£0.00 = Free?

[Alan Jones]

We have quite a few free items in our shop (free product, free p&p).

Actinic automatically displays them without a price, which means our customers will assume that the shop's gone wrong and they're going to get charged some unknown amount.

Is there any way to make the price (£0.00) show up, or even better, have it show up as FREE?

[NormanRouxel]

Put it in the Product's Name.

[Alan Jones]

product names

Hi Norman,

Thanks. I'd thought of that, but I'd prefer a way of doing it automatically, as it'll take ages to go through them all and update the titles.

[NormanRouxel]

This JavaScript will do that if put in the Product Template.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ( 'NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTPRICE' == '' ) document.write('FREE');
// -->
</script>

This will only work if you use Compact HTML / CGI (Design / Options / Misc).

The alternative way that will work all the time is to put some JavaScript at the start of your product template that sets a variable free to true. Then add some code to Act_productPrice.html that sets free to false. Finally use code like the above that has

if ( free ) document.write....

[NormanRouxel]

Here's the cleaner way

In your Product Template just after NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTFORMBEGIN put

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var free = true;
// -->
</script>

In Act_ProductPrice.html put (anywhere)

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
free = false;
// -->
</script>

In your Product Template just after NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTPRICE put

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ( free ) document.write('FREE');
// -->
</script>

[RuralWeb]

If you leave the price as 0 and add the text FREE to the button then you can add a free product. Example http://www.cumbriafireextinguishers....Catalogue.html (Site under construction)

[Alan Jones]

Here's the cleaner way

In your Product Template just after NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTFORMBEGIN put

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var free = true;
// -->
</script>

...[edit]...

Worked perfectly! Thank you very much!

[Alan Jones]

Hi Norman,

this is working perfectly (thanks!) - but is there a way to remove it from just one product?

We've got a new product with two prices (£8 and £10) and I've made them components, so you can select them from a drop down. I've given the item itself a price of £0.00 but of course this makes the 'FREE' show up.

AJ

[pinbrook]

could you have the main product as £8 and the larger product as plus £2 as a component. total price is the total of main price plus component

This way the actual product is 8 not 0

[NormanRouxel]

Copy your product template to a new name, remove the

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ( free ) document.write('FREE');
// -->
</script>

lump from it and use this alternative Template for such products.

[Alan Jones]

Copy your product template to a new name, remove the

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ( free ) document.write('FREE');
// -->
</script>

lump from it and use this alternative Template for such products.

Just as before, it worked brilliantly. Thankyou very much!

AJ