Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Friday 25th May 2012 at 1521 BST.
Updated on Monday 28th May 2012 at 1136 BST.
I was looking for some way of at least attempting to comply with the EU cookie laws which come into full effect in the UK this month, so i had a look for a WordPress plugin for this site and came across Cookie warning for wordpress. Now I’m not a legal expert and have no idea whether this is sufficient or not but my theory is that at least I’ve made an effort…..
Just for a bit of fun I decided to port the WordPress Plugin to Prestashop and the result is available below. It was noted that the check wasn’t persistent, so I have updated the javascript that handles the consent check cookie.
This is provided free and without any warranty whatsoever. It may not even work.
Download the Free EU Cookie Law “Cookie Warning” Module – Latest Version
Version 0.2 – Oops!
Initial release version – version 0.1
Posted on May 25, 2012 | Related Categories: Free Prestashop Modules | 13 comments
Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Wednesday 17th August 2011 at 1021 BST.
Updated on Tuesday 6th September 2011 at 1052 BST.
Listing Products in Google Product Search
Since August 2008 when we first released a Google Product Search (Google Base) module a lot has changed. Not only has Google’s own service undergone a series of changes to the feed specification, Prestashop has also moved on.
The release of Prestashop 1.4.x in particular has seen support for many of the additional data items not previously possible to include, along with major changes in the generation of SEO urls which alone merit a code refresh. It has also become much harder to get good rankings in Product Search as the uptake has increased, and more attention needs to be taken in terms of feed data quality than ever before.
Continue reading "Prestashop Google Product Search"
Posted on August 17, 2011 | Related Categories: Prestashop | 18 comments
Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Sunday 3rd August 2008 at 1521 BST.
Updated on Wednesday 17th August 2011 at 1106 BST.
Getting noticed in Google Product Search
There has been huge demand for a module to allow upload of the products in Prestashop installations to Google Base. In an attempt to satisfy this, until such time as I can have a look at implementing it using the Google Base API, I threw together some code that will hopefully work. Only minimal testing has been performed, so I recommend that you use with caution.
Special thanks to Icarus for debugging the latest versions, and for the new feature suggestions for the 0.6.x series and beyond….
Update: The latest version can be found at Prestashop Google Product Search
Continue reading "Exporting products to Googlebase"
Posted on August 3, 2008 | Related Categories: Free Prestashop Modules, Prestashop | 109 comments
Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Saturday 6th December 2008 at 2117 BST.
Updated on Tuesday 14th June 2011 at 1042 BST.
In one of the review threads on the PrestaShop forum there was a particular gallery feature that caught the eye, and I decided to adapt it slightly for more general use. It’s basically just the Featured Products module adapted to use the javascript gallery rather than the standard tabular layout, and it certainly looks more effective.
Continue reading "JonDesign’s SmoothGallery2.0 for Prestashop Featured Products"
Posted on December 6, 2008 | Related Categories: Free Prestashop Modules, Prestashop | 18 comments
Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Wednesday 6th January 2010 at 1438 BST.
Updated on Tuesday 14th June 2011 at 1029 BST.
Debugging Prestashop Templates
While stumbling around the internet as you do when pondering a particularly awkward programming challenge, I came across an excellent post on smarty debug with FireBug. This inspired me to pull together a Prestashop module to allow store owners, designers and developers to view indepth debugging data from right within the Prestashop environment.
Continue reading "The Ultimate Prestashop Module and Theme Development Tool"
Posted on January 6, 2010 | Related Categories: Development Resources, Free Prestashop Modules | 10 comments
Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Tuesday 5th August 2008 at 1205 BST.
Updated on Tuesday 14th June 2011 at 0946 BST.
Addstuff will be 1 year old on 5th August 2009!!
Here’s a fun little module that several have used to add some easy custom items to their pages. Inspired by many modules by the same (or similar) names for other open source projects, this allows you to include your own html (or anything else you can think of) into your right or left column easily.
The configuration consists of two items:
- A filename (default “mystuff.html” in the module directory)
- A check box to select using the standard box model class (heading is styled with h4)
The example code puts an image and link on your page, so you’ll probably want to change it, but feel free to link back to here from your sites. We appreciate your support!
Latest Version: Addstuff v0.6.3
Posted on August 5, 2008 | Related Categories: Free Prestashop Modules, Prestashop | 50 comments
Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Saturday 16th August 2008 at 0103 BST.
Updated on Tuesday 14th June 2011 at 0945 BST.
We had an issue recently where there was some difficulty contacting the paypal server to verify an IPN passed back to a PrestaShop store.
The v1 Final version of the paypal validation.php file only uses fsockopen to establish an http connection to paypal (production or sandbox) to verify, so we’ve added a little code to ours to:
1) Use a secure connection if possible (using fsockopen)
2) Use cURL if the above fails to connect, and
3) Use an insecure http connection if the above fails.
The patched files can be downloaded here: Paypal module update for Version 1.0 Final
Posted on August 16, 2008 | Related Categories: Free Prestashop Modules, Prestashop | 8 comments
Written by Paul Campbell.
Published on Monday 8th September 2008 at 2005 BST.
Updated on Tuesday 14th June 2011 at 0944 BST.
We’re pleased to release BETA 1 of our modified version of the PrestaShop Paypal Payment module that will hopefully address a few more of the shortcomings of the original 1.0.0.8 version.
This latest version provides tighter integration with IPN notifications, and supports all the current message combinations for both instant and eCheck payments. Refunds and cancellations are also supported, although only as far as this functionality is supported by PrestaShop itself.
Continue reading "BETA Version 2 Paypal Module for PrestaShop"
Posted on September 8, 2008 | Related Categories: Free Prestashop Modules, Prestashop | 57 comments
eCartService.net was set up specifically to cater for the needs of small to medium enterprises trading online using the Prestashop eCommerce solution. It was set up in 2008 by Paul Campbell, a veteran in the IT industry who has experience of working in technology planning and implementation in some of the most diverse and technically challenging environments on the planet. 
