Free Addon: Random Products Block

[hungryweb]

Hi All,

We are glad to announce the release of our new free add-on “Random Products Block”!

The add-on will help you to create a product showcase block with random items.

Backend


Frontend

Updates:

April 03, 2015
[+] Ability to choose category for the random products

March 26, 2015

[!] Fix for Warning

Warning: array_merge(): Argument #2 is not an array in /home/public_html/app/Tygh/BlockManager/Block.php on line 706.

Compatible with versions 4.0.x / 4.1.x / 4.2.x / 4.3.x / 4.4.x / 4.5.x / 4.6.x / 4.7.x / 4.8.x
Demo: hungryweb.net/demo
Download: hungryweb.net/random-products

CS-ADD-00029
Please feel free to ask any questions!

Best regards,

—
Valentin
part of hungryweb.net

[darius]

Very long awaited and wanted addon. Nobody so far made purely random product generator.

[hungryweb]

You should be telling me that you need

[ecomlabs]

[quote name=‘Vali’ timestamp=‘1409418739’ post=‘191120’]

You should be telling me that you need

[/quote]



Does it use ORDER BY RAND() ?

[dvsgr]

Nice one Valentin,



I would like to see a more targeted addon with random products from the same category. I had that made back in 225 and forgot it.



It is more useful to have random products from the same category as from all over the store, as it serves a better purpose on finding alternative products.(for example downselling )



Fotis

[richardfmm]

Maby a scroller to…

[darius]

Can't remember who but someone made addon for 4x ability to show random from specified list or category, but it could not work purely random.

[quote name='dvsgr' timestamp='1409427226' post='191125']

Nice one Valentin,



I would like to see a more targeted addon with random products from the same category. I had that made back in 225 and forgot it.



It is more useful to have random products from the same category as from all over the store, as it serves a better purpose on finding alternative products.(for example downselling )



Fotis

[/quote]

[cart-power]

Are there any differences between your add-on and CS-Cart Random products add-on ?

[darius]

Thats the one I had in mind.



display modes:

[quote]

display modes:



manually - shows random products in a block from the list of the manually chosen products by the administrator;

similar - shows random products in a block from the same category on a product details page.

[/quote]



It does not have feature to put purely accidental product to block.



Originally in cs-cart block fillings are



Manually,

Newest,

Recently viewed,

Most popular,

Also bought,

Best sellers,

On sale,

Rating

• Similar
  
• Random
  
  
  
  is good.

[hungryweb]

[quote name=‘eComLabs’ timestamp=‘1409425117’ post=‘191124’]

Does it use ORDER BY RAND() ?

[/quote]

Yes, on the next update i will change the mysql query

[hungryweb]

[quote name='Darius' timestamp='1409469985' post='191149']

Thats the one I had in mind.



display modes:





It does not have feature to put purely accidental product to block.



Originally in cs-cart block fillings are



Manually,

Newest,

Recently viewed,

Most popular,

Also bought,

Best sellers,

On sale,

Rating

• Similar
  
• Random
  
  
  
  is good.
  
  [/quote]
  
• Random
  
  I was trying to add Random into the actual block but without success because block use cache (which is a very good think) and i could not generate random products on refresh of the page
  
  
  
• Similar
  
  Like http://www.hungryweb.net/cs-cart-addons/newest-products-from-same-category.html but only to be generated randomly from the same category ?

[hungryweb]

[quote name='Cart-Power' timestamp='1409468801' post='191148']

Are there any differences between your add-on and http://www.alt-team…cts-add-on.html ?

[/quote]

Yes,


Two display modes:
manually - shows random products in a block from the list of the manually chosen products by the administrator;
similar - shows random products in a block from the same category on a product details page.


[hungryweb]

[quote name=‘richardfmm’ timestamp=‘1409427388’ post=‘191126’]

Maby a scroller to…

[/quote]



You can use any Template you desire to list products

[ecomlabs]

[quote name=‘Vali’ timestamp=‘1409484728’ post=‘191153’]

Yes, on the next update i will change the mysql query

[/quote]



Thank you for the answer. We do not recommend to use it for the projects with a big amount of products in the catalog. It can affect page loading speed

[darius]

Is it possible that this mod would cause var/registry to generate hundreds of small siles that are stored in cache and never gets deleted?

[hungryweb]

[quote name='Darius' timestamp='1412076416' post='193121']

Is it possible that this mod would cause var/registry to generate hundreds of small siles that are stored in cache and never gets deleted?

[/quote]



No, because the mode do not use cache, otherwise will not be able to create random products block

Please make a screenshot of the file/folder under var/registry and I will check who generate them



Keep on smiling,



—

Valentin

[color=#808080][size=2]part of hungryweb.net[/size][/color]

[hungryweb]

March 26, 2015



[!] Fix for Warning Warning: array_merge(): Argument #2 is not an array in /home/public_html/app/Tygh/BlockManager/Block.php on line 706.







To apply manual modifications please follow:

1.

#file

app/addons/hw_random_products/schemas/block_manager/blocks.post.php

#replace

'fillings' => array ()

#with

'fillings' => array('auto' =>array('params'=>array()))



2.

#clear cache

http://www.your_domain.com/admin.php?cc&ctpl



3. Edit random products block by just open the block and after that save (will just save the new settings which are the same)

4.



#clear cache again for the modifications to be applied also in the frontend

http://www.your_domain.com/admin.php?cc&ctpl

5. Done, Have fun



[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]Keep on smiling,[/font][/color]



[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]—[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]Valentin[/font][/color]

[color=#808080][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=2]part of hungryweb.net[/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif] [/font][/color]

[hungryweb]

[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]April 03, 2015[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][+] Ability to choose category for the random products[/font][/color]



[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]

[/font][/color]



[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]Keep on smiling,[/font][/color]



[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]—[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]Valentin[/font][/color]

[color=#808080][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=2]part of hungryweb.net[/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif] [/font][/color]

[akistdm]

Great addon!

Thanks Vali.

[hungryweb]

[quote name='akistdm' timestamp='1428083900' post='210228']

Great addon!

Thanks Vali.

[/quote]



You are welcome