List your Zen inventory on eBay

You can get it on his site, but the new one is not up there yet. Lets be patient tho. > divaboutiques:

Have this mod been uploaded to the download section?

Auction Lister Pro 0.5.2 has been released. It includes a graphical web based installer so you can install it easily.

I haven't written up a guide on how to install it yet though. Simply upload it to your root directory and point your browser at the installation URL. Example: http://www.example.com/alp/install

You will need to have your eBay developer keys and token file to install it. The keys you need are the sandbox keys. Once you have tested with it you will need to manually edit a file to enter your production keys. I did this as a safe guard so it wouldn't cost you money to install the software.

This will get your Zen inventory listed on eBay. The Zen checkout functions are being worked on at the present time.

It is considered stable. There will only be bug fixes in any further 0.5.x releases as we are going to a database configuration and security rewrite in version 0.6.

The first to say thank you for your hardwork. Will get it right now!

I've uploaded the latest release of ALP 0.5.2 to the Contributions in the category "Other".

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=673

Thank you everyone for your contributions and support. I am getting started on the next release right away.

yellow1912:

The first to say thank you for your hardwork. Will get it right now!

You are welcome! I hope it gets you started on the right foot. I know I have been preaching about Zen cart checkout. I am working on it now full time. I would like to see ZC Checkout in release 0.6.

ALP 0.5.2 is now available in Zen Cart Downloads.

Thank you Zen Team for the fast approval!

maxrisc, Should I install it on the same database of Zencart or on a different one?

And am I supposed to upload all the folders and files inside alp to my zen dir, which will overwrite some zen files tho?

I have found the answer, thanks maxrisc.
For those who are new just like me:
Nah, you just upload the whole alp folder, so your_zen/alp
And you can use the same database.

yellow1912:

maxrisc, Should I install it on the same database of Zencart or on a different one?

And am I supposed to upload all the folders and files inside alp to my zen dir, which will overwrite some zen files tho?

Just for good measure...you will want to make sure that you upload it outside of your catalog directory. If you store is in the root directory than /alp is fine. If you store is in http://www.example.com/store then make sure that you upload it outside of that directory like http://www.example.com/alp

You will need to make sure you have an .htaccess file to protect the directory. In the next release I will address file and user security. But for the time being please use directory based security to protect your site and token file.

Or why not just placing it inside the admin folder since zen's admin folder is also protected by htaccess.

Btw, the shipping price I used for my ebay is a bit different from my normal store, can I modify your alp to add this or can you include the option to specify shipping cost on the next version?

If you put it in your admin folder there is a good chance you are going to experience session errors.

I've tried to stay away from Zen Cart's code base as much as possible to avoid hacking up Zen cart.

For security purposes you should place alp in it's own folder for the time being. I have globals enabled and I have not thoroughly tested the ramifications and cross site vulnerabilities, if any, against zen cart.

So roll up an .htaccess file for the time being. I will add security in 0.6.

yellow1912:

zen's admin folder is also protected by htaccess.Correction ... Zen Cart's admin folder has a .htaccess file, but authentication is not handled with it. The database is used instead.

Thanks for the input DrByte. I will follow up with you on this later. I've been up since 5am yesterday so I am not thinking clearly.

I was thinking about rolling my own security or use Zen. I haven't decided on a general course as of yet unless you tell me "absolutely not".:smile:

But the code is available if you want to check it over and give me some pointers I would appreciate it. I plan to remove globals as a next step.

maxrisc:

For security purposes you should place alp in it's own folder for the time being. I have globals enabled and I have not thoroughly tested the ramifications and cross site vulnerabilities, if any, against zen cart.

So roll up an .htaccess file for the time being. I will add security in 0.6.

These sound like the best choices for now.> maxrisc:

I was thinking about rolling my own security or use Zen. I haven't decided on a general course as of yetDatabase security is usually the most flexible, but .htaccess is quick and easy to set up, esp with a cPanel host. No specific recommendations from this end at this point.

My point about the admin .htaccess above was just to make a correction about a somewhat misleading statement made. I didn't want people to go on without the clarification.

I had a small fix in auction_list_helper that was missed during the initial release.

I have submitted a patched file to the downloads section. It is ALP-0.5.2.1

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=673

It should be up shortly pending approval.

DrByte:

These sound like the best choices for now.Database security is usually the most flexible, but .htaccess is quick and easy to set up, esp with a cPanel host. No specific recommendations from this end at this point.

My point about the admin .htaccess above was just to make a correction about a somewhat misleading statement made. I didn't want people to go on without the clarification.

Yes database security is more than is currently needed and it is a pain to manage with sessions. I am reducing bloat where all possible. The latest version is already 17MB fully expanded.

So .htaccess/.htpasswd will have to do for now.

BTW, I somehow can not retrieve categories from Ebay, it always give me a pop-up says "get categories" and that's it.

Are you on a shared host account? If so you will need to use the installer to install the latest eBay Categories.

If you go into /alp/includes/application_top.php and uncomment the first two lines that will turn on error reporting for PHP.

Close the category window and reopen it and it should display the error that you are experiencing. That will give me insight into what is happening on your side so I can fix it.

ALP 0.5.2.2 has been released. This fixes a bug with Internet Explorer on Installation around step 5 where you are not able to expand the extended help.

yellow1912:

BTW, I somehow can not retrieve categories from Ebay, it always give me a pop-up says "get categories" and that's it.

You have a skewed ebay_config table. You need to do one of the two following things depending on your hosting setup.

Solution 1 -> Dedicated Host/VPS:

Step 1
Run the following SQL commands via phpMyAdmin or on mysql console.

TRUNCATE TABLE ebay_config;
INSERT INTO ebay_config VALUES (1, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

Step 2
Go to your Create Auction Page and click on Category Select button to update your categories.

** Solution 2 -> Shared Host**

Run the web based installer to update your categories manually. This will install all current US eBay categories into your database.