Google Checkout Level 1 Integration

[FireCat]

Hello,

I did a search, but didn't find much info on doing a level 1 integration of google checkout with zen cart.
Do I need manually to place buttons on individual pages? Or where do I place them?

Thank you

[spencewatson]

I would like to bump this question to the top and expand on it a little.

For my site, I don't want to use the cart feature. After some thought, I decided, it would suit my customers better if they didn't have to register. So, I copied the html from google checkout directly into my listing. I turned off all the shipping and turned off the shopping cart and set the product type so that it cannot be added to a cart. But, when the user clicks the google button instead of going to the google site, the product is added to the shopping cart. Zen cart stops the google page from loading and takes over and adds it to the cart! arggh..

[bmhayes]

There is a google checkout module in the downloads section, I know there are several people working on this and I believe it is mostly sorted out. This module uses the cart and sends all items at once to google for completion, allowing more than one product at a time to be purchased. Check this thread for where they are on this,

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...oogle+checkout

As far as writing each page, adding buttons and updating them manually you would be better off using the cart to produce each product page dynamically. One set of files to keep updated and the change reflects throughout the site.

The registration process will not be an issue since google checkout is an express checkout and will process the transaction on the google site using the customers googlecheckout account, there is no reason they would have to register, but if you leave it in place they could have the option of registering and the added preks that go along with it, progress tracking, order history, newsletters etc.

On another note I believe the buy it now buttons you are using from google are setup on a per product basis, therefore the html code would likely be different for every product, one more maintenance nightmare.

[spencewatson]

There is a google checkout module in the downloads section, I know there are several people working on this and I believe it is mostly sorted out. This module uses the cart and sends all items at once to google for completion, allowing more than one product at a time to be purchased. Check this thread for where they are on this,

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...oogle+checkout

As far as writing each page, adding buttons and updating them manually you would be better off using the cart to produce each product page dynamically. One set of files to keep updated and the change reflects throughout the site.

The registration process will not be an issue since google checkout is an express checkout and will process the transaction on the google site using the customers googlecheckout account, there is no reason they would have to register, but if you leave it in place they could have the option of registering and the added preks that go along with it, progress tracking, order history, newsletters etc.

On another note I believe the buy it now buttons you are using from google are setup on a per product basis, therefore the html code would likely be different for every product, one more maintenance nightmare.

Thanks, I will try the googlecheckout mod again. I installed it first and it didn't work, so I went to direct code, but yeah, the management of that will be a headache.