Hot Deals

OK I’m a dummy again. I have Hot Deals addon enabled so how does it work. I don’t see it as an option in the block type drop down.

[quote name=‘roban’]OK I’m a dummy again. I have Hot Deals addon enabled so how does it work. I don’t see it as an option in the block type drop down.[/QUOTE]

Position->Central!

Ah! It only appears when you choose ‘central’. Got it thanks.

hot deals feature dont work either… already position it on central… already in home page… :frowning:

I have Hot Deals enabled and in the central position. Getting an error message (have submitted to Bug Tracker about that). But my question is even more basic–what exactly does “Hot Deals” do, when it’s working? The user manual doesn’t shed much light on it. It seems to pick up products automatically–but which products?

Products are added manually. Look at my vitamin site.

I am having the same problem. How do you edit hot deals? Or how do you delete it for that matter. Any info would be great.

The contents of the Hot Deals block is set by the Filling option. Your choices are manually, newest, recently viewed, popularity, bestsellers and rating. You can change this setting by editing your Hot Deals block in Design->Blocks.



If you want to remove the block, you can either set its status to disabled or delete the block by clicking the ‘x’ in the upper-right corner.



Bob

I am running version 2.09 and that X button does not exist. I noticed a few bugs already. But here is the picture of no X button.



Click the “Home Page” link at the top. You should then see your Hot Deals block (a purple header) with an ‘x’.



Bob

Thanks Bob that worked your Awesome!

im testing 2.0.11 out before going live what do i set the hot deals what wrapper do i use to set this ?



also on the side box need to add Gift certificates Testimonials at the top menu Site news and a Contact us link on the the right side as well



also on the top menu i need to add the catalog button but i dont know is where to have the url pointing to or does it automatically go to a catalog page



any advice will be helpful like i said this is in learning faze and testing faze at this time cause im not use to this new version going to have to depend on experts to help me learn it



take care all

calvin

Hi Calvin



Most of what you need to do is in the design tab, Blocks, Top Menu etc. Basically I would recommend you play around to get the feel of how this version works. You can also refer to the knowledge base for most of what you need.



For Hot Deals go to blocks, it only works when Central, and for the wrapper you need to decide that, try them all and see what you like best.

[quote name=‘BarryH’]Hi Calvin



Most of what you need to do is in the design tab, Blocks, Top Menu etc. Basically I would recommend you play around to get the feel of how this version works. You can also refer to the knowledge base for most of what you need.



For Hot Deals go to blocks, it only works when Central, and for the wrapper you need to decide that, try them all and see what you like best.[/QUOTE]



thanks barry

Jutst after upgrading to 2.0.11, was playing (successfully) with Hot Deals block



This Hot Deals block was already activated in 2.0.10



After deleting this Hot Deal Block*


  • ALL products disapeared searching through categories


  • Using SHOPPING OPTIONS ALL products are normaly available.


  • Using SEARCH: ALL products are normaly available.



    (creating a new HOT DEAL Block did not help)


  • No idea if this is related but strangely in Categories there is one block “orphan” block left

    This block:
  • Does not have the small red cross on top
  • Is fully editable
  • Is freely movable
  • does not have any copycat in any other “blocks set” (like ALL PAGES, PRODUCT; HOME PAGE, etc)
  • Has DISABLED status
  • Status cannot be changed to ACTIVE



    How do I get it back to normal?

    I do not have a database backup in 2.0.11.



    Should I “downgrade” to 2.0.10?

    Having this done: can I revert to the backup 2.0.10 I made just before upgrading?



    Thanks by anticipation!

[quote name=‘jobosales’]The contents of the Hot Deals block is set by the Filling option. Your choices are manually, newest, recently viewed, popularity, bestsellers and rating. You can change this setting by editing your Hot Deals block in Design->Blocks.



If you want to remove the block, you can either set its status to disabled or delete the block by clicking the ‘x’ in the upper-right corner.



Bob[/QUOTE]



Hi Bob,

It looks there is a bug on Hot Deals block. If I choose manually and try to delete some items and add new items to the block. When I click “delete” link in the editing block, there is No action on it.



It is so weird, only can add items, but can’t delete items from block…lol

What version are you running? I can delete items from the Hot Deals block in 2.0.12.



Bob

I used 2.0.12…

It should work - it does for me. What browser are you using? I noticed some issues in the Bug Tracker with Chrome and IE. Maybe try a different browser.



Bob

I notice on some sites they have a flash type banner image but i been trying to figure out what that is how to create something like that