Mail Order Pro For Joomla, order by email, custom order forms component Options

[Web Design Seo]

Newest version of Mail Order Pro component is v.2.5 and support Joomla 3.0, 2.5, 1.7 and Joomla 1.5! Newest version of Mail Order Pro content plugin is v.1.2.2, updated on 14 July 2015. Plugin support Joomla 3 and Joomla 2.5.

Support of old Mail order version (component based) is discontinued from 23 September 2013. Please, use new version - is available from more than eight months! More info: Mailorder Content Plugin functions.

About new version: Is content plugin

Using its INI files built-in config system, the new version allows the mailorder plugin easily to be set to be used absolutely everywhere on your site, with every component you wish. If the component itself does not invoke content plugins, or you have the Joomla cache enabled, the plg_invoker system plugin will do the trick for you. The site owner is now able to point which entities should or should not be affected by the plugin, based on an URL parameter and comma separaed list of values!

About old version: Is component

Integration with Virtuemart and Mosets Tree is only for Joomla 2.5 and is available only in Mail Order Pro version 2.0 and over! The mail order form is now fully customizable! You now have full control on what information is gathered from the customers. You may use different mail order forms on different pages (or even in the same page). You just have to set up the appropriate template and point the "Buy Now" link to it. You can use MailOrder component in K2 also.

History Log:
14.07.2015: V.1.2.2: Added parameter "controller" (untill now only task, file and view). Added example ini file for Jshopping.


18.09.2013: Minor bug fix in joomla 3 version.
31.03.2013: Mail Order Pro (content plugin) update: v.1.2 is released. Added is credit calculator: Now you can use Mail Order with Virtuemart, content, K2 or with any other joomla component to generate order forms with included credit calculator.

Credit calculator look (Virtuemart):



12.03.2013: Mail Order Pro new (new version) update: v.1.1 is released. Added is support for Joomla 3.0 and one new parameter: run_only_at. It has the same format and the opposite behavior of the "skip" RUN section parameter.
01.02.2013: New Mail Order Pro for Joomla 2.5 now is plugin instead of component (older versions). New content plugin can be inserted to work theoretically everywhere, in every Joomla component. Example for Mosets Tree is included and guide in support forum. Now in package are included old version (component for joomla 1.5, for Joomla 2.5 and for Joomla 3.0) and new version (content plugin for Joomla 2.5).
24.01.2013: Mail Order Pro 2.4 for Joomla 3.0. Joomla 3.0 version support only content and K2!
19.01.2013: V.2.4 for Joomla 2.5. Joomgallery support is added. Now you can use JoomGallery as product catalog. Custom order forms can be inserted on on Category Details page and on Image Details page in JoomGallery.
09.10.2012 - v.2.3 - update to work with latest version of Virtuemart 2.0.12
02.10.2012 - bug fix for Joomla 2.5 version.
v.2.2 for Joomla 2.5 - 10 September 2012: Bug fix for latest version for Joomla 2.5.
v.2.1 of Mail Order Pro is released - 21 June 2012 (only Joomla 2.5 version is updated). A new option is added. You may now choose the mail notifications to be sent to the article's author / owner in addition to the other two options: the site owner or another fixed e-mail.
v.2.0 of Mail Order Pro is released - 20 June 2012 (only Joomla 2.5 version is updated). Added is integration with Mosets Tree and Virtuemart. Now Mail Order Pro can be used with Virtuemart, Mosets Tree, com_content and K2. To upgrade from old version: 1. Uninstall old version from Joomla! admin. 2. Install latest Mail Order Pro.
v.1.8.0 - bug fixes for Joomla 2.5 version (21 May 2012)
Update only for Joomla 1.5 version. Recaptcha is added as option. (09 February 2012)
v.1.7.1 - bug fix for Joomla 1.7 version (23 January 2012)
v.1.7.0 - Recaptcha Support (28 December 2011)
v.1.6.1 - Joomla 1.7/1.6, custom fields and custom form templates Support (18 August 2011)
v.1.6 (Spring 2011):
- Previous Commercial Version - MailOrder Pro 1.5 become free
- Fixes problem with seo optimization of order page.
- Support K2
- Possibility to order multiple products from one page
- Updated translations - 9 languages in archive
v.1.0 for Joomla 1.5 - Start of development of free version of Mail Order - ( spring 2010)


Look in administration of Mail Order Pro:






Options in Administration:
- Preferred language
- Email parameters
- Width and Height of box
- Info text
- Notify user parameters
- Choice for script used in order form: modal box or highslide



Look of order form after clicking of link "Order" in content item:



