Customers authorization status

[Derek Bryant]

Setting a customer's status e.g. "Pending approval - may browse no prices" doesn't seem to affect anything
Is there another switch in admin that I need to set?


thanks


Derek

[Ajeh]

Check your settings in Configuration ... Customer Details ...

Customer Shop Status - View Shop and Prices
Customer must be approved to shop
0= Not required
1= Must login to browse
2= May browse but no prices unless logged in
3= Showroom Only

Customer Approval Status - Authorization Pending
Customer must be Authorized to shop
0= Not required
1= Must be Authorized to Browse
2= May browse but no prices unless Authorized
3= Customer May Browse and May see Prices but Must be Authorized to Buy

[Derek Bryant]

many thanks Linda - I was not aware of that switch!!

[Ajeh]

Not a problem ... I do like to make those things ...

[Derek Bryant]

I still seem to have a problem:

My client wants to let people register a new account as normal and automatically become approved, purchase and buy goods.

He would also like then the option of changing a customer's status to say:
Customer May Browse and May see Prices but Must be Authorized to Buy

where he has a dispute with the customer
I've tried setting this option for a dummy customer but it doesn't seem to work - the add to cart button is still active
I am a bit confused as to the combination of admin switches needed for this process


please help

Derek

[Ajeh]

You need to do some customization to have a new account be set to Authorized but still be able to change that after the fact and be able to change it while a customer is logged in so that the next click will reflect the change ...

Edit the file:
/includes/modules/create_account.php

and add the code in RED around line 69:

  $fax = zen_db_prepare_input($_POST['fax']);
// bof: override CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION and set to 0 for approved
//  $customers_authorization = CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION;
  $customers_authorization = 0;
// eof: override CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION and set to 0 for approved
  $customers_referral = zen_db_prepare_input($_POST['customers_referral']);

around line 260 or so:

                            'customers_default_address_id' => 0,
                            'customers_password' => zen_encrypt_password($password),
// bof: override CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION and set to 0 for approved
//                            'customers_authorization' => (int)CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION
                            'customers_authorization' => (int)$customers_authorization
// eof: override CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION and set to 0 for approved
    );

/includes/init_includes/init_customer_autho.php

/**
 * recheck customer status for authorization
 */
// bof: override CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION check approval each click
//if (CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION > 0 && ($_SESSION['customer_id'] != '' and $_SESSION['customers_authorization'] != '0')) {
if ($_SESSION['customer_id'] != '') {
// eof: override CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL_AUTHORIZATION check approval each click
  $check_customer_query = "select customers_id, customers_authorization

and see if that works better for you ...