link"Extended "Buy together"" documentation

Extends native CS-Cart add-on Buy together, functionality with combinations generator and combinations management pages, saves a lot of time for store administrator.

The add-on is included in the Cross-up-sell add-ons package for CS-Cart (supplied free for package owners)

The add-on automates the routine of creating standard product combinations for the Buy together cheaper add-on. The generator mechanics allows you to specify the Main product (or several products) and Additional products, on the basis of which combinations of products with specified discount conditions will be created.

The module also adds a separate page for managing such combinations with a convenient search by combinations.

The add-on supports Multi-Vendor editions of the CS-Cart platform.

Why should you use add-on?

As you can see, this is not just an add-on for generating typical combinations, it is a whole combine that can:

• increase sales in your store or marketplace;
• covertly dump, that is, to reduce the price offer for a combination of products, which is allowed by suppliers;
• reduce the time spent on creating combinations, maintaining their relevance;
• offer user the most optimal interface of combination selection from the point of view of usability (and, therefore, the highest conversion);
• create truly meaningful product combinations and automatically based on rules. All products in a combination can be selected taking into account the fact that they are most suitable for each other and the buyer is organically interested in buying them together.

Look video of add-on work

Add-on is compatible with the following Themes:

• YoupiTheme (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
• UniTheme2 (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
• Responsive.

General technical support conditions are available at this link (be sure to review these conditions, all solutions from the AlexBranding development team come with limited technical support).

In order to use our technical support, you need to:

1. Log in with your order owner account on https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com;
2. Go to the page My Account → Orders;
3. Find the corresponding order with the problem add-on in the orders list and pass to its details;
4. Find the “Support” link next to the corresponding add-on name (near you can find Documentation link also) and click on it;
5. Fill in the data with the problem, provide access to your CS-Cart installation (path to the administration panel, admin mail, admin password + FTP access) and create a ticket (after you will create the ticket, you will receive an e-mail and a special code to track the ticket in the future);
6. Wait for the specialist answer in accordance with the regulations of the technical support service and the priority of your ticket.

If you didn't receive an answer within the deadlines, according to the chosen ticket priority, send e-mail info@alexbranding.com with the ticket number, for which you did not receive an answer in time, and the team manager will solve the problem in compliance with regulations.

We recommend to note general restrictions:

1. All solutions from AlexBranding developers team require pre-installation of the AB: Addons Manager service addon. It is delivered free of charge and is responsible for such services: installation, upgrades, license verifications. Excluding this service addon usage is not possible;
2. Addon files may have a closed (encoded) part, in which only a license check is located;
3. The addon will work only on those domains, that are specified in the user's license. If you try to use the solution on CS-Cart installations, whose domains are not included in the license, the addon will be automatically turned off;
4. Local installation is not possible, so that the addon works on the additional domain (subdomain), enter this domain (subdomain) in the Domain field, when ordering (or write to info@alexbranding.com) - adding technical domains for the developing or for testing is always free.

After your order has been processed by our manager, it will be transferred to Completed state, you will receive an email to your mailbox with ordered add-ons license numbers (usually it takes from 15 minutes to 8 hours depending on the day time and week day).

Then follow the steps below, which differs depending on your version of the CS-Cart platform:

You can also install the add-on with a standard installation for CS-Cart. To do this, download the appropriate archive with an add-on version compatible with your version of the CS-Cart platform.
Go to the website cs-cart.alexbranding.com, log in under the account of the order holder and go to the page My Profile → Orders → Relevant Order, go to details and you will see a list of available archives for the ordered add-on. Download the version (archive) you need and make the installation (standard for CS-Cart installation: Add-ons → Downloaded add-ons and in the gearwheel menu select Manual installation).

For access to the add-on settings you should go to the page Administration panel → Add-ons → Manage add-ons and at the add-on name in the gearwheel menu select appropriate menu item.

To create product combination go to the page Administration panel → Add-ons → Manage add-ons and in the add-on name AB: Extended "Buy together” select section Combination generators. In the tab General give a name for combination where at the block Additional languages give a name for all languages of the storefront. Specify type and description whereafter click Create.
Combination type AB: Products selection is available when the add-on AB: Intellectual selection of products in block is installed. Otherwise, type Simple will be available.

In the showed up block Combination products specify base and additional products. There are two modes of products selection in the combination:

• Add with picker ‒ product selection from a list (i.e., selection of specific products with checkboxes);
• Add with search ‒ product selection on the bases of conditions (i.e., selection of specific products with search conditions).

In the table Base products select products where product combination should be created. Click the button Add products whereafter option Additional products will appear where you can select products that will be added to a list of product combination.
Checkbox Required allows to select group of additional products as required for purchase.

Save combination and in the gearwheel menu click the button Generate combinations. Then you will see a link Show at the field Last generation. Follow the link to see a list of base products for which combination was generated.

Operational aspects in YoupiTheme

Product combinations can be displayed on the product page as block and as a product tab. To avoid duplication of the same combinations on the product page, follow steps specified below.

Display combinations as block:

1. Go to the settings page of YoupiTheme and select a tab Product detailed page settings;
2. In the section Buy together" add-on at the setting Way of display select one of following settings As a block before product tabs or As a block after product tabs;
3. Go to the page Administration panel → Design → Product tabs and disable the tab Buy together.

Display combinations as product tab:

1. Go to the page Administration panel → Design → Product tabs and activate the tab Buy together;
2. Go to the settings page of YoupiTheme and select a tab Product detailed page settings;
3. In the section Buy together" add-on at the setting Way of display select the value Do not display**.

• Use available period ‒ et the checkbox to use available period for combination.

To manage patterns go to the page Administration panel → Add-ons → Manage add-ons, in the add-on name select section Product combinations list. In the products combinations list select appropriate combination for view.

You can use a search by following values:

• combination name;
• base product;
• additional product;
• generator name.

По причине ограниченных возможностей CS-Cart платформы, мы были вынуждены отключить возможность отображать вкладку комбинации товаров во всплывающем окне. В связи с этим просим отображать комбинации товаров как блок, а не как вкладку товара.