Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

Hello everyone,

I've been hacking on Google Checkout for fun (and hopefully profit) and ran into a few questions I was hoping someone could help me out with:

1. First, I notice that 1.4 is in alpha, but I never saw a gold release for 1.3 (only RC2). Is anyone using 1.3 in production? Has it been stable?
2. I've modified 1.3rc2 to find existing users based on email address and then link to those in the google_checkout table. (Instead of the previous behavior of creating a new account if a new user who wasn't logged in made a purchase.) Can anyone who knows more about Zen cart than me -- which is probably everyone here -- see any ramifications from this behavior? Has anyone else found a better way to handle it if an existing customer uses Google Checkout without logging in?
3. The existing Google Checkout module did not subscribe a user to the newsletter if they selected the checkbox on the checkout site. I've added code to do so. Assuming the interest, is the 1.3 release still accepting patches, or should I sit tight and wait for 1.4 before making any major modifications?
4. There also appears to be a bug in the code to update the number of units sold in the products table. My implementation always adds zero to the count. Is that a known issue, or did I jack up my copy while making these other modifications?

Thanks!
Tick

Does going through google checkout still work with qty amount? I ask this because I checked out with gco and I only had a qty 1 and it didn't go out of stock

I installed GC after ZC calculates shipping. It then appears in a proper place in that it appears as a checkout option, but since this is not how Google wants it, they permit it but do not pat you back for it.

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Originally Posted by Tick

Hello everyone,

I've been hacking on Google Checkout for fun (and hopefully profit) and ran into a few questions I was hoping someone could help me out with:

1. First, I notice that 1.4 is in alpha, but I never saw a gold release for 1.3 (only RC2). Is anyone using 1.3 in production? Has it been stable?
2. I've modified 1.3rc2 to find existing users based on email address and then link to those in the google_checkout table. (Instead of the previous behavior of creating a new account if a new user who wasn't logged in made a purchase.) Can anyone who knows more about Zen cart than me -- which is probably everyone here -- see any ramifications from this behavior? Has anyone else found a better way to handle it if an existing customer uses Google Checkout without logging in?
3. The existing Google Checkout module did not subscribe a user to the newsletter if they selected the checkbox on the checkout site. I've added code to do so. Assuming the interest, is the 1.3 release still accepting patches, or should I sit tight and wait for 1.4 before making any major modifications?
4. There also appears to be a bug in the code to update the number of units sold in the products table. My implementation always adds zero to the count. Is that a known issue, or did I jack up my copy while making these other modifications?

Thanks!
Tick

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hi, first u are open to push any patch u seem to be necessary. The idea of this contribution is to be a contribution to and from the community! so, go ahead!

regarding v1.3* i wont support it any more, since im working with v1.4 (alpha, yes, but much better and with more functionalities, and alpha because i refactor almost all the code...)

so i would recommend u, if u wanna add some code to the module, do it for v1.4, to avoid having branches that will confuse.

feel free to send suggestions and patches to the support froum for v1.4 here
http://groups.google.com/group/googl...rt-mod-support

thx in advance

ropu

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Originally Posted by MindfulWanderer

I installed GC after ZC calculates shipping. It then appears in a proper place in that it appears as a checkout option, but since this is not how Google wants it, they permit it but do not pat you back for it.

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That issue is because u havent applied the templates

have a look to the INSTALLATION file.

in v1.4 if templates are not applied, the module wont let u go to step 4 (checkout_process)

ropu

Hi,

I've noticed that google checkout doesn't work properly with the big royal mail plugin thats for zen cart. When you have royal mail 1st class setup under the google checkout it shows this error below...

" Error: Shipping Methods not configured
rm1stpacketsf (ignored)
rmamsmallpacket (ignored)"

Also in the setup of google checkout it says its not configured properly although it is.. any thoughts on this?

Does going through google checkout still work with qty amount? I ask this because I checked out with gco and I only had a qty 1 and it didn't go out of stock

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Originally Posted by teebo

Does going through google checkout still work with qty amount? I ask this because I checked out with gco and I only had a qty 1 and it didn't go out of stock

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Did your quantity go to zero, but left the status as in stock? If so, you might check your stock>configurations in your admin to see that they are set to do what you expect.

In my store, the product quantity is decremented correctly with gco sales, but I have my configuration set to not change the status to out of stock when the quantity reaches zero.

If neither applies, describe the action you get and the action you expect. If you have any log entries that apply, please include them.

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Originally Posted by timryc01

Hi,

I've noticed that google checkout doesn't work properly with the big royal mail plugin thats for zen cart. When you have royal mail 1st class setup under the google checkout it shows this error below...

" Error: Shipping Methods not configured
rm1stpacketsf (ignored)
rmamsmallpacket (ignored)"

Also in the setup of google checkout it says its not configured properly although it is.. any thoughts on this?

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hi, this error means that u havent configured those shipping providers in the includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php class

double check README file. Try using the googlechekkout/shipping_generator/ script to add them

ropu

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Originally Posted by ropu

Angel, you should do two things.

First disable the default checkout button,.

in default installation includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_shopping_cart_default.php
line 132

Then in the login page you should also add a redirect to index.php?main_page=shopping_cart this will avoid buyer to enter regular checkout through there.

im pretty sure thats all you need to do.

you can also remove from googlecheckout/gcheckout.php line 521 this code

HTML Code:

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<td align="right" valign="middle" class = "main">
 <B><?php echo MODULE_PAYMENT_GOOGLECHECKOUT_TEXT_OPTION ?> </B>
</td>

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so - Or use - string is not shown

ropu

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You RAWK! I've been bangin' my head trying to figure this out.