Displaying Specials in specific areas of OpenCart

Now that you have installed the Specials module and configured your sale items in OpenCart, you can add a Widget to specific areas of your website to display your sale items. This can help your website’s visitors find specials that they might not be looking for. This is easily accomplished in the OpenCart dashboard.

  1. Log into your OpenCart Dashboard
  2. Go to Extensions > Modules
  3. Find the Specials Module and click “Edit”  

  4. opencart_sale_1

     

  5. Click “Add Module
  6. Fill in the fields as needed
  7. opencart_sale_2

  8. Click “Save

Now, when you visit your website you should see a specails module placed on the page displaying all the products who you have set a special price for.

opencart_sale_3

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  1. i tried this but does not work properly in my case

    i m running oc 2.0.1

    i want this to be in right corner just below the slideshow but it does not work properly as it divides the full screen and though products also does not view properly

    1. Hello Hasnain Mohammed,

      As per the last response on this page, this article is almost 3 years old, and does not take into account anything for OpenCart 2.0. We are still in the process of updating the documentation for OpenCart 2.0. You may want to check Open Cart support forums for more information and help.

      Regards,
      Arnel C.

  2. Hi,

    But it showing some Errors like this

    Notice: Undefined index: limit in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\catalog\controller\module\special.php on line 24Notice: Undefined index: width in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\catalog\controller\module\special.php on line 32Notice: Undefined index: height in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\catalog\controller\module\special.php on line 32Warning: imagecreatetruecolor(): Invalid image dimensions in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line86Warning: imagecolorallocate() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line 94Warning: imagefilledrectangle() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line 97Warning: imagecopyresampled() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line 99Notice: Undefined index: width in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\catalog\controller\module\special.php on line 32Notice: Undefined index: height in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\catalog\controller\module\special.php on line 32Warning: imagecreatetruecolor(): Invalid image dimensions in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line 86Warning: imagecolorallocate() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given inC:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line 94Warning: imagefilledrectangle() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line 97Warning: imagecopyresampled() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\open_cart\system\library\image.php on line 99

    Please  help me.

    i am using 2.0.0.0 version.

    Thanks in advance. 

    1. Hello Amitesh,

      As this article is almost 3 years old, it does not take into account anything for OpenCart 2.0. We currently do not have any content written for 2.0 as it is still fairly unstable. For now you may want to check with the OpenCart forums to see if they have any answers.

      Kindest Regards,
      Scott M

  3. Hi,

    can i set order for special in sidebar, i am using OC Version 1.5.6.

     

    Thanks for your support in advance.

     

    1. Hello Vinay,

      This will depend on your specific layout. What OpenCart theme/template are you using for your website?

      If you have any further questions, feel free to post them below.
      Thank you,

      -John-Paul

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