[ic] Excluding items from display - sometimes

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Michael Goldfarb)]

>OK, here is one for you all.
>
>I have a special running.  Spend $25 and get something free.  There are
two
>ways I would love to handle this.  The first being what I would like
and >the
>second is what I would love!
>
>1.  When you do a search of products, the free products shows up.  It
does
>notate the rules to getting a free product, but I would rather NOT have
>this
>come up.  I have a specials list on the left hand navigation that has
all
>the items they can choose from...for free.  How do I keep the search
from
>seeing this product?
>
>2.  Now, what I would REALLY like is when they go to check OUT, that is
>when
>they get the "Alert" or notification that they are eligible for the
free
>product.  They would then go to a page and make their selection and go
back
>to checkout.
>
>Any thoughts?  At least on number one.
>
>Chris Bartholomew


#2 actually shouldn't be too difficult.
To show a special offer for people who have orders greater than $25, try
something like this on your checkout.html page.

[seti variable_name][total-cost noformat=1][/seti]
[if type="scratch" term="variable_name" op=">" compare="25"]
Put your special offer HTML here
[/if]