Other form on the same page of content item:



Demos:
Demo 1: mailorder test product
Demo 2: Order form 2: highslide and picture button: Seo services in Extensions Joomla

The templates are located in /components/com_mailorder/templates/. Here is the content of the default one (default.txt):

*PRODUCT_QUANTITY=text
*YOUR_NAME=text
*YOUR_EMAIL=text
YOUR_PHONE=text
*YOUR_ADDRESS=textarea

An item has been ordered!
Item: {PRODUCT}
Item ID: {PRODUCT_ID}
Quantity: PRODUCT_QUANTITY

Client details:
Name: YOUR_NAME
E-mail: YOUR_EMAIL
Phone: YOUR_PHONE
Address:
YOUR_ADDRESS

It contains a header (which defines the mail order form elements) and a message body (which defines what will be sent to the administrator when an order is placed), separated by a @@@ line in the template file. The comment lines start with "#".

In our case the header contains:

*PRODUCT_QUANTITY=text
*YOUR_NAME=text
*YOUR_EMAIL=text
YOUR_PHONE=text
*YOUR_ADDRESS=textarea

Each field definition occupies a separate row. In the default header 5 form fields are defined - four of type "text" and one "textarea". The required fields has a "*" prefix before the language constant. The language constant defines the field's label. It must be defined in the relevant language files, located in the /language/ folder. You can use drop down lists as well. These are defined like this:

{LABEL_LANGUAGE_CONST}=select:{VAL1_LANGUAGE_CONST},{VAL2_LANGUAGE_CONST},{VAL3_
LANGUAGE_CONST}[,.....]

For example, lets define a drop down list Currency with two elements - EUR and USD:

MO_CURRENCY=select:MO_EUR,MO_USD

Now lets take a look at the message body:

An item has been ordered!
Item: {PRODUCT}
Item ID: {PRODUCT_ID}
Quantity: PRODUCT_QUANTITY

Client details:
Name: YOUR_NAME
E-mail: YOUR_EMAIL
Phone: YOUR_PHONE
Address:
YOUR_ADDRESS

On mail order submit the language constants will be replaced by the relevant user submitted data and the resulting e-mail body will be sent to the desired e-mail, set up in the MailOrder's settings. There are two special tags which are always available regardless of the template:

{PRODUCT} - this tag will be replaced with the product's name followed by a link to the product;
{PRODUCT_ID} - this tag will be replaced with the product's ID.


You can have as many different templates as you wish. You just have to specify which template should be used with each "Buy Now" link, e.g.:

Код

{mailorder id=43 formtpl=my_template}
{mailorder formtpl=my_cool_template id=48}
{mailorder formtpl=another_template}
{mailorder id=999 formtpl=default buy=2}

You can have unlimited texts in content items, like text1 "Buy now", text2 "Order" and other text constants that you have create in language files. Parameter buy=2 to the mailorder tag say them to show MO_BUY1 or MO_BUY2 text from language file.

The above examples require the following files to exist in the templates folder(/components/com_mailorder/templates/):

my_template.txt
my_cool_template.txt
another_template.txt

If the template file is not found, the default one will be used. More templates examples.

Languages and translations:

MailOrder Pro is multilanguage. Language files added in archive: English, French, Bulgarian, Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Norwegian and all versions of Chinese. Language files for old free version of component can be found here.

Important information!

Component is developed to work with content and K2. Integration with all other components is provided "As guide".

Latest version of component will have guides "how to integrate Mail Order Pro" in over 10 joomla components! We can't guarantee that this will work for every version of these components. We can't guarantee that we will update content plugin of component every time when new version of some of these components is released! Guides are only examples. There is no guarantee that this code will work in custom modified components or in older versions. If this not work for your component version, you may need to edit manual code.

For more info, please, read our TOS ( part: Modification of source code of Extensions )

Online purchase: Mail Order Pro

P.S. This description is edited on 20.06.2012 due on release of new version Mail Order Pro 2.0


This post has been edited by Web Design Seo: Jul 14 2015, 08:52 AM

Reason for edit: update for version 2.5

[Web Design Seo]

Description in first post is edited on 18.07.2011 due on release of new top version: Mail Order Pro 1.6


Questions for Mail order are moved here:
Latest Mail Order Pro Support Questions

Support Topic for latest free version of Mail Order v.1.5 and up
Support Topic for Old MailOrder versions - before v.1.5

This post has been edited by Web Design Seo: Jun 20 2012, 11:11 AM

Reason for edit: update and new threads

[Ivan Stamenov]

A new version of the Mail Order Pro component has just been released.

