CartThrob Wish List / Gift Registry

CartThrob Wish List / Gift Registry Version 1.08

CartThrob Wish List addon adds the ability to create and edit product wish lists in ExpressionEngine, and add items in the wish list to your shopping cart. In addition to creating a wish list, wish lists can also be searched, shared, edited, and products in them can be added to the cart. Wish lists are stored as EE channel entries, so all of the power of entries can be harnessed with your wish lists.

CartThrob Wish List is an addon for CartThrob. Like other CartThrob addons, it must be uploaded and installed on your website, and CartThrob must be active for it to run. To use this addon, you will need to add additional template tags for adding, editing, and deleting wish lists. You can place the tags in any of your EE templates to suit your specific workflow. Sample template code can be found here in the documentation.

Note To create and edit a wish list, membership & login is required.

Features

  • Wish lists are standard channel entries. Store any data you want with a wish list.

  • Works with CartThrob eCommerce system.

  • Products in lists can be added to cart.

  • Purchased and wanted quantities are adjusted when items are purchased.

  • Multiple wish lists can be created for each user

  • Like any other channel entry, you can set a user configurable status, for instance a "public" vs "private" option that would determine whether the given wish list is available to be searched and found by others. That way a person could use a wish list to collect their own personal shopping/ wish list and not for public purposes.

Requirements

  • ExpressionEngine 2.5+ (not compatible with ExpressionEngine 3)
  • CartThrob 2.2+ (not compatible with CartThrob 3)
  • PHP 5.3+ (not compatible with PHP 7)

Installation

  • Upload the /system/expressionengine/third_party/cartthrob_wish_list/ folder to /system/expressionengine/third_party/
  • Make sure Extensions are enabled on your system
  • Install the CartThrob Wish List module and extension (through EE's add-ons/modules panel)
  • Go to EE settings » addons » extensions » CartThrob Wish list and choose the "Example Template Installation". This will install all channel and templates needed.

You may want to review the wish list template group for examples on usage in your site templates.

Should you ever need to change the wish list channel or field once installed, you can do so through the settings.

Upgrading

  • Upload the /system/expressionengine/third_party/cartthrob_wish_list/ folder to /system/expressionengine/third_party/ Overwriting existing files.
  • Go to EE settings » addons » and click "Run Module Updates"

Sample User Flow

While you can use the wish list tags to build your ideal system, the following is a pretty common sample user flow:

  • User creates a wish list
  • User adds products to wish list
  • User views wish list, adds and edits items on the list
  • User shares link to wish list with friend
  • Friend views wish list
  • Friend adds configured items to the cart and purchases through standard checkout
  • User can choose to view items that have been purchased, and the purchased quantities

Tags and Custom Field Types

Adding and updating wish lists

add_to_wish_list_form

This will allow your customer to add items to their wish list. It works in the same way as the CartThrob add_to_cart_form, using the same parameters, plus some new ones listed below.

A customer can configure a product like they normally would with CartThrob's add_to_cart_form, and add the exact configuration they prefer to their wish list.

Adding item option data is simple, like CartThrob’s add_to_cart_form, just add a new item_option:

<input type="hidden" name="item_options[my_option]" value="like this!" />

Parameters
entry_id

As mentioned above, this form uses the same parameters as the add_to_cart_form but it's important to note that the entry_id of the product is usually required if the product is not specified as an on the fly product.

wish_list_entry_id

To save data to a specific wish list, you must either specify the wish list's entry_id or url_title in the add_to_wish_list_form. You can pass the wish list's entry_id using this parameter or using a like-named input field

wish_list_url_title

To save data to a specific wish list, you must either specify the wish list's entry_id or url_title in the add_to_wish_list_form. You can pass the url_title using this parameter or input field

id

Form ID

name

Form name

onsubmit

You can add javascript in this parameter that should be called before the form is submitted

quantity

The amount of this item that should be added to the cart

return

the templategroup/template that the user should be returned to when the form has been submitted. You can add ENTRY_ID to the end of this, and it will be dynamically replaced with the recently created wish list

Examples

This is an example of how to add items to a wish list

{exp:channel:entries channel="products"  limit=""  dynamic="no" show_future_entries="yes" }

    {exp:cartthrob_wish_list:add_to_wish_list_form entry_id="{entry_id}"}
        <label>Add to wish list</label>

        {!-- this outputs a select dropdown to choose which list the item should go in. --}
        {exp:cartthrob_wish_list:wish_list_select}<br><br>

