COWOA (for ZC v1.5.x)

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Update:
Not sure if this is the best way to do this but here’s what I did.
I went to this file:
includes\templates\template_default\templates\ tpl_shopping_cart_default.php

and I changed the code in line 132:

<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_CHECKOUT, BUTTON_CHECKOUT_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>

change to this:

<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_CHECKOUT, BUTTON_CHECKOUT_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>

Notice the change from “FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING” to “FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT” – this takes the user right to the no account sign up page used in COWOA.

Yes this will work, but if it were me I would want to make this an admin configurable option.. An admin configurable option means you don't have to go digging through the code should you decide you want both standard and COWOA options. You also have to remove the link to the login page from the no_account page and you have to figure out a way to prevent folks from "backdooring" their way into the login page. There is a way to turn off the defined pages so that if someone directly entered the link to that page they get a "Page Not Found" error.. If it was me I would look for a means to do something similar to the login page.

From personal experience I have fo8und that clients who INSIST that there should be no other options other than COWOA generally don't have a really good business reason to insist on this.. They merely "heard" that this was better.. (Usually someone told them it's good for SEO or something similar) I tell folks to look at the large retailers.. (WWAD - What would Amazon do?)

In other words there is no downside to people CHOOSING to register for a shop account.. The clients I converted from FEC to COWOA found that their "concerns" were addressed by simply moving the COWOA options above the standard options on the login page so it's seen first by customers.