Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

[eva01]

nevermind, figured it out. one of the files didn't transfer completely for some reason. got a new question though=)

i'm testing this out in the sandbox, i setup table rates for different zones. usa shipping works great, however when i try to choose any other country in the dropdown box, it comes up with a message highlighted in yellow that says i don't ship to that country?

i did add all the countries in the shipping module in zen cart. i don't see where to specify valid countries with google checkout settings. where am i suppose to configure this or what step am i missing? thx.

[chain_man]

Im using 1.04, didnt know there was a 1.05...
The only thing I see in the error log is this:
Wed Dec 20 17:02:46 EST 2006:- Line 119: headers['Authorization'] is NULL.

I get the message as soon as I click on the Google Checkout box located on the shopping cart page..

And I have tried to checkout using a different pc and login..

Start at page 34 of this topic. There are 2 approaches for this. One is to comment out a couple of sections in your current responsehandler.php. The other is to get the latest version and replace all the files in your GoogleCheckout folder.

Details are in the posts. The choice is yours.

[Woodymon]

I'm I doing something wrong with the templates or is there something else I'm missing? Any help would be appreciated for this newb,

SHORT ANSWER:
The mod does not consist of only template files, but also language and module files and other files. Not all files go into your templates directory.

LONG ANSWER:

The path to the shop "root" directory would usually be something like:
/public_html/your_shop_name

The path to the 'includes' directory then would be:
/public_html/your_shop_name/includes

Then "custom" template files 'typically' go into:
/public_html/your_shop_name/includes/templates/custom_template_name

Custom module files 'usually' go in:
/public_html/your_shop_name/includes/modules/custom_template_name

But payment module files 'usually' go into:
/public_html/your_shop_name/includes/modules/payment

And then you have 'admin' files which go into:
/public_html/your_shop_name/admin

(or whatever you named your admin direcotry... it is recommended you change the admin directory name... see Zen Cart security docs for more info...).

The above are just general examples. Which directories where files should go varies for different mods. Before unzipping a downloaded mod zip file, be sure your unzip software is configured to retain the directory structure for unzipped files. Then after unzipping look at the resulting directory structure of the unzipped mod. You should be able to identify which directories to upload the files to your server. Be sure to read the mod readme docs for specific info. (The Google Checkout mod for Zen Cart currently comes with two "readme" docs: one titled 'readme' and the other 'installation'.). Then if you still have questions post to the support forum for the mod.

So before proceeding any further I recommend that you first read up on the Zen Cart file structure, custom templates and overrides. The FAQ and wiki covers these areas well.

Click on tutorials/FAQ at the very top menu bar in the support forum.

Recommend reading the docs in the following FAQ categories (among others):
1. All Time Favorites - FAQs
2. Template Customization/ Building Overrides
3. What Every New Zen Cart User Needs to Know

Focus on reading documents regarding custom templates, template overrides and the override system.

Lots of good info in the wiki also. http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/

Good luck,
Woody

[eva01]

Thanks Woodymon, I did a lot more reading about templates to figure it out last night. Turns out that wasn't the problem and I figured it out. I replied to my initial post right away noting that I got it working (couldn't figure out how to edit my original post, i'll get to that one later).

However I'm running into a new problem and I'm wondering if it's a limitation of this add on, gc, or a combination. I searched and it looks like at least one other person is having a similar issue? It's about shipping, basically:

i'm testing this out in the sandbox, i setup table rates for different zones. usa shipping works great, however when i try to choose any other country in the dropdown box, it comes up with a message highlighted in yellow that says i don't ship to that country?

i did add all the countries in the shipping module in zen cart. i don't see where to specify valid countries with google checkout settings. where am i suppose to configure this or what step am i missing? thx.

[Woodymon]

I suspect many newbies will be joining the ecommerce bandwagon soon after the news fully spreads that Google Checkout will not be charging transaction fees until 2008, etc. Article in yesterdays New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/te...0checkout.html

Hopefully this will be good for Zen Cart and help further accelerate development of the GCO for ZC mod!

Woody

[Woodymon]

i'm testing this out in the sandbox, i setup table rates for different zones. usa shipping works great, however when i try to choose any other country in the dropdown box, it comes up with a message highlighted in yellow that says i don't ship to that country?

I did add all the countries in the shipping module in zen cart. i don't see where to specify valid countries with google checkout settings. where am i suppose to configure this or what step am i missing? thx.

There are many outstanding issues/questions regards to shipping issues with the current GCO for ZC mod which have been posted to this thread but which the the new lead devs for the mod project have yet to respond to. Apparently the latest v1.05 version was suppose to rectify many shipping issues (specifically regards to "Merchant Calculated Shipping/Real Time Shipping", for example USPS, FedEx, etc).

But 1.05 has been problematic for those who have tried installing the full package and I have reverted to running a "combo" install, utilzing a mix of files from both the 1.04 and 1.05 version packages.