        {title} {product_price}<br>
        {exp:cartthrob:item_options entry_id="{entry_id}""}
            {if dynamic}
                <label>{option_label}</label>
                    {input}
            {if:else}
                {if options_exist}
                    <label>{option_label}</label>
                    {select} 
                        <option {selected} value="{option_value}">
                            {option_name}{if option_price_numeric != 0} +{option_price}{/if}
                        </option>
                    {/select}
                    <br>
                {/if}
            {/if}
        {/exp:cartthrob:item_options}
        <input type="submit" name="Submit" /> 
        {/exp:cartthrob_wish_list:add_to_wish_list_form}

{/exp:channel:entries}
### wish_list_form The wish list form is used to update the contents of existing wish lists. If you are adding items to a wish list, use add_to_wish_list_form. This form looks similar to other cartthrob forms.
##### Parameters In addition to the parameters listed here wish list also uses SafeCracker's parameters and variables.
##### entry_id
Entry_id of the wish list (if editing an entry). Only entry_id or url_title are required to edit an existing entry ##### url_title
Url_title of the wish list (if editing an entry) ##### return the templategroup/template that the user should be returned to when the form has been submitted. You can add ENTRY_ID to the end of this, and it will be dynamically replaced with the recently created wish list return="wish_list/edit/ENTRY_ID" ##### Variables
### my_wish_lists_count
Outputs the number of wish lists for the currently logged in user
##### Examples
{exp:cartthrob_wish_list:my_wish_lists_count}

has_wish_lists

Used to find out if the current user has any wish lists. Use as a conditional.

Examples
{if {exp:cartthrob_wish_list:has_wish_lists}}you have wish lists{/if}

wish_list_total

Outputs the total cost for a given wish list including all purchased and non-purchased items

Parameters
entry_id

Specific wish list entry id

url_title

Specific url title. Either entry id or url title must be set

Examples
{exp:cartthrob_wish_list:wish_list_total entry_id="{entry_id}"}

wish_list_remaining_total

Outputs the total cost for a given wish list including all non-purchased items

Parameters
entry_id

Specific wish list entry id

url_title

Specific url title. Either entry id or url title must be set

Examples
{exp:cartthrob_wish_list:wish_list_remaining_total entry_id="{entry_id}"}

wish_list_select

This outputs a select dropdown containing all wish lists for the current logged in user

{exp:cartthrob_wish_list:wish_list_select}

Search for a wish list

You can use EEs standard search to find wish lists

{exp:search:simple_form channel="wish_list" result_page="wish_list/results" search_in="entries"}

    <p><label for="keywords">Search Registries:</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="keywords" id="keywords" value="" size="18" maxlength="100" /></p>
    <p><input type="submit" value="submit" class="submit" /></p>

{/exp:search:simple_form}

// results 

{exp:search:search_results}
    <li><a href="{path=wish_list/view/{entry_id}}">{title}</a></li>
{/exp:search:search_results}

Add wish list items to cart

To add wish list items to the cart, you use CartThrob's standard add_to_cart_form, and add the wish_list_entry_id and wish_list_row_id parameters to the add_to_cart_form tag. If these 2 parameters aren't added, the related wish list items won't be found, and the data added to the cart may not be correct. See the example below for more details.

Parameters
wish_list_row_id

The row_id of the item you want to add to the cart. This row ID will help the cart identify the unique item being added, in the case of multiple configurations of one specific item.

wish_list_entry_id

The entry_id of the wish list containing the item.

{exp:cartthrob_wish_list:my_wish_lists}
    {exp:cartthrob_wish_list:wish_list_items entry_id="{entry_id}" variable_prefix="items:"}
            {exp:cartthrob:add_to_cart_form 
                return=""
                wish_list_row_id="{items:row_id}"
                wish_list_entry_id = "{entry_id}"
                }

            <strong>{items:title}</strong> {items:price}
            <input type="submit" value="Add to Cart" />

            {/exp:cartthrob:add_to_cart_form}
    {/exp:cartthrob_wish_list:wish_list_items}
{/exp:cartthrob_wish_list:my_wish_lists}

Changelog

V1.08

  • UPDATED: Works with EE 2.7 and REQUIRES this version due to the change in SafeCracker (Now Channel_form)
  • ADDED: has_wish_lists tag
  • ADDED: my_wish_lists_count tag
  • UPDATED: major changes to templates. Templates now follow CartThrob default template style.

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