My Checkout Without Account Mod

[alicia1234]

Well you could just eliminate that field (the email field) in the information that you collect. I assume that you are doing everything with "checkout without an account" ? Let me know. It will take a while but maybe I can figure out how to eliminate the email field altogether. I can't get back to you until at least tomorrow.

Another thought: are you also collecting their name, address, etc? So do they have no problem with providing that information?

[Brent2]

I am collecting their address, because I believe it may be required by the credit card processor - cybersource, but I would prefer not to. I also use paypal as an added payment option, which about 1/3rd opt for.
So are you say the email field is not needed for the cart to function properly, and the "hidden" account for them will still be setup in the background so they can continue with their transaction?
Brent

[alicia1234]

I don't know if the email address is required or not for the cart to function properly. Maybe someone else could help out here?

[Brent2]

I hope so.
Thank you.

[divani]

Hello All,

Forgive me if this has been discussed before. Does anyone know how to check the order status with orderstatus add-on to this module when one places an order without creating an account?

[alicia1234]

I added a link to the standard tool-bar to do this. I will post here tomorrow with the details. Too late now to do it.

[alicia1234]

The Order_Status addon adds the page "order_status.php" but it does not - at least as far as I can tell - provide a link to it. So you need to add an "Order Status" link to the menu bar. Note that the link does NOT display if the user is logged in, but that's ok because when they login they automatically get a list of their orders. So this is really for the benefit of customers who did not create an account.

Here's how to add the link ("custom" is the name of my customized folders):

You need to edit two files.

First file: tpl_header.php
Make a copy of includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_header.php
OR, if you have already customized that file, start with your customized version (in my case, that was includes/templates/custom/common/tpl_header.php).

Find this section of code:

<?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 0) { ?>
    <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?></a></li>
    <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?></a></li>
<?php }?>

Then, add this code just BEFORE it:

<!-- custom edit (addition) to add "Order Status"  link to the main navigation if user is not logged in -->
<?php if (!($_SESSION['customer_id'])) { ?>
<li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ORDER_STATUS, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ORDER_STATUS; ?></a></li>
<?php }  ?>
<!-- -->

Place the edited file into your customized directory (in my case, that was includes/templates/custom/common).

Second file: header.php
Make a copy of includes/languages/english/header.php
OR, if you have already customized that file, start with your customized version (in my case, that was includes/languages/english/custom/header.php).

Find this section of code:

define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF', 'Log Out');
define('HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN', 'Log In');

Add this code directly AFTER it:

// custom edit - addition - to add order status link in menu bar
define('HEADER_TITLE_ORDER_STATUS', 'Order Status');

Place the edited file into your customized directory (in my case, that was includes/languages/english/custom).

Note that the header.php already has a definition for FILENAME_ORDER_STATUS so no edit was needed to define it.