UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications Finished-[6.3] Cafe Press Random Item Display Palbox

Mod Name / Version: Cafe Press Random Item Display Palbox

Description: I found this code by Andrew Collington that calls up a random item out of your cafe press store. I put it into a pal box and made it look a little bit prettier.

Working Under: UBB.Threads 6.3

Mod Status: Finished

Any pre-requisites: a Cafe Press shop

Author(s): Andrew Collington, modded by Calpy

Date: 04/26/04

Credits: Andrew Collington

Files Altered: customboxXpal.php

New Files:

Database Altered:

Info/Instructions: Just change the name of the shop to yours in the code. You can see it in action at my forum's "Entrance Page" with the login "threadsdev" and password is "password"

Disclaimer: Please backup every file that you intend to modify.
If the modification modifies the database, it's a good idea to backup your database before doing so.

Note: If you modify your UBB.Threads code, you may be giving up your right for "official" support from Infopop.If you need official support, you'll need to restore unmodified files.

Ugh - stay away from CafePress at all costs...

ouch?

Unless it's changed recently cafepress's quality is real nice. The prices are kinda expensive, but the quality is good.

Thank you for the mod

I had a storefront on CafePress for years. One day they tell me that all my content is being removed. The reason: the cartoons used on my items were "similiar" to an actual automobile. While the cartoon used no logos or other copyrighted/trademark items, they felt the similiarity was enough to close me down.

I switched to www.zazzle.com and haven't looked back. Zazzle has better output (images on back are almost twice the size!) and the quality of the shirts is even better. After getting some samples I order 36 tshirt for myself (am wearing one right now, in fact!).

I highly recommend you check out Zazzle and ditch cafepress.

Does this mod not work with premium shops? I got it to work with a regular shop, but when I try to use it with a premium shop it tells me that no products were found. Nothing is mentioned at Andy's site about supporting premium shops or not.

There was some discussion on the script's message board about premium shops:

http://php.amnuts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59

If that doesn't work for you then you may need to alter your regular expression pattern, which can be done with the setPattern method.

* My shop is a premium shop and it works for me...

Wow this is a nice hack. But please note that you must download the "class.cafepressbox.php" from the link in first post or here: /http://php.amnuts.com/index.php?do=view&id=13 This file goes into the "pals" folder. Hope this helps someone out(I went round and round for about half an hour trying to figure it out. lol)