Now the component is Joomla 1.7 and 1.6 compatible.

A new feature is added - one can choose what will be displayed as a link on the product's page from multiple HTML strings (plain text, images, etc.), defined in the corresponding language files. These are strings named MO_BUY1 (default string), MO_BUY2, MO_BUY3, etc.

Just add a "buy={number}" parameter to the mailorder tag, for example:

{mailorder id=999 formtpl=default buy=2}

The default string is MO_BUY1.

[Web Design Seo]

Example templates for Mail Order Pro forms:

Take a look at example in our demo site here: mailorder test product

Html code of this content item is:

Код

<p>Product order form: {mailorder buy=1}</p>
<p>Product order form with other text: {mailorder buy=2}</p>
<p>Other product order and other form - template 2: {mailorder formtpl=2 id=117}</p>
<p>Product 3 order form template 1: {mailorder id=115 formtpl=default}</p><p>Product 4 order form template 3: {mailorder id=116 formtpl=3}</p>

Code of these templates are: mail order template 1, mail order template 2, mail order template 3


So, just open default template in folder components/com_mailorder/templates , copy and create new one with fields that you need.
Enjoy

[Web Design Seo]

New version of Mail Order is realeased today - v.1.7.0. Version of component for Joomla 1.7 is completely revised. The article URL is no longer passed between the pages and the component is much more robust. ReCaptcha is added as an option.

Screenshot from recaptcha options:



Joomla 1.5 version is unchanged.

[Web Design Seo]

Other posts and questions are moved here: questions about MailOrder Pro and Joomla 2.5

Mail Order PRO for joomla work with Joomla 2.5. Is tested on latest version of Joomla 2.5.

[Web Design Seo]

New version of Mail Order for Joomla 1.5 is realeased today. Recaptcha is added as option.

EDIT: v.1.8.0 of Mail Order Pro is here (21 May 2012) - only Joomla 2.5 version is updated.

[Ivan Stamenov]

The next version of the Mail Order Pro component - v.2.0 is released. Mail Order Pro may now be used in Mosets Tree and Virtuemart in addition to com_content and K2.

Only the Joomla 2.5 version is updated!

In order to upgrade the component you must uninstall the old version and then install the new one. The new version is already available on our website.

[Ivan Stamenov]

A new option is added. You may now choose the mail notifications to be sent to the article's author / owner in addition to the other two options: the site owner or another fixed e-mail. The newly added option does work with com_content, Mosets Tree and K2. It does not work with Virtuemart as the Virtuemart items do not have author.



Only Joomla 2.5 version is updated!

[Web Design Seo]

If version of component for Joomla 2.5 not work or you have Deprecated error in:

Код

plugins\content\mailorder\mailorder.php on line 122

just change this line 122 from:

Код

return $this->onContentBeforeDisplay($context, &$row, &$params, $page);

to:

Код

return $this->onContentBeforeDisplay($context, $row, $params, $page);

[Web Design Seo]

Mail Order Pro v.2.1 to v. 2.2 changes:

v.2.1 has a bug in the content plugin. To fix it, please either download the latest version or do the following:

Open /plugins/content/mailorder/mailorder.php

Lines 91 to 108 should be:

Код

if($pars->id) {
                switch ($this->producttype) {
                    case 'com_k2':
                        $this->db->setQuery("SELECT id, catid FROM #__k2_items WHERE id=".(int)$pars->id.' LIMIT 1');
                        $row = $this->db->loadObject();
                        break;
                    case 'com_content':
                        $this->db->setQuery("SELECT id, catid FROM #__content WHERE id=".(int)$pars->id.' LIMIT 1');
                        $row = $this->db->loadObject();
                        break;
                    default:
                }
                if (empty($row)) {
                    $row->text = mb_substr($row->text, 0, $pos).mb_substr($row->text, $endpos+1);
                    continue;
                }
            }
            $url = 'index.php?option=com_mailorder&tmpl=component&producttype='.$this->producttype.'&productid='.$row->id.'&catid='.$row->catid.'&formtpl='.$pars->formtpl.'&t='.time();

Change them to:

Код

if($pars->id) {
                switch ($this->producttype) {
                    case 'com_k2':
                        $this->db->setQuery("SELECT id, catid FROM #__k2_items WHERE id=".(int)$pars->id.' LIMIT 1');
                        $dbrow = $this->db->loadObject();
                        break;
                    case 'com_content':
                        $this->db->setQuery("SELECT id, catid FROM #__content WHERE id=".(int)$pars->id.' LIMIT 1');
                        $dbrow = $this->db->loadObject();
                        break;
                    default:
                }
                if (empty($dbrow)) {
                    $row->text = mb_substr($row->text, 0, $pos).mb_substr($row->text, $endpos+1);
                    continue;
                }
            } else
                $dbrow = $row;
            $url = 'index.php?option=com_mailorder&tmpl=component&producttype='.$this->producttype.'&productid='.$dbrow->id.'&catid='.$dbrow->catid.'&formtpl='.$pars->formtpl.'&t='.time();

This fix is added to latest version for Joomla 2.5 - v.2.2.

