Cost difference using Toolkit

**kayakbabe** · 03-01-17, 09:46 AM

should these two lines share a common variable name?

<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="math_subtract|difference|l.all_settings:pro duct:cost|l.all_settings:product:price" />
<mvt:item name="toolkit" param="currencyformat|formatted_difference|savings " />

**kwi_sky** · 03-01-17, 10:11 AM

I no clue what that means... a common variable name. All I know is that it works on our live store, using the amount in the Cost field.

**Bruce - PhosphorMedia** · 03-01-17, 10:43 AM

Use this:

<mvt:if expr="l.settings:product:cost GT l.settings:product:price">
<mvt:assign name="g.savings" value="l.settings:product:cost - l.settings:products:price"/>
<mvt:do name="g.savingsFormatted" file="g.Module_Root $ g.Store:currncy_mod:module" value="CurrencyModule_AddFormatting( g.Store:currncy_mod, g.savings )" />
Retail Price: <s>&mvt:product:formatted_cost;</s> 
Savings: &mvte:global:savingsFormatted; 

<mvt:else>

ALSO, no idea why you are using

&mvt:customfield_names:customfields:Author;:

You can just use:

Author:

**kwi_sky** · 03-01-17, 11:24 AM

Thank you SO Much! You have no idea how long I have been trying to get this to work. I went back to the original page and was trying to set up the Price Groups thinking that would show the price difference but I couldn't get that to work either.

If I just use Author: then the word Author does not show up like this "Author: John Doe". Only the name shows up. I want the word Author to show up too.

Hey can I use this same code other places like the storefront page and the category list page so it ends up looking something like this below?
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**Bruce - PhosphorMedia** · 03-01-17, 11:31 AM

You should be able to use this anywhere, however, the actual name of the fields (l.e., l.settings:product:price) MAY be different.

As for the custom field usage, I was referring to changing this:

&mvt:customfield_names:customfields:Author;:
&mvt:product:customfield_values:customfields: Au thor; 

to this:

Author: &mvt:product:customfield_values:customfields: Au thor; 

As for:

You have no idea how long I have been trying to get this to work.

We actually do, that's why we encourage store owners to be store owners and let developers do development :)

That coding took literally 30 seconds...which in the real world, might have cost about $20 to hire a developer to do. (And, for example, if you where a ongoing client of ours, probably would have been charged even less because we'd already have things like site Access and billing established.)

**kwi_sky** · 03-01-17, 11:32 AM

Something is still not right with the code as it is not showing the difference but instead showing the retail price (Cost field) as the savings instead of subtracting from the Price field.
screenshot.JPG

**kwi_sky** · 03-01-17, 11:45 AM

This code change worked. Thanks! I changed the code for all the custom fields to this same format.

Author: &mvt:product:customfield_values:customfields: Author;

**Bruce - PhosphorMedia** · 03-01-17, 12:07 PM

sorry...typo

l.settings:products:price

should be

l.settings:product:price

**kwi_sky** · 03-01-17, 12:10 PM

Awesome! Thanks! That fixed it.

Cost difference using Toolkit

Cost difference using Toolkit

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