Admin New Order [Support Thread]

[lhungil]

For any members of the Zen Cart team, sorry for posting two new versions timed so closely together.

Release Notes
Bugfix: Corrected database table used when selecting a billing address.

[vkd1980]

I am having a Doubt over here,

1. When Adding Order from Admin Side, How can we Add Shipping ??
2. Is it possible to let the Customer to select shipping and Payment option to Finish the Order ?

Vinod

[lhungil]

1. When Adding Order from Admin Side, How can we Add Shipping ??

The intent for this module is to be able to create a new blank order record for a customer. For example when a customer calls in an order - or uses a "request quote" form.

Once the blank order record has been created, the order is then passed to a module for editing the order. Currently the module sent to is "Edit Orders" which allows you to add/remove products and order-total lines (for example Shipping).

2. Is it possible to let the Customer to select shipping and Payment option to Finish the Order ?

Not with this module. A better way to do this would be to create a module to edit / modify the customer's stored shopping cart. Or simply use something like "encrypted master password" and then log in and "act" on behalf of customer to fill their shopping cart and then log out. This way the next time the customer logs in they could just click on "shopping cart" and then go through the normal checkout process of "Shipping", "Payment", and "Confirmation".

[lhungil]

Release Notes

• Bugfix: New Order button no longer shows up if installation failed.
• Bugfix: Uses the address name fields if entered (previously it always used the actual customer name instead of the address name fields).
• Bugfix: Fixes an issue where the state was not entered into the order fields unless state dropdown menus were used.

[Canvas101]

Hi,

I hoping one of you experts can assist.

I have installed both the New Order and the Edit Order modules as requested.

When I'm using the module from the admin area Im getting the following errors displaying;

MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SUBTOTAL_TITLE
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_TOTAL_TITLE

When I go to customers >> new order I get the following errors displaying in yellow across the top of the screen.

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_subtotal.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_shipping.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_coupon.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_group_pricing.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_tax.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_loworderfee.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_gv.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_total.php

Is anyone able to advise where I might have gone wrong.

Any help would be great.

Many Thanks

James

Domain for reference is www.canvas101.us

[Design75]

Did you already check if the files are actually present on your server?

[lhungil]

I have installed both the New Order and the Edit Order modules as requested.

When I'm using the module from the admin area Im getting the following errors ...

Is anyone able to advise where I might have gone wrong.

You missed some steps in the installation. Probably the files from "affected_files_150" or "affected_files_151". Files under "affected_files" are core Zen Cart files which have been modified by this plugin. The "_150" = files for Zen Cart 1.5.0. The "_151" = files for Zen Cart 1.5.1. You need to merge the relevant changes into your Zen Cart install (if your install is stock w/ no changes you can probably just overwrite).

From the README:

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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1. Copy files from `new_files_15x` to your Zen Cart install.
2a. If you haven't made changes to Zen Cart, Copy and replace files from
`affected_files_<version>` to your Zen Cart install
(<version> is your zen cart version).
2b. If you have made changes to your Zen Cart, you will need to merge your
versions with the changes in `affected_files_<version>`.

[Canvas101]

Thanks for your replies.

I have re uploaded all the required files and followed all the instructions but still see the;

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_subtotal.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_shipping.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_coupon.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_group_pricing.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_tax.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_loworderfee.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_gv.php

WARNING: Could not locate language file: includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_total.php

The files listed above in the yellow tabs exist on the server, Im confused as to why I'm seeing the error;

MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_SUBTOTAL_TITLE:	£0.00
MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_TOTAL_TITLE:

The effected files have been uploaded again these have been merged prior to uploading as I have changed the original files.

Please advice guys

[dgantonacci]

Really needs a CANCEL button to cancel if the order does not need to be entered, or if you selected the incorrect customer. Having to go back in and DELETE the order is rather silly. Is this in the works, or is there a quick fix?

[lhungil]

Really needs a CANCEL button to cancel if the order does not need to be entered, or if you selected the incorrect customer. Having to go back in and DELETE the order is rather silly. Is this in the works, or is there a quick fix?

Currently this module is modeled to act exactly the same with the rest of a stock Zen Cart installation works in the administrative interface. Basically a list of items (customers in this case) are listed to the left. When an item in the list is selected, buttons used to interact with the selected item are displayed to the right. This was done to ensure anyone familiar with the Zen Cart administrative interface can quickly get started using this module.

Are you proposing an extra "confirmation" step should be added? What business purpose does adding such a "confirmation" step provide? I'm not unwilling to listen, but there are some very good reasons why no such "confirmation" step exists.

Here are just a few of the reasons why no "confirmation" step exists:

• Creating a new order does not alter existing database entries and can be easily undone. If an order is accidentally created (or the wrong customer was selected), one can simply delete the order. In most UIs actions which require minimal effort to undo do not include a "confirmation" step.
• The process of creating a new order is quick (typically less than a half a second). In most UIs actions which occur in a short period of time typically do not include a "confirmation" step.
• Every additional step requiring user interaction causes the process to take longer and be less efficient. In business time is money. By not including a "confirmation" step, time is saved in the process of creating an order.
• Adding a "confirmation" step to a process for an event which is not destructive typically leads to end user apathy in regards to the "confirmation" step. Basically the more times one see's a "confirmation" request, the more likely one is to ignore future "confirmation" steps (and thus defeats the purpose of having a "confirmation" step).