COWOA (for ZC v1.5.x)

[Alaskan]

YEAH!!! I figured it out!!!
I had to change the following line in the uninstall Sql
from:
DELETE FROM query_builder WHERE query_builder.query_name = 'Permanent Account Holders Only' LIMIT 1;

to:
DELETE FROM query_builder WHERE zen_query_builder.query_name = 'Permanent Account Holders Only' LIMIT 1;

Then it worked perfectly!
Hope this helps someone else! I'm just excited I figured something out on my own!!

[DivaVocals]

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[mydanilo]

Module working well but somehow I am not quiet happy with the tpl_login_default.php layout. I think the layout is somewhat confusing. I still want to rewrite some test but I am looking for input on the following layout changes. What do you think?

First cowoa.png is the original
cowoa-mod.png is minimally modified
cowoa-mod1.png even more modified

[DivaVocals]

Module working well but somehow I am not quiet happy with the tpl_login_default.php layout. I think the layout is somewhat confusing. I still want to rewrite some test but I am looking for input on the following layout changes. What do you think?

First cowoa.png is the original
cowoa-mod.png is minimally modified
cowoa-mod1.png even more modified

I have no feedback to offer as I am not clear on what you define as "confusing"..

I suppose it boils down to what you think makes sense to you customers.. but you should know that the current layout is based very much so on best practices in place with some of the largest online retailers..

[mydanilo]

The longer I was looking at it the more I felt the layout is a bit confusing. For one the button alignments are inconsistent. And I am unsure why PayPal and regular checkout share a box but Guest checkout does not? Just overall seems a bit odd to me. But please don't take any offense, as you say, it probably boils down to personal preference. So I am just asking for opinions.

[DivaVocals]

The longer I was looking at it the more I felt the layout is a bit confusing. For one the button alignments are inconsistent. And I am unsure why PayPal and regular checkout share a box but Guest checkout does not? Just overall seems a bit odd to me. But please don't take any offense, as you say, it probably boils down to personal preference. So I am just asking for opinions.

The "Login" and "Continue" buttons all align right, the PayPal button is the only one centered, nd that is an EASY CSS change..

As for the location of the PayPal and regular check out.. I suspect that is to satisfy a PayPal requirement..

• Express Checkout button before login is required
• PayPal requires that you use Express Checkout button images hosted on PayPal's secure servers, rather than hosting copies of these images on your own servers.
• If your site has a Checkout button on pages other than the Shopping Cart page (such as on product pages), PayPal requires that you put a PayPal Express Checkout button next to these Checkout buttons as well.

Again.. Not sure why you think it's confusing.. (would help get you better feedback if you could verbalize your thoughts on this..)

Wanted to share something from a recent discussion I had with someone on this very topic:

Please look at how some of the top retailers do this.. Many top retailers have some kind of guest checkout feature. (Amazon is a BIG exception.. and frankly Amazon can get away with this..) They DO NOT need LONG headlines to help people understand when a guest checkout option is available.. Please note that they don’t emphasize or OVER emphasize when guest checkout options are available - nor do they have to. They don’t have to because they know that people GET IT. The top retailers DO NOT hit people over the head with guest checkout by using large headlines or gigantic buttons.. The MAJORITY of online shoppers understand how guest checkout works.

• Apple
• Macys
• LL Bean
• Best Buy
• Walmart
• J Jill

My original e-mail included screenshots of the checkout page for each of these retailers.. I left that out of this quote (too much work to include the screenprints inside a forum post), but you should look at what these and other retailers are doing..

[mydanilo]

Actually looking at what leading sites do is what I go by as well to improve what I can do with Zen Cart. But you made me look again and I realize that creating a few more better labeled buttons would not hurt. I now use Create Account and Continue as Guest buttons. I'll shorten the text as well. As you stated, it is pretty obvious to most shoppers if they read title and button text. That brings me again to having a title in the form of "<fieldset> <legend><?php echo COWOA_HEADING; ?></legend>" for each section or non at all. I want all 3 options for new customers (format, layout) the same. I'll play around with it a bit more. If somebody else happens to like it, I'll be more than happy to share.

[mydanilo]

I am done now with adjusting my checkout/registration. Have a look. New buttons and short as possible text, new title. Also removed the newsletter-email box completely on both registration and guest checkout to make things even shorter/leaner looking.

[grakowsky]

I'm having an issue with COWOA and a free, downloadable product. I have the attributes set up for the product to allow the customer to download a PDF file when they check out. Previously, I've had only for-sale downloadable products and customers have had no trouble downloading those.

However, when my customers go to check out with a FREE downloadable product, the order process stops at step 4 of 5, returning a blank screen where the order review information should be. The order process slider is there and says "order review" but there is nothing below this. I have tried changing the downloadable product settings in every combination possible (no shipping address required, always free, etc) and I get this error every time.

Does anyone have any suggestions??

[DivaVocals]

I'm having an issue with COWOA and a free, downloadable product. I have the attributes set up for the product to allow the customer to download a PDF file when they check out. Previously, I've had only for-sale downloadable products and customers have had no trouble downloading those.

However, when my customers go to check out with a FREE downloadable product, the order process stops at step 4 of 5, returning a blank screen where the order review information should be. The order process slider is there and says "order review" but there is nothing below this. I have tried changing the downloadable product settings in every combination possible (no shipping address required, always free, etc) and I get this error every time.

Does anyone have any suggestions??

Do these free downloads work if you turn off COWOA??