My Checkout Without Account Mod

[Boggled]

I like this!
It works great in FireFox, but not IE (as already noted).
Looking forward to trying it when you get the IE part fixed.

Edited to add...Only bug I see so far:

When you receive the confirmation email it still has a link to view the order, which it won't let you do because you didn't enter a password and don't technically have an account.

[KGZotU]

I had an opportunity to check this out with IE7 and it's even more screwed up. (;

I was checking IE6 last night when I said that it worked with the split login setup, but with IE7 it directs you to the standard account creation.

So, for the moment, the demo store doesn't work with IE7. If you only have IE7 then once you get to the split login screen you can manually go to:

https://www.theknitteur.com/zc/index.php?main_page=no_account

I'm sure this should be an easy enough fix, probably just have to put the link tags inside the div tags.

TPHoare: The emails of invisible accounts have a '.' at the end. I'm taking advantage of the fact that there's an implicit '.' at the end of every email address, and using it to keep invisible accounts from interfering with normal accounts.

At the moment there's no automatic sort, but I think that I could easily clone the admin 'customers' module into two more modules, one that shows only normal accounts and another that shows only invisible ones.

Boggled: Thanks for noting the email text issue. Glad for the feedback on the stuff I miss.

I have a question regarding the function of the mod. As noted, once a normal account has been created with a given e-mail address, that address can't be used to checkout without an account. That's a function I could easily remove, but I felt that it would lead to too many confusing issues. Any thoughts?

Also of note, you can pare down the information requirements on the no_account page using the admin module that controls account creation. You can see a more elegant implementation of the page here:

http://www.theknitteur.com/zc/screenshot.gif

Alright, thanks for all the feedback. I've got the button issue and the email text to do, and I'll look into the admin module.

Thanks much,
Joe

[KGZotU]

Alright, I've made the following modifications.

Fixed: IE button issues and cleaned up button code in general. Conditionally removed account/order invoice references from email. Conditionally removed product update notification and account references from checkout_success.

These are reflected in the store and the zip file.

--Joe

[TPHoare]

Haven't had a chance to try your latest fixes, but it appears that order acknowledgement emails are being sent in plain txt with the store address (for example) one continuous unformatted line, while order acknowledgements from registered accounts are being sent in nicely formatted html.

Really pleased, though, about all the work you've done and just want to get this into action as soon as possible!

[deshojo]

Hi Jo

Thanks for the work you are doing on this - I would really like my customers to be able to purchase without creating an account as I believe this does turn some people away....

As a really new Zenner I'm not overly confident on installing & testing the mod - but as soon as it is working well I will ask my hosting company to help me out.

Anne

[Boggled]

Good job Joe!

It appears to be working with IE7 now and the confirmation email looks perfect.


Things I noticed but aren't major issues:

When you complete the purchase, it tells you to log off...

1) If you click on log out, it takes you to the typical log out page telling you that you've logged out of your account, etc.

2) If you don't log off and decide to buy something else, it treats you just like a regular logged in account, adds stuff to your basket and you don't have to enter your address information again.

Not really a problem on the buyers end, but what will this do on the Admin side?

We have buyers who do this occasionally - they decide to add to their order within minutes of checking out. It's always an eBay buyer who came to the website to checkout and pay for their auctions. I don't think they realize they can continue shopping before paying for their eBay stuff.

I really like the 'neater' short version of the checkout page too. Less info to have to enter. Will that be customizable on the Admin side?

[Boggled]

One other thing I just thought of...
How will this work with the 'Order Steps' mod and/or the Ty Package Tracker?

[TPHoare]

Just seen your readme update note about hidden text variable - which I guess answers my query above re html acknowledgements

[ronwong]

Hi, so if there is any way to auto logoff on completion of check out, it should be perfect? So if the guy decides to add something after checking out, he will have to key in all the address again.

So technically, we would be looking at managing a bunch of new accounts with dots behind their email addresses?

[vatel]

Hi Joe,

First of all thank you for the contribution. It is exactly what I am looking for.
I have been trying to install it for a few days now, and I must do something wrong (that's why I am bothering you here)
I upload all the files in the appropriate directories (I checked, they are there) and I run the sql instructions.
When I try to login I am presented with exactly the same screen as before (the standard New Customer/Returning customers options).
I have not any other modification. It is a new install with just a custom template (yes, I renamed the YOUR_TEMPLATE directories, and yes, I cleaned the cache of both IE and Firefox)
I also tried to install your mod on the classic template, but still no luck.
If you want my url, I can give it to you, but the site is not live yet and the DNS as not been re-pointed to the new server yet (I am moving to a new host and in the meantime I am changing from Shopsite to Zen cart).
I have php version 5.0.4, not as cgi, as apache module, Linux OS, and I am using zen cart 1.3.7.

Any idea?
Thank you