Apple Zen Support Thread

[actorxfactor]

SORRY!

YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/shopping_cart_default.php

I have changed the code here:


includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_shopping_cart_default.php


and it works.

do you mean the apple zen template by YOUR_TEMPLATE because the file isn't in there.

Anyway I'm still going round in circles as by creating the account the customer will go straight to the restricted content without checking out. Is there any way that by creating the account the customer will go straight to checkout??

[actorxfactor]

I have changed the code here:


includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_shopping_cart_default.php


and it works.

do you mean the apple zen template by YOUR_TEMPLATE because the file isn't in there.

Anyway I'm still going round in circles as by creating the account the customer will go straight to the restricted content without checking out. Is there any way that by creating the account the customer will go straight to checkout??

If I replaced the "continue" button with a "checkout" button that should do the trick, if so could you please advise me how to do that??

I really appreciate all your help...thanks

[jettrue]

If I replaced the "continue" button with a "checkout" button that should do the trick, if so could you please advise me how to do that??

I really appreciate all your help...thanks

I'm now totally lost... they do have to log in at some point, right?

So, in your website, they must:

a)go to your outside page, and pay money

b)somehow create an account

c)add an audition to the cart?

d)log in at some point?

e)then checkout?

Why not just have a third party payment page, totally outside the checkout process, without changing the "sign up link", or anything.

They can sign up on your site any time they want, but are only approved to shop once you approve them (after they pay you). In your sign up email, there can be a note that they must go to such and such a page to pay for privileged access, and there can be a page on your site stating the same thing. So whether they sign up first or pay first then sign up, it doesn't matter.

Then you can leave everything about zen cart the same, instead of hacking it to bits.

[actorxfactor]

I'm now totally lost... they do have to log in at some point, right?

So, in your website, they must:

a)go to your outside page, and pay money

b)somehow create an account

c)add an audition to the cart?

d)log in at some point?

e)then checkout?

Why not just have a third party payment page, totally outside the checkout process, without changing the "sign up link", or anything.

They can sign up on your site any time they want, but are only approved to shop once you approve them (after they pay you). In your sign up email, there can be a note that they must go to such and such a page to pay for privileged access, and there can be a page on your site stating the same thing. So whether they sign up first or pay first then sign up, it doesn't matter.

Then you can leave everything about zen cart the same, instead of hacking it to bits.

c)add an audition to the cart?
Actually you don't add audition to cart, you add a subscription to the cart and once subscribed you have access to the full details of all auditions for the duration of your subscription.

At the moment, this is how it works:


1. Customer attempts to apply for audition by clicking "Apply Now" button
2. Customer is prompted to "Sign Up" or "Login"
3. Once customer is signed up they can access EZ Pages which have the full details of the auditions. (EZ Pages have been set-up so that they are only accessible by signed up member) The problem is the customer can access the EZ pages as soon as they sign up and before they have paid the subscription. Therefore the "submit" button would have to be changed to go straight to checkout or anywhere rather than to the EZ pages which have all the full details of the auditions.

Your "third party payment page" sounds like a great idea though

ps sorry for being a pain in the a**

[jettrue]

I have changed the code here:


includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_shopping_cart_default.php


and it works.

do you mean the apple zen template by YOUR_TEMPLATE because the file isn't in there.

Anyway I'm still going round in circles as by creating the account the customer will go straight to the restricted content without checking out. Is there any way that by creating the account the customer will go straight to checkout??

Right, well, I always say "YOUR_TEMPLATE", because I never know if people kept "apple_zen" or not, and if it is not IN your custom template , then of course you go find it in template_default, then change it, then save it in "YOUR_TEMPLATE" whatever that may be named.