Order Delivery Date Support Thread

[gbrown77]

Ok, I am a little new to Zen Cart, but I have 2 clients who need this mod, both have different requirements, one is a flower delivery company, they would like to be able to schedule day and time.

Client #2 is an activity company how needs to schedule things like helicopter rides, and scuba diving. They need to schedule when things are going to happen.

I was wondering if anyone has made one message that describes "Here is how to install, configure etc." I have been trying to read thru all #159 messages, but some are 3 years old.

I would be happy to post a page on one of my websites which would gives all the instructions.

I am using Zen Cart 1.3.8a

Just so you know, I have downloaded all the files installed them, but I can not figure out how to get it to run, I go thru the order process and it never asks me when to deliver? The files are all there, but no mod.

Could someone act as if you did not have to read all the threads, and just say, download this, back up DB, and install these then here is how to test, config, etc?

Thanks

George

[FoodDudes]

Checkout Process Skips Shipping Information

When checking out, the shipping page is skipped and it brings me directly to the payments page, which is step 2 of the checkout process. I had a program developed restricting the combination of products from multiple categories and had to turn of the combined shopping cart option in the modules/pages/login/header_php.php file. The error only seems to be occurring 1 out of every 4 checkout attempts. Is there more to turning off the combining of shopping carts, if so how am I able to do so? If this is not the problem what would be the causing this error?

I am using version: zen-cart-v1.3.8a

Thanks

[FoodDudes]

I figured out the problem regarding skipping the shipping information page in checkout.

Now my question is how can you display the date based off your server and not the workstation? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[mrmeech]

Hi guys -- there is something wrong with my email notification of this thread because i was JUST notified that there was another thread posting since the last time i posted, and there have been a number of you that have since asked questions. Give me a few days to get back to you guys because i'm currently on the road until... tuesday??

Thanks!!

[mrmeech]

Now my question is how can you display the date based off your server and not the workstation?

Which date are you referring to? The date that shows up on the shipping page in the popup calendar? The date on the orders page in the admin?..

[FoodDudes]

Which date are you referring to? The date that shows up on the shipping page in the popup calendar? The date on the orders page in the admin?..

I am referring to the start date in the calender on the shipping page. If the date on you workstation is incorrect the start date is incorrect. I would like to know where I can change the date to be based off the server date, not the workstations date

Thanks

[mrmeech]

I am referring to the start date in the calender on the shipping page. If the date on you workstation is incorrect the start date is incorrect. I would like to know where I can change the date to be based off the server date, not the workstations date

Hey - I looked into seeing if this could be done easily, and the short answer is No.

In general - Javascript (which is what the calendar is created with) is a client-side technology. NOT a server-side technology. There are ways to get the server's date to javascript via a PHP file, but once you do that you run into another problem -- the whole JS calendar framework is designed to use the date() object, so in order to do this, you'd have to do a major reworking of the code. And that is a big task.

If having the server's time is a major issue for you, i would suggest looking in to PHP calendars. What you can do then is cut out the javascript calendar code and place your PHP calendar in it's place on the checkout_shipping page. The whole Includes/Modules/Pages/Checkout_Shipping folder, except for header_php.php, is for the javascript delivery date calendar. And in your template folder in tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php you will see where the Order Delivery Date code is to replace with the PHP calendar.

Hope you can make sense of all that!!

[mrmeech]

Hey folks -

I need a little help from you guys!

I've been working on the delivery date contribution for the last day and a half and have made some significant improvements to the code. However, i have a little collateral damage from my changes and i'm having an impossible time troubleshooting an email issue that has occurred.

I would love it if someone, or more than one person, is willing to take a look at the code and give me a hand to get this much updated release out. Having an understanding of zen cart's code is important.

Thanks!

[mrmeech]

I was wondering if anyone has made one message that describes "Here is how to install, configure etc." I have been trying to read thru all #159 messages, but some are 3 years old.

Just so you know, I have downloaded all the files installed them, but I can not figure out how to get it to run, I go thru the order process and it never asks me when to deliver? The files are all there, but no mod.

George,

If you do not see the delivery date field on the first checkout page, then it sounds like you don't have your files in the right place.

There are instructions in the readme file. Read them closely. Then you will see it tells you were to specifically edit the blackout dates and use functions of the calendar picker itself.

If you are still having issues, check again that all the contribution files have been uploaded to the correct folder and that the file permissions are in line. Quite a number of people have downloaded and successfully installed this mod, and usually with the symptoms you're experiencing, double checking the files and stuff usually gets them on track.