My Checkout Without Account Mod

[aussiesapphire]

Has anyone got this to work in 1.3.9b?

I am currently working on a new version of our website and would really like to add this - I have COWA on another site and it works really well but I want to upgrade my main site to 1.3.9.

Should I wait for an upgraded version of the mod? Any news on that?

cheers
Leah

[JTheed]

Has anyone got this to work in 1.3.9b?

I am currently working on a new version of our website and would really like to add this - I have COWA on another site and it works really well but I want to upgrade my main site to 1.3.9.

Should I wait for an upgraded version of the mod? Any news on that?

cheers
Leah

I have updated it to run on 1.3.9c and PHP 5.3x (not required)

You can grab a copy here:

Download it here

I have tested this on a Windows WAMP server and on my production Linux Server. I have tweaked the add ons as well.

[scatzc]

I just came across this mod ("Integrated COWOA") while trying to learn about the Fast and Easy Checkout. I then noticed in the Integrated COWOA Wiki a note from the author:

if COWOA turns out to be something you don't want after all, you may want to check out Fast and Easy Checkout or Easy Sign-Up and Login from Numinix. These are other options for those looking to make checkout bearable for their customers.)

My question: How are these two mods different from each other?

Is one considered better than the other? More flexible? Simpler?

Is the "Fast and Easy Checkout" considered more "official" because it is available through the Addons section of zen-cart.com?

If you could shed a few lines on the crux of the difference between the two, this would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

[craftzombie]

I finally upgraded to Zen 1.3.9 and I have COWOA working with it. If you are upgrading to Zen 1.3.9 and are using the template override system (like you should be!), you will only have to update the following files (since the other files wouldn't have been touched during your upload):

/admin/orders.php
/includes/classes/order.php
/includes/modules/pages/gv_redeem/header_php.php
/includes/modules/pages/password_forgotten/header_php.php
/includes/modules/pages/login/header_php.php

Instructions are here: download

I am not providing you with any files in that download. I am telling you what code you need to add to your clean Zen 1.3.9 files. Whenever I add a mod to my cart, I prefer to do it this way because a) I use other mods and I'd hate to override a file that has code for another mod in it and b) i want to use the newest version of the file. Whats the point of upgrading and then uploading older versions of files from this mod or that mod?

And it doesn't take very long at all.

I also updated COWOA Admin (shows you who is using cowoa) for 1.3.9 : download

(Now I'm off to see if I can fix Dual Pricing since that seems wacky after my upgrade. Fun! )

[JTheed]

I'm installing the COWOA add-on but I get an error when running the SQL code from the admin interface.

GETTING THE FOLLOWING ERROR WHEN EXECUTING THE COWOA.sql file:

1062 Duplicate entry 'Permanent Account Holders Only' for key 2
in:
[INSERT INTO zen_query_builder ( query_id , query_category , query_name , query_description , query_string ) VALUES ( '', 'email,newsletters', 'Permanent Account Holders Only', 'Send email only to permanent account holders ', 'select customers_email_address, customers_firstname, customers_lastname from TABLE_CUSTOMERS where COWOA_account != 1 order by customers_lastname, customers_firstname, customers_email_address');]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

Anyone run into this problem at all? If so, what was the solution?

Thanks!

This is the answer to your question:

1062 Duplicate entry 'Permanent Account Holders Only' for key 2
in:

This means that it is already there. This is only adding one line to the database table query_builder, so if you have something like phpMyAdmin, you can check this table to see if it already exists as the error is stating.

[techiegirl]

Looking for a little assistance with the installation of COWOA.

After adding a product to the shopping cart and selecting the "Checkout without Account", a Page Not Found error page is displayed with the following url, http://tregreekboutique.com/zencart/...AME_NO_ACCOUNT.

The link to my website is: http://www.tregreekboutique.com/zencart

I read in the earlier postings that this could be an issue with some of the files not being present. Well, I have reloaded the files and the error is still occurring.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

[JTheed]

Looking for a little assistance with the installation of COWOA.

After adding a product to the shopping cart and selecting the "Checkout without Account", a Page Not Found error page is displayed with the following url, http://tregreekboutique.com/zencart/...AME_NO_ACCOUNT.

The link to my website is: http://www.tregreekboutique.com/zencart

I read in the earlier postings that this could be an issue with some of the files not being present. Well, I have reloaded the files and the error is still occurring.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

That file is defined in the:
/includes/extra_datafiles/no_account_filenames.php

Which version of COWOA are you referring to and on what version of Zen Cart?

[ztotheetothen]

i have installed the COWOA mod, but when i try to checkout through it, after filling out all the details, it give me an error: Your Telephone Number must contain a minimum of 3 characters.

I don't even have a phone field, but only a fax field, which is not required. Even if it is left blank, or i add more then 10 digits, it does not work. I can not go on the next page even if the fax field is blank.

any advise would be helpful. also how do i change the fax fiel to phone, and remove the DOB field.

[ztotheetothen]

i have installed the COWOA mod, but when i try to checkout through it, after filling out all the details, it give me an error: Your Telephone Number must contain a minimum of 3 characters.

I don't even have a phone field, but only a fax field, which is not required. Even if it is left blank, or i add more then 10 digits, it does not work. I can not go on the next page even if the fax field is blank.

any advise would be helpful. also how do i change the fax fiel to phone, and remove the DOB field.

fixed it myself! admin . configuration . minimum values. Set from 3 to 0.

[Mammoth]

Since installing this mod on 1.3.8 two things occur:

1 - There is an image over the top left of my header image (Within the logo wrapper)
I have searched and found a solution that fixed this issue for other folk but it does not help with my site - woodandknifesupply.com
Have managed to get rid of the logo image BUT!! it obviously leaves a logo placeholder and mouseover web link....
Would be great to get rid of the image placeholder and weblink on mouseover.


Potentially isolated the issue to the following code within tpl_header.php
However I do not know how to fix it...

if (!isset($flag_disable_header) || !$flag_disable_header) {
?>

<div id="headerWrapper">


<!--bof-branding display-->
<div id="logoWrapper">
<div id="logo"><?php echo '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">' . zen_image($template->get_template_dir(HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images'). '/' . HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE, HEADER_ALT_TEXT) . '</a>'; ?></div>
<?php if (HEADER_SALES_TEXT != '' || (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2))) { ?>
<div id="taglineWrapper">
<?php
if (HEADER_SALES_TEXT != '') {
?>
<div id="tagline"><?php echo HEADER_SALES_TEXT;?></div>
<?php
}
?>
<?php
if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 != '' && $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2)) {
if ($banner->RecordCount() > 0) {
?>
<div id="bannerTwo" class="banners"><?php echo zen_display_banner('static', $banner);?></div>
<?php
}
}
?>
</div>
<?php } // no HEADER_SALES_TEXT or SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 ?>
</div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<!--eof-branding display-->


2 - From within Admin the default centre top box that lists customers (Modded by the COWOA sql script so it lists COWOA customers) is a bit agricultural...any thoughts re tidying this up would be appreciated.

i.e. displays the sql names
BOX_TITLE_CUSTOMERS
BOX_ENTRY_CUSTOMERS_TOTAL 147
BOX_ENTRY_CUSTOMERS_NORMAL 146
BOX_ENTRY_CUSTOMERS_COWOA 1

BOX_ENTRY_CUSTOMERS_TOTAL_DISTINCT 147
BOX_ENTRY_CUSTOMERS_NORMAL 146
BOX_ENTRY_CUSTOMERS_COWOA_DISTINCT 1