Asigning Customer Numbers?

[MagicMan]

Hello,

I have launched my new site and have started to receive orders. A few things that are troubleing me are this:

1st: I am using Quickbooks for my invoicing and order management. I asign each new customer a customer #. Is there a way for me to asign a customer number to each customer in Zencart? How can I add a field for this in the admin?

2nd: Is there a way for me to have the "New Order" emails that I receive come from the customers email address instead of the name of my shopping cart? I use a contact management software that will automatically link the "New Order Email" to the email address that I have on file.

[Absolute]

Both of these points are possible, however, you do need to have some knowledge of PHP, and not something which I recommend to everyone, as it does edit a CORE class, without override.

1 - You would need to add a new field to the customers_info table of the database, and then update the admin/customers.php file accordingly, to both show and edit this new field.

2 - If you want your order emails to come from a customer, rather than your store, you need to BACKUP and then edit includes/classes/order.php

Line 1012 - 1013 of a zen 1.3.8 install is :

      zen_mail('', SEND_EXTRA_ORDER_EMAILS_TO, SEND_EXTRA_NEW_ORDERS_EMAILS_TO_SUBJECT . ' ' . EMAIL_TEXT_SUBJECT . EMAIL_ORDER_NUMBER_SUBJECT . $zf_insert_id,
      $email_order . $extra_info['TEXT'], STORE_NAME, EMAIL_FROM, $html_msg, 'checkout_extra', $this->attachArray);

This is the code which sends the ADMIN STAFF the email, rather than the customer. The customer's email will still appear to come from your store.

Replace these lines with

      zen_mail('', SEND_EXTRA_ORDER_EMAILS_TO, SEND_EXTRA_NEW_ORDERS_EMAILS_TO_SUBJECT . ' ' . EMAIL_TEXT_SUBJECT . EMAIL_ORDER_NUMBER_SUBJECT . $zf_insert_id,
      $email_order . $extra_info['TEXT'], $this->customer['firstname'] . ' ' . $this->customer['lastname'], $this->customer['email_address'], $html_msg, 'checkout_extra', $this->attachArray);

Good luck,

Absolute

[MagicMan]

I made the changes to the file as directed. It does not seem to work.

Will this change work using the Template Overide System or do I need to edit the original? I created the new file in My Template folder.

[Absolute]

Which email Transport method do you use? Where do your current order confirmation emails originate from?

Absolute

[MagicMan]

The emaiils originate vis the Zen Shopping Cart. These are the emails that I receive when a customer places an order.

[MagicMan]

I am using the php email. Should I be using the SMTP email option instead? What is the difference? I have never used PHP email before. I do have my own smtp server etc etc.

[MagicMan]

I got the Email receipt to come from the Customer. Your suggestion worked.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are a life saver and have made my day!!! Un-Friggin_Beleivable. YES!!!

[Absolute]

That's great news! So glad I could help out.

Good luck with your store,

Absolute