Fast and Easy Checkout

[WebKat]

Talking about ZC 1.5.0 in both cases here, and FEC 1.10.0, just to get that out of the way.

I have a couple of questions. First, I've got FEC up and running on my dad's website (not officially live yet) and it seems to work fine, as long as you want to pay via PayPal or check/money order. I also have Checkout by Amazon installed, but it doesn't show up as a payment option. How can I add it?

Second question... I'm considering installing this on my e-commerce website as well, but I've altered significantly more files on my site than on his... including orders.php which I know is part of the FEC install, and html_header.php which I know the CSS JS Loader adds in... I keep hearing people talk about "merging" files... is this a manual process or is there some program that can magically do this and not bork everything all up? Do I have to manually go through line by line and see what's different? And wouldn't that be really hard since FEC is based on 1.3.9 code and I have 1.5.0 code? A little nudge in the right direction on how to successfully install FEC into a site that has already modified files would be most welcome.

Also on my site I have Amazon *and* Google Checkout (don't have Google on his yet because he uses Advanced Shipper and it's not compatible yet) and I want those to both show up as payment options... so again I need to know how to do that.

Lastly... I see they have an AJAX version for $75. It has some tempting features like login through Facebook... has anyone tried it? Is it worth it? I'll have to sell a lot of lip balm to pay for a $75 module... And if I were to get it, would it be better for me to hold off on the regular one and do a fresh install of the AJAX version, or can you "upgrade" from one to the other? (I think I already know the answer there, but I'm asking anyway.)

[Design75]

Merging files can be done with programs like winmerge. It shows you the differences between two files and you can decide to copy it yes or no.

I was tempted to buy the ajax version from Numinix to, but i didn't. They told me all the files were fro zen cart 1.5 but they also say that about the free versions (which i already stated somewhere isn't trough.) It is working fine, but you have to pay extra attention to what to merge

[WebKat]

I have WinMerge, so I can see the differences between the files; you are saying that the actual merging I have to do by hand, though, checking line by line for differences and copying over relevant code?

[DivaVocals]

I have WinMerge, so I can see the differences between the files; you are saying that the actual merging I have to do by hand, though, checking line by line for differences and copying over relevant code?

You actually use the file merging program to do this, but this support thread isn't the right place to discuss how to use Winmerge..

[Andy-C27]

Can anyone help ..My fec is working fine as it should but I am missing the red bits like birthday date ..All I have is = Required information and all the * showing .. I have uploaded all files again but it still not there thanks

Also fixed my FEC not going past "Your order is being processed, please wait..." and not accepting 2nd delivery option ... I installed the cjloader and it now does everything it should

[coffeecanada]

After completely uninstalling the FEC module, I still couldn't get past the "login" page. Further searching brought me to: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...78#post1115678

To anyone else running into a "blank page" problem - check the /cache/ folder for a myDebug file, that should lead you in the direction of the problem.

Turns out it wasn't FEC's fault. Oh well - time to reinstall.

[EZorb]

Talking about ZC 1.5.0 in both cases here, and FEC 1.10.0, just to get that out of the way.

I have a couple of questions. First, I've got FEC up and running on my dad's website (not officially live yet) and it seems to work fine, as long as you want to pay via PayPal or check/money order. I also have Checkout by Amazon installed, but it doesn't show up as a payment option. How can I add it?

Second question... I'm considering installing this on my e-commerce website as well, but I've altered significantly more files on my site than on his... including orders.php which I know is part of the FEC install, and html_header.php which I know the CSS JS Loader adds in... I keep hearing people talk about "merging" files... is this a manual process or is there some program that can magically do this and not bork everything all up? Do I have to manually go through line by line and see what's different? And wouldn't that be really hard since FEC is based on 1.3.9 code and I have 1.5.0 code? A little nudge in the right direction on how to successfully install FEC into a site that has already modified files would be most welcome.

Also on my site I have Amazon *and* Google Checkout (don't have Google on his yet because he uses Advanced Shipper and it's not compatible yet) and I want those to both show up as payment options... so again I need to know how to do that.

Lastly... I see they have an AJAX version for $75. It has some tempting features like login through Facebook... has anyone tried it? Is it worth it? I'll have to sell a lot of lip balm to pay for a $75 module... And if I were to get it, would it be better for me to hold off on the regular one and do a fresh install of the AJAX version, or can you "upgrade" from one to the other? (I think I already know the answer there, but I'm asking anyway.)

In addition to the Ajax version you will need "HighSlide" which is $25.00. This allows the customer to change shipping or billing address without leaving the "Checkout" page. I did purchase both and beleive it is worth it over time to help prevent customers giving up on their purchase by leaving the Checkout page to change their address. I also think it gives a more professional appearance.

Yes you can merge Ajax into the Free FEC, but you should use either Winmerge or Beyond Compare so you can see what files will be changed in your shopping cart files before merging.

[WebKat]

I know we're not supposed to discuss the paid modules here, but my posts over there asking questions never get moderated/let through so they never show up, and emails to their tech support go unanswered. Can someone with a good handle on FEAC email or PM me? My installation went ok but I don't see a guest checkout option. See here: http://huckproducts.net

[abcisme]

I have FEC installed. In the settings, I have Shipping Address set to true and Copy Billing set to true, but the Same Address for Shipping/Billing checkbox on the create account page is still unchecked. If a customer doesn't check this, they get an error saying that their first name must be more than 2 characters, because the billing information isn't being copied to the shipping information. Can anyone help me to get this box checked by default? BTW, it does appear checked in the COWOA checkout.

[soyofthenorth]

I think I'm going round in circles and need a bit of help.

I've installed Zencart 1.5 and the latest FEC. When I try to checkout, where I have to give the billing and shipping information, the drop down list for billing contains all my store's zones but the same list for shipping is empty. In my 1.3.9h store with FEC, both lists were there. All my searching is leading me nowhere. Anyone got any ideas?