[Web Design Seo]

Today is fixed bug in latest version for Joomla 2.5.

[Web Design Seo]

Is released new version of Mail Order Pro - v.2.3. Component is updated to work with latest version of Virtuemart 2.0.12.

Updated is only version for Joomla 2.5. Changes.

[Web Design Seo]

19.01.2013: V.2.4 for Joomla 2.5. Joomgallery support is added. Now you can use JoomGallery as product catalog.

You can have custom order forms on Category Details page and on Image Details page in JoomGallery.

[Web Design Seo]

Mail Order Pro now have Joomla 3.0 support. Mail Order Pro V.2.4 for Joomla 3.0 is added to package.

Joomla 3.0 version support only content and K2!

[Web Design Seo]

01.02.2013: New Mail Order Pro for Joomla 2.5 now is plugin instead of component (older versions).

New content plugin can be inserted to work theoretically everywhere, in every Joomla component over brand new system plugin. Example for Mosets Tree is included and guide in support forum is posted.

Now in package are included old version (component for joomla 1.5, for Joomla 2.5 and for Joomla 3.0) and new version (content plugin for Joomla 2.5).

New system plugin to control in which other component will work MailOrder is included for free in package. This is great opportunity for all Joomla developers! Now you have many more possibilities - plugin can be used to work with every content plugin.

Cheers

[Ivan Stamenov]

There was a bug in the content plugin of the newest version: SITE_ROOT was used instead of mo_conf.SITE_ROOT. To fix it, open

Код

/plugins/content/mailorder/assets/js/plugin.js

and replace on lines 30 and 39

Код

SITE_ROOT

with

Код

mo_conf.SITE_ROOT

(prepend "mo_conf." before "SITE_ROOT")

[Ivan Stamenov]

There is a new version of the content plugin: 1.1.

It has a new parameter available for use in the ini file, called "run_only_at". It has the same syntax as the "skip" parameter and the opposite behavior, allowing to list only the pages you want the plugin to work at.

[Web Design Seo]

Now new version of MailOrder (content plugin) support Joomla 3 also - today is released new version for Joomla 3.0.

[pavelKukov]

Today is released new version of Mail Order pro content plugin with included credit calculator. Now you can use Mail Order with Virtuemart, content, K2 or with other component to generate order forms with included credit calculator. Titles and prices of products are parsed automatically in calc (you can configure in ini file code where in html code is price located)

Credit calculator look (Virtuemart):


How to use credit calculator in Mailorder 1.2?

• Install plg_content_mailorder-standalone in joomla administration
• In the folder of your joomla installation under the location
/plugins/content/mailorder/config/ you needto create a configuration file, (may be more
than one). The file name must match the name of the component that will be used mailorder.
To use mailorder in normal articles fileshould be called "com_content.ini" to use mailorder
K2 articles file name must be "com_k2.ini", and for virtuemart "com_virtuemart.ini" You
can just copy the sample files .
• It is important to change the parameters in the correct file so that they fit your system. *** After
each change in the ini file you mustdelete generated"the name of the corresponding file .dat" (if it
exists). It is located at: /plugins/content/mailorder/config/cache/ . dat ***
3.1. In [RUN]section should set:
view = article
Where the articleis the name of the corresponding view. In an article in the K2 setting is
item
moo_container = div.item-page
Here div.item-pagemootools selectoris the main element that holdthe contents.
moo_title = h2 a
Here is h2 a is mootools selector for element which displays the title.
moo_price = span#price
Here span#priceis mootools selectorelement which represents the price of the product.
Usually moo_container and moo_title will depend on your template. While moo_price will be
manually added in thecontent of the article. These and other options are described in the sample ini
files.
• You can modify or create a suitable template in
/plugins/content/mailorder/assets/templates/ name of the template .txt

Download Example Files:  Mailorder___Usage_Guide.zip ( 94.17K ) Number of downloads: 11


 mailorder.png ( 398.58K ) Number of downloads: 8



Now new version is uploaded and available!

Guide about other configuartion options in ini files is here