I've attached a screen shot where the specials input section can be found.
A picture is often more easily followed.

The tabbing  sequence is Catalog >  Products >  select the product you want to special  > Promotion tab :
scroll to the Specials section on the promotion tab,  input your information.  Check your home page to see if it displays as you intended.

Another Abantecarte user!

Hello,
I am getting App Warnings with the PayPal Express Extension.   I don't know if this is an  AbanteCart issue or an extension issue.   I am starting with AbanteCart

I tried reinstalling the extension.  I did uninstall the previous installation.  And the extension does show as 'ON' in the extensions page.  The blocksare enabled on the pages do go to the PayPal when clicked.  So what is this error and how do I fix it?

Here's is the log of the errors after the new install.

2013-10-16 15:00:48 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: blocks/paypal_express_checkout_bml_button construct FAILED. Missing or incorrect controller route path. Possibly layout block is enabled for disabled or missing extension!  in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 76
2013-10-16 15:00:48 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: skipping unavailable controller … in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 237
2013-10-16 15:01:15 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: blocks/paypal_express_checkout_bml_button construct FAILED. Missing or incorrect controller route path. Possibly layout block is enabled for disabled or missing extension!  in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 76
2013-10-16 15:01:15 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: skipping unavailable controller … in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 237
2013-10-16 15:01:31 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: blocks/paypal_express_checkout_bml_button construct FAILED. Missing or incorrect controller route path. Possibly layout block is enabled for disabled or missing extension!  in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 76
2013-10-16 15:01:31 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: skipping unavailable controller … in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 237
2013-10-16 15:02:36 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: blocks/paypal_express_checkout_bml_button construct FAILED. Missing or incorrect controller route path. Possibly layout block is enabled for disabled or missing extension!  in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 76
2013-10-16 15:02:36 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: skipping unavailable controller … in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 237
2013-10-16 15:02:39 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: blocks/paypal_express_checkout_bml_button construct FAILED. Missing or incorrect controller route path. Possibly layout block is enabled for disabled or missing extension!  in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 76
2013-10-16 15:02:39 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: skipping unavailable controller … in /home/mmonline/public_html/shop/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 237

When using the cloning feature -  some things do not clone into the copied product.

What can I changed to make 'tags'  one of the items?

Also,  I added the extension for product_features, the tab shows up,  but none of the selections from the original product do.  Is this something that can be remedied.  I realize this is a third-party extension,  but the cart picks up the options associated with product_features,  just not the input.

Thank your for your reply.

In working in the EDIT USER GROUP section -  I am having difficulty in some of the links, and some quite unsatisfactory results in trying to find what the links go to.

I am of course logged in as the administrator.  As seen here:

/index.php?rt=user/user_permission/update&user_group_id=10&s=......



All of the entries show  GO TO PAGE  when hovering.  However the results are varied:

Some links actually work and go to the page it controls.

some places I get this - with no ability to log in.  Note: this seems to happen a lot with anything that has 'extension' in the title.
{"error_title":"Login Error!","error_text":"You are not logged in. You will be redirected to log in
page","show_dialog":true,"reload_page":true,"error_code":401}

things with grid' in the title display like this when they work:

index.php?rt=listing_grid/zone&s=.......
{"page":null,"total":0,"records":"65","rows":[{"id":"3647","cell":["United States","\n\t\n\t
\n \n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/span>\n","\n\t\n\t
\n \n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/span>\n","\n
\n \n <\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/span>\n"]},{"id":"3615","cell":["United States","\n\t\n\t
\n \n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/span>\n","\n\t\n\t


Some just go to blank pages

I don't know if these differing results on GO TO PAGE click are by intention or there is an issue. 

But a more reliable way to determine what the link is linking to would be appreciated.

Hello again, 

I would really like to fix whatever is causing this warning,  but I do need some help.

This was a clean install of version 1.1.7 not an upgrade.   It was installed on a subdomain.   I used the correct subdomain in the URL on the settings page during install.   But the install seems to have defaulted to using url without the subdomain when it assigned the Admin logon.

Is there some setting I can change?
Do I just need to re-install not using a subdomain?
Can I not use subdomains?
If I can use subdomain,  how do I get install to recognize them?

Apparently this is causing some issues -  I don't like issues .  Warnings need to be addressed and corrected.  I just don't know how to do that.  And reading documentation and searching the board has not provided answers.  Please provide the necessary info here.

Thanks.

no additional stores setup yet.

I did not intentional setup different urls.   Here's what I did when from the start, please tell me where I went wrong.

1.  This is a brand new domain on an empty  server.
2.  Made a subdomain on Cpanel.   called shop.mydomainname.net   
3.  Setup database in mydomainname.net  called  shop. 
4.  FTP'd in the ver 1.1.7 files into  mydonainname.net/shop 
5.  ran the install and used shop.mydomainname.net  in the URL.

Please tell me what I did wrong in this setup.   And more importantly tell me precisely the changes to get everything in sync.

I need the shop  to be the MASTER store,  that will be the one that is cloned for multi stores.

Thank you.

Hi Carl,

I would have to agree with eCommerce about not using the server resources here.

I do understand having clients who aren't very computer savvy!   However you have indicated that you were going to work on a multi store environment -  so it would seem that you should be looking for a solution that makes all of the web visitors experiences as quick as possible.   That means using resources for the web visitors best results.  And in the multistore setup,  seems like you might be penalizing the users who do it correctly by managing their pics locally before uploading.

So why don't you try sharing something simple with your beginning customers - that won't be difficult and won't cost them any money.   Use something simple like http://www.picresize.com/ .   It's free,  online,  can use image on the PC or from a web address.  It's also very simple.   There are lots of other out there too.

Also,  don't forget DPI settings also affect the file size.  Currently  72 or 96 seems to work well on webpages.  And makes the files sizes smaller.  There are so many phone pics now,  they all seem to come thru a high DPI, 300 or more.  Great for high quality printing,  useless on the webpage.

I get iPhone photos from one of my clients -  they come in at 300 DPI and 2000 x 2000 sizes -  and about 600 KB,  if I resize to 500 wd pixels,  and 96 DPI  it is 76 KB and looks great on the webpage.  Loads quickly too.

Just my opinion here.

Just another Abantecart user.