removing login info

[clydejones]

It's too bad Zen Cart uses the email address as the user name. Maybe we could change that?

Hmmmmm.!

Amazon uses the email address as the user name.
Hotmail uses the email address as the user name.
paypal uses the email address as the user name.
e-bay uses the email address as the user name.
google uses the email address as the user name.
e-greetings uses the email address as the user name.

Hmmmmm.!

[craftzombie]

Hmmmmm.!

Amazon uses the email address as the user name.
Hotmail uses the email address as the user name.
paypal uses the email address as the user name.
e-bay uses the email address as the user name.
google uses the email address as the user name.
e-greetings uses the email address as the user name.

Hmmmmm.!

I understand that, but I'm saying for the purpose of solving our temporary problem until its available in Zen. Geez!

We could just as easily list a lot of sites that don't use the email address too.

And which Ebay are you using? Because the one I use has you enter your user name.

[clydejones]

This has been a "temporary problem" for at least the past year.

[craftzombie]

This has been a "temporary problem" for at least the past year.

I say temporary because it is planned for the 1.5 release. Unfortunately, we need it fixed as soon as we can. Don't get me wrong, I am so grateful to everyone for Zen Cart and have donated small amounts here and there when I can. I understand how busy everyone is. It would just be nice if we could figure something out among ourselves for the time being. I don't know how to code anything like this, but I'd like to think I can at least help by offering possible solutions, albeit temporary ones.

[barnamania]

On my login page I have succeeded in removing all but the bare essentials necessary to make an order, plus a password. Just involved editing a bit of code. Check out what I've done if you're interested, and if you need help to work out how to acheive the same, just email me.

I also realised I dont need all 3 Checkout steps, so I have tried to reduce them to just the third step, using different workarounds to make sure all relevant information is still input. I have changed all the relevant values that I can see, to ensure that when an item is bought, the user goes from "shopping cart" to "login" to "checkout step 3".

BUT!! I spent about 3 hours trying to make sure I did it all right. However, when I buy an item, and log in, it always directs me back to step 1... I tried removing the anti-hack code in the header.php file for checkout_confirmation but that didn't do it. I've removed all references to checkout_shipping from every file that could be having an effect. And still nothing! Does anyone know what I should be changing to make sure that, from the "log in" page, I go directly to the "checkout step 3"? Oh another quirk, if you're already logged in and try to buy something, you DO go to the checkout page 3

Well! If anyone has any ideas please let me know. For testing purposes (should anyone be so inclined) feel free to use the following user name:

[email protected]
password admin

P.S. I'd like to see anyone else's customised login screens, just to get a feel for what other people are doing, send me your links

[barnamania]

Howdy ho folks! Well guess what... the checkout system didn't work... found some bugs so i'll completely redo what I did sometime... for now I've gone back to the original 3-step checkout Anyway, I didn't have any questions from anyone about how to make changes to the "login" page, so if you're shy, here's what you should do:

1) Turn off anything you don't want on your login page from Admin> Configuration> Customer Details.

2) Anything you can't turn off from the Admin, decide what you want to remove, then make a copy of "includes/templates/template_default/tpl_module_create_account.php" and place this copy in the "YOUR TEMPLATE/templates" directory.

3) Edit this file, and delete any information or questions you don't want to be displayed. Find the section you don't want and delete from "<label class=..." al the way to <br class="clearBoth" /> for that section.

4) Make a backup of "modules/pages/login/jscript_form_check.php" and remove references to any questions you removed from the create_account.php file. Repeat for "modules/pages/create_account/jscript_form_check.php". I can't remember which of these I altered, but I think both and it works great. Also, I didn't touch the password coding, so I can't tell you if just deleting the password references will mean you don't need it.

Ok well have fun folks! Remember, MAKE BACKUPS OF ALL THE FILES YOU WILL CHANGE, BEFORE YOU CHANGE THEM! And that way, if you make a mistake or something doesnt work, you can just upload your old files and there's no damage done.

Hope it helps some people!

[craftzombie]

Howdy ho folks! Well guess what... the checkout system didn't work... found some bugs so i'll completely redo what I did sometime... for now I've gone back to the original 3-step checkout

I've always wondered what customers hate more... having to click through several checkout pages or having to scroll through one long page. Does it really make a difference?

barnamania, sorry this didn't work out for you.

[barnamania]

Nah... I had it reduced to a simple layout, with minimal information that the customer needed. I can't believe it didn't work! I've now lost 2 more customers somewhere in the checkout phase and it's getting really sad lol anyway I'm gonna work on this because it's something I really need, and I know other people do to, so check back soon and I might have something...

[craftzombie]

Nah... I had it reduced to a simple layout, with minimal information that the customer needed. I can't believe it didn't work! I've now lost 2 more customers somewhere in the checkout phase and it's getting really sad lol anyway I'm gonna work on this because it's something I really need, and I know other people do to, so check back soon and I might have something...

I wish you luck! I love Zen Cart to death, but I know sometimes it can be a pain in the ########!

[barnamania]

I wish you luck! I love Zen Cart to death, but I know sometimes it can be a pain in the ########!

Yeah! lol. Hey well after working all blooming day I now have a 1-step Checkout System!!!! The first ever 1-step zen cart maybe?? Sweet

Anyway so I tested it and retested it and it's all working great. You go from shopping cart to login to confirm order just like I wanted. I haven't set it up to work with anything other than a single shipping option and single payment option; and no option for gift certificates etc., but right now I don't need those options as some of my items are already at 50&#37; discount, and I only use paypal and offer flat rate shipping. I might try to add those options some other time but for now... I'm taking a break!

If you want to see what I've done, use the user name I gave before ([email protected] / admin). I'm thinking about offering it on the "contributions" section, but have to test it further and make sure I didn't make any mega mistakes before I do.

Let me know what you think / how it could be improved. Have fun!