Myself I'm having issues with 1.05 in that it still does not correctly support simple per item zone based shipping (I want two zones, one zone = USA states only, and another zone international, all other countries). This works fine in Zen Cart 1.36 with PayPAl and authorizenet but I've yet to make this work with GCO. I have posted several times to mod devs, hoping for some guidance, but have yet to receive response. I'm now thinking that mod development and "official" mod support has been suspended for the holidays. I plan to contact Google directly to hopefully acquire more wisdom on this topic.

BTW someone previously posted some possible workarounds to enable the desired shipping policy I just described, but I was not able to make it work. So I am still experimenting.

Wish I could be of more assistance.

Woody

[eva01]

There are many outstanding issues/questions regards to shipping issues with the current GCO for ZC mod which have been posted to this thread but which the the new lead devs for the mod project have yet to respond to. Apparently the latest v1.05 version was suppose to rectify many shipping issues (specifically regards to "Merchant Calculated Shipping/Real Time Shipping", for example USPS, FedEx, etc).

But 1.05 has been problematic for those who have tried installing the full package and I have reverted to running a "combo" install, utilzing a mix of files from both the 1.04 and 1.05 version packages.

Myself I'm having issues with 1.05 in that it still does not correctly support simple per item zone based shipping (I want two zones, one zone = USA states only, and another zone international, all other countries). This works fine in Zen Cart 1.36 with PayPAl and authorizenet but I've yet to make this work with GCO. I have posted several times to mod devs, hoping for some guidance, but have yet to receive response. I'm now thinking that mod development and "official" mod support has been suspended for the holidays. I plan to contact Google directly to hopefully acquire more wisdom on this topic.

BTW someone previously posted some possible workarounds to enable the desired shipping policy I just described, but I was not able to make it work. So I am still experimenting.

Wish I could be of more assistance.

Woody

Thanks Woody, I'll wait until there's an update. I really need to have 3 zones setup and working. I haven't spent a whole lot of time learning ZC so I may try OSCommerce instead. I believe they have more of a functioning GC module at this time, but I'm sure they have their own issues.

[GldRush98]

Ok, I've been following this thread for some time now so I figured I would post up my experiences since I noticed something today trying to track down what the problem is here...
I'm using the 1.0.4 plugin version of GCO (tried the 1.0.5 but it wouldn't function as well as 1.0.4... no shipping, not adding in admin panel, etc...).
After commenting out the code Krypton posted about I now have the following happening:

-User can add things to cart, then check out via google.
-Flat rate table shipping charges are functioning correctly (I however do not like this shipping choice. We pull in rates from fedex and ups and use shipping rates based on that for our standard authorizenet checkout.. I hope GCO will support passing these rates eventually as well, because until it does, it is not realistic for us to put it in to production if this feature is not added, even if all other glitches are fixed).
-Item description and quantity, shipping, tax, and everything else is being passed TO GCO fine.
-An order shown as pending appears in Zen's admin panel... however, this order has no item information. It shows the purchaser's info, and price paid, but there is nothing in there showing WHAT they actually purchased.
-Item can be charged and marked sent fine in google. Emails are sent with products in them
-Order is changed to processed in Zen's admin, but there is still no description of the actual item ordered. In addition, the item purchased is NOT deducted out of current quantity


I have gone through the response_message log and it looks like google IS sending this information back... it's at minimum hitting the log file, but the item is not being passed to Zen... and I might have an idea as to why.

Looking in the log file I see this:

<product-data>;502</product-data>

I believe this is an error being passed from Google. This is the product ID number in zen, but there is a ; in there that I don't think should be in there.
I'm pretty sure it should just be:

<product-data>502</product-data>

If my theory here is right, then because Zen is not getting a valid product ID number, it doesn't know what product to associate to the order, and what product to take the quantity away from... right?

I think this could be part of the issue... it's at least something to look at and consider.

And I don't know if it matters or not, but I figure I should also mention my error log is clean except for the null error:

Tue Dec 26 10:54:33 CST 2006:- Line 119: headers['Authorization'] is NULL.

I hope to see a working GCO with all shipping features working soon.
We're really wanting to get GCO working on our production store.

[BBG]

GldRush98: For me, the admin portion of GCO 1.0.5 worked properly right from the start, without any modification to that area. Perhaps there was a change in 1.0.5 that resolved your 1.0.4 issue? <shrug>

I have GCO 1.0.5 up and running on a live site (it's my only payment option) and have processed orders without any problem. I needed to make a few changes to get it working with calculated USPS shipping (and to offer more than 1 shipping choice), but I don't believe much (if anything) needed to be changed to get the table rate working.

I can try to help if you have any 1.0.5 related issues that I've run into, but I don't think I'll be much help in 1.0.4 since I'm not running that version.

Shawn

[GldRush98]

BBG: Could you verify a couple things for me?
Is GCO passing the items actually purchased back to your Admin panel... showing your proper invoices and everything with the items purchased?
Also, once you click ship on GCO, is it properly subtracting the item out of your quantity stock?

Also, what did you have to do to get the USPS/FedEx rates to pass to GCO?

Thanks for your help :)

Edit: I'm going to reinstall the 1.0.5 files and see what I can get to happen.