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    Default Re: Fast and Easy Checkout for Zen Cart

    Quote Originally Posted by Shane78 View Post
    Just tested quickly, and no it doesnt work properly in 139.
    far too many core file edits... and edits of core files that have been amended in 139 from 138a.

    would need a serious amount of time spent winmerging it
    Yes, it requires some merging but it's not that difficult to do. I have several other admin mods installed and I was able to get it into 1.39a (it is 1.39a not 1.39). If you already have it installed, just compre the core files that it touches with the 1.39 mods and it should work. If you are running on PHP 5.3+ then you may need to look at all of the files in FEC.

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    Default Re: Fast and Easy Checkout for Zen Cart

    Quote Originally Posted by JTheed View Post
    Yes, it requires some merging but it's not that difficult to do...
    define difficult?... lol ;-)

    could a new comer achieve this without error or frustration or several hours?... no...

    yes i got it to work (badly), but far too much room for error, so IMHO it is not 139 compatible.

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    Default Re: Fast and Easy Checkout for Zen Cart

    Quote Originally Posted by Shane78 View Post
    define difficult?... lol ;-)

    could a new comer achieve this without error or frustration or several hours?... no...

    yes i got it to work (badly), but far too much room for error, so IMHO it is not 139 compatible.
    Sorry to disagree.. 1.3.9a compatibility should NOT be determined based simply on the degree of difficulty or ability of any one community member to successfully merge this module and use it with 1.3.9a. Incompatibility IMO means the module FLAT OUT out doesn't work and will need to be RE-WRITTEN/RE-WORKED to work with the latest version of Zen Cart.. (JMHO)
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    Quote Originally Posted by DivaVocals View Post
    Sorry to disagree.. 1.3.9a compatibility should NOT be determined based simply on the degree of difficulty or ability of any one community member to successfully merge this module and use it with 1.3.9a. Incompatibility IMO means the module FLAT OUT out doesn't work and will need to be RE-WRITTEN/RE-WORKED to work with the latest version of Zen Cart.. (JMHO)
    lol, you're more than welcome to disagree, the world would be dull if people didn't.

    However, i feel that for a 138 mod to be considered 139 compatible it shouldn't require the user TOO MUCH effort in plugging the module into the core code. After all, Zen Cart is about “putting the dream of online business ownership within reach of anyone!” Not the select few who make a living of developing sites with Zen Cart.

    You're a very skilled developer, of course it's going to be more straight forward for you... Im not a developer, im Zen Cart shop owner. I scrape a living selling stuff, my time is focused on that. I dont have the time or the skill to become a developer so for that reason, if it is difficult for me and people like me, it's NOT 139 compatible (for the masses).


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    Respectfully it doesn't take any developing skill to use Winmerge.. And I will maintain what I have always maintained with regards to tools like Zen Cart and the average store owner.. This tool (nor any other open source tool) will NEVER be as easy as ready made plug-n-play software.. Using these tools will ALWAYS require you to be WILLING to pick up some additional skills in order to customize or maintain it.. So I maintain that if a simple Winmerge is what is needed, then while it may not be an EASY task, easy should not be the qualification to determine incompatibility..

    I say all of this and add that I am in no ways a "skilled developer" as in the likes of the author of this mod, Kuroi, and others who frequent this forum. I am merely an HTML developer who needed to step her game up because websites are no longer about static pages.. They are about dynamic content, and e-commerce. So the skills I speak of are skills I myself had to develop IF I wanted to make this tool something I offered to my clients.. (and for the record, while my day job is in Information Technology-Software development, developing websites is not how I earn my living, it is my second job in effect)
    Quote Originally Posted by Shane78 View Post
    lol, you're more than welcome to disagree, the world would be dull if people didn't.

    However, i feel that for a 138 mod to be considered 139 compatible it shouldn't require the user TOO MUCH effort in plugging the module into the core code. After all, Zen Cart is about “putting the dream of online business ownership within reach of anyone!” Not the select few who make a living of developing sites with Zen Cart.

    You're a very skilled developer, of course it's going to be more straight forward for you... Im not a developer, im Zen Cart shop owner. I scrape a living selling stuff, my time is focused on that. I dont have the time or the skill to become a developer so for that reason, if it is difficult for me and people like me, it's NOT 139 compatible (for the masses).

