COWOA (for ZC v1.5.x)

[EngKiat]

Some help please, as i have been trying for a full day and still unable to achieve the above of entering just the email for purchase without any other billing info...

Many thanks!
EK

[yaritai]

Some help please, as i have been trying for a full day and still unable to achieve the above of entering just the email for purchase without any other billing info...

Many thanks!
EK

For the checkout button, just modify the link for it and make it go to the no account landing page. As for your request, no help can be made unless you give more info on what exactly you are offering. In short, in order to process payments billing info is needed for every customer.

[DivaVocals]

Dear all, can I ask how we can simply let user buy using email without asking for his address details and newsletter subscription?

Many thanks!
EK

Even better if possible, upon clicking checkout button, automatically bring him to the page asking for his email or just name without even requiring him to choose and click on the guest checkout option. is that actually achievable?

Thanks again!
EK

If you are asking can COWOA be modified to include this capability then I have to agree with yaritai, you cannot SKIP the customer entering BILLING data.. see my previous response to someone else on this very same line of discussion..

You are VERY wrong.. If you are accepting PayPal or credit cards, then BILLING information is required, and this is something your customers CANNOT avoid entering.. Your customers CANNOT pay via credit card on ANY site without entering BILLING information.. Your customers cannot pay via PayPal on ANY site without entering billing information.. You are spinning your wheels trying to FIX an issue that doesn't require FIXING..

[EngKiat]

Thanks a lot for reply!
Am actually helping to build a survey cart site that needs to provide anonymity to the shoppers~can we bypass any billing info and even exclude email address , for users to check out and 'buy' the product?

Thanks!

[DivaVocals]

Thanks a lot for reply!
Am actually helping to build a survey cart site that needs to provide anonymity to the shoppers~can we bypass any billing info and even exclude email address , for users to check out and 'buy' the product?

Thanks!

Ummm let me try answering this another way..

NO!!! unless payment processors are suddenly not requiring this information to process payments (HINT: none are.. they ALL need billing info passed to them..)

If you are accepting PayPal or credit cards, then BILLING information is required, and this is something your customers CANNOT avoid entering.. Your customers CANNOT pay via credit card on ANY site without entering BILLING information.. Your customers cannot pay via PayPal on ANY site without entering billing information..

[loribug1]

Just finished getting the mod installed... there are several install files with discrepancies from the core files, possibly 1.3.9 files as another user suggested?

A few issues cropped up from preliminary testing:

(1) Couldn't log out of a COWOA account after checkout (have forced logoff enabled). Pages display the Log In link as though no account is logged in, but clicking the link goes directly to the account page for the COWOA account.

(2) After the original order confirmation email, subsequent order updates mailed to COWOA accounts have a link to the "account history" page, which requires a log in, rather than the "order lookup" page.

(3) After doing a sucessful order lookup with a COWOA account, adding an item to the cart breaks the shipping estimator. Also, clicking "checkout" goes directly to the COWOA checkout page without showing the account create/log-in page. On the shipping options page a blank address is entered (just a "," in the third line) -- presumably the reason for the broken shipping estimates.

(4) Having some major delays loading pages when testing the COWOA functionality. This may be a server issue, though they only seem to occur in IE9. Haven't noticed in either FF or chrome.

Certainly appreciate the contribution, just wanted to point out a couple install issues I had.

So what is the answer? I have the same exact issues as shinypenguin. v1.5.3 http://s l a d e w e b s-testarea.com/

[DivaVocals]

So what is the answer? I have the same exact issues as shinypenguin. v1.5.3 http://s l a d e w e b s-testarea.com/

That post is from TWO YEARS and a few COWOA versions ago.. So the answer is to install the latest version of COWOA.. However, as has been stated in this support thread already, COWOA in the Zen Cart downloads/plugins section HAS NOT been updated for the latest version of Zen Cart.. There is a BETA version updated for v1.5.3 in Github.. It is NOT for use in a production site..

It would help if you tell us what version you have installed too..

[khejit]

After merging files and installing sql patch (I had to do this manually via phpMyAdmin, since there were errors through zen cart admin panel) I got empty page in Admin -> Configuration -> COWOA Configuration.
Also, I don't have column query_builder in my database, what to do with that?

jesus, this plugin is buggy...

[khejit]

Alright, I figured nice tip for those who have blank COWOA Configuration page.
If you type into Developers Tools Kit "COWOA_STATUS" (for example) in all-files search, there should pop up red option for searching database tables. If you click on this, and later "Edit", it should prompt correct COWOA Configuration, which is not accessible through Configuration dropdown.


Another problem: Now the last step of COWOA order gives me blank page. Something with the database again?

[DivaVocals]

After merging files and installing sql patch (I had to do this manually via phpMyAdmin, since there were errors through zen cart admin panel) I got empty page in Admin -> Configuration -> COWOA Configuration.
Also, I don't have column query_builder in my database, what to do with that?

jesus, this plugin is buggy...

Yeah.. so buggy that the Zen Cart devs are going to make this plugin part of the core..

COWOA is not buggy at all if installed normally.. based on your post you didn't go through normal install steps..

Alright, I figured nice tip for those who have blank COWOA Configuration page.
If you type into Developers Tools Kit "COWOA_STATUS" (for example) in all-files search, there should pop up red option for searching database tables. If you click on this, and later "Edit", it should prompt correct COWOA Configuration, which is not accessible through Configuration dropdown.


Another problem: Now the last step of COWOA order gives me blank page. Something with the database again?

Blank page means an error.. what's in your error logs..