example, if you wanted to mark a post as “new”, this is one way you could accomplish this.

First we need to check the timestamp by using strtotime. This will compare the date of the post to today’s date. Then we set a range, in this example we are checking to see if the post was created in last 30 days and if it was we display the content.

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<?php if (strtotime($post->post_date) > strtotime('-30 days')) {
    // Posted in the last 30 days
}
?>

Member Registration Date

Maybe you want to display information based on a user’s registration date. Here is a quick example of how using strtotime we can accomplish this.

In the example below we are simply creating a function to retrive information for the current user and then comparing the user_registered date to the current date. We are also determining if the user has registered in the last 30 days, and if so then we display the content.

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<?php get_currentuserinfo(); 
$user_data = get_userdata($user_ID);
$registered_date = $user_data->user_registered;
if (strtotime($registered_date) > strtotime('-30 days')) {
   //User registered in the last 30 days
}
?>
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Apr.8 2011

Thank You Foraker Labs

By: Joshua GibletteTags: , 6 Comments

Today is a little bittersweet for me as this will be my last day at Foraker Labs. About a month ago I accepted an offer at Mapleton Hill Media to jump on board as their Senior Designer/Creative Director. A lot of thought and prayer from both my wife and me went into making this decision, as I have absolutely loved working at Foraker Labs with some of the most talented people I have ever met. It was also a tough decision after having received a few offers late last year, including one from Disney Interactive; I turned them down to stay on board with Foraker Labs, as I felt this was where I needed to be.

Since making the decision to stay, I have enjoyed taking on the challenge of helping shift Foraker Labs into their new direction of primarily being a Ruby on Rails shop and no longer focusing on marketing websites. In this process I was able to help them re-brand and create a new image that would help sell their credibility as a creative and very talented development shop to both their clients and industry peers. I have to say, it has gone beautifully. They have received nothing but good remarks on their new image.

While working at Foraker Labs, I have been able to be a part of creating user interfaces for some amazing web apps, and I am very happy to have been a part of each of them.

Since the

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Apr.7 2011

Show Related Posts by Term Value

By: Joshua GibletteTags: , One Comment

Here’s a another quick tip. I needed to create a simple WordPress query that would find related posts tagged with the same term as the current post. Also, I needed to make sure it wouldn’t include the current post in the return. This worked for me, but feel free to offer suggestions that can make this better.

The Code

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<?php
global $post;
$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID , 'taxonomy_slug_goes_here', 'string');  // Insert the slug of the taxonomy in which you would like to check for related terms
$current_post[] = $post->ID;
 
if(!empty($terms)){
    foreach ($terms as $term) {
        query_posts( array(
        'taxonomy_slug_goes_here' => $term->slug,  // Insert the slug of the taxonomy in which you would like to check for related terms
        'showposts' => 3,  // Set how many posts you would like to return
        'caller_get_posts' => 1,
        'post__not_in' => $current_post ) );  // Makes sure to not include the current post
        if(have_posts()){
            while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $current_post[] = $post->ID; ?>
            Related post content goes here
            <?php endwhile; wp_reset_query();
        }
    }
}
?>
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Apr.6 2011

WordPress: Query Posts by Taxonomy Term Value

By: Joshua GibletteTags: , One Comment

Here’s a simple way to create a custom query for posts by term value. It’s pretty straight forward but if you see a way to improve it, feel free to let me know.

The Code

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<?php
// Define the arguments for the query here.
$args=array(
  'taxonomy' => 'taxonomy_slug_here',
  'term' => 'term_slug_here',
  'post_type' => 'custom_post_type_slug_here',
  'posts_per_page' => -1,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1,
  'orderby'=> 'post_date',
  'order'=> 'ASC',
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
   while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
    Call the post content here
   <?php endwhile; 
} wp_reset_query(); ?>
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