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    1.7.3 works with 1.3.9a but there are 2 core changes from 1.3.8a to 1.3.9a specifically admin/orders.php and includes/classes/order.php but this mod does not work on php 5.3.x with any version.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lankeeyankee View Post
    1.7.3 works with 1.3.9a but there are 2 core changes from 1.3.8a to 1.3.9a specifically admin/orders.php and includes/classes/order.php but this mod does not work on php 5.3.x with any version.
    Good to know.. Thanks for the update..
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    Quote Originally Posted by lankeeyankee View Post
    1.7.3 works with 1.3.9a but there are 2 core changes from 1.3.8a to 1.3.9a specifically admin/orders.php and includes/classes/order.php but this mod does not work on php 5.3.x with any version.
    Can you tell me what version of the 5.3x you actually tested this on?

    I ran it on a Wamp Server with PHP 3.0 installed and got it to run by removing 1 character in /includes/templates/YOUR TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_checkout_stacked.php. Here is what I did to make it work.
    Code:
    	  <?php
    	    } else {
    	  ?>
    	  <h2 id="checkoutShippingHeadingMethod"><?php echo TITLE_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE; ?></h2>
    	  <div id="checkoutShippingContentChoose" class="important"><?php echo TEXT_NO_SHIPPING_AVAILABLE; ?></div>
    	  <?php
    	    }
    	  ?>
    	  </fieldset>
    	  <?php
      /*   }    */
    	  ?>
    	  <!--EOF SHIPPING-->
    Look for the above code around line 290 and just put the comment tags around the bracket } .

    As I said, it worked for me.

    Please let me know if you try this and your results. Remember to say what version of PHP 5.3x you are running.

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    Thanks for the reply and I appreciate where you are coming from and respect your opinion but I feel you are wrong.

    All tasks in life require a learning curve, that is not the issue, the issue is if something can be easily merged or not. And from a NON-programmers point of view.. it is NOT an easy task. So from my NON-programmers point of view this is NOT a compatible mod. That is the point I am trying to make. But I guess this is all relative.

    You may not consider yourself a skilled developer but users like me look up to users like you as you are clearly more skilled. You have set yourself up with a site on developing zc sites, you are regular active in the forums with good and accurate advice. While this is not your 1st source of income, your 1st source of income is in IT.. so you're skills are even more honed to this area.

    consider this... how many users in this community ask questions that have already been answered in FAQ, installation guides, or ask questions about basic CSS, adding static links or even changing the layout. Would these people be able to mod FEC without several hours of confusion?

    I guess ultimately we will have to agree to disagree.

    (guess the next post will be from Kim saying im WAY off topic ;))

    Quote Originally Posted by DivaVocals View Post
    Respectfully it doesn't take any developing skill to use Winmerge.. And I will maintain what I have always maintained with regards to tools like Zen Cart and the average store owner.. This tool (nor any other open source tool) will NEVER be as easy as ready made plug-n-play software.. Using these tools will ALWAYS require you to be WILLING to pick up some additional skills in order to customize or maintain it.. So I maintain that if a simple Winmerge is what is needed, then while it may not be an EASY task, easy should not be the qualification to determine incompatibility..

    I say all of this and add that I am in no ways a "skilled developer" as in the likes of the author of this mod, Kuroi, and others who frequent this forum. I am merely an HTML developer who needed to step her game up because websites are no longer about static pages.. They are about dynamic content, and e-commerce. So the skills I speak of are skills I myself had to develop IF I wanted to make this tool something I offered to my clients.. (and for the record, while my day job is in Information Technology-Software development, developing websites is not how I earn my living, it is my second job in effect)

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    Default Re: Fast and Easy Checkout for Zen Cart

    Quote Originally Posted by Shane78 View Post
    And from a NON-programmers point of view.. it is NOT an easy task. So from my NON-programmers point of view this is NOT a compatible mod.
    For the record I am also speaking from a NON-programmers POV.

    Quote Originally Posted by Shane78 View Post
    You may not consider yourself a skilled developer but users like me look up to users like you as you are clearly more skilled. You have set yourself up with a site on developing zc sites, you are regular active in the forums
    It's called INITIATIVE! I'm of the opinion that you need it to take on this tool..

    Quote Originally Posted by Shane78 View Post
    Would these people be able to mod FEC without several hours of confusion?
    IMO, yes... (Read lankeeyankee's post.. two files where core changes need to be made.. sounds like fairly low hanging fruit..) It's a simple matter of READING and asking questions.. at the simpliest.. it's really a matter of TRYING..

    Quote Originally Posted by Shane78 View Post
    I guess ultimately we will have to agree to disagree.
    That we will..
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