My Checkout Without Account Mod

[craftzombie]

Hi first of all this is a great mod and I hope this will be a standard integration in zen cart in the future.
I'd like to modify the split login page so that the COWOA floating box stands on top with the original split login boxes underneath. Any idea can I modify this in tpl_login_default page without messing up the Paypal layout?

Hi slitter,
i can help you with this, only i can't do it today. i've got orders from this last weekend to deal with. i'll try to post instructions tomorrow. i used to have my login like the one you want, but then i changed it to this:



i'll get back to you as soon as i can.

[TMontana]

hey there... just want to add... I would be interested as well in knowing howto do it... maybe you can add my name in the pm as cc ;)

Thx.

TMontana

[slitter]

Thanks for your help craftzombie your split login page looks even better

Joe, have you thought more about Boggled suggestion or does it not fit in the scheme

Sounds great Joe!

Question...would it be possible/hard to implement it to ask people if they want us to save the information (create an account) after they've completed their order? Kind of like Amazon does?

Boggled,

That sounds like it should be fairly easy to do. I'm too tired to think how it would effect the standing, "You can't COWOA because there's already a permanent account," etc. scheme. I'll give it some thought. (;

Joe

[J_Schilz]

slitter,

Thanks for bringing that back up. (;

I could see the real utility of that. I think it's going to be another feature I'm going to leave to whoever wants it built. Here's how it would work, though.

Upon checkout success, COWOA users are given an option to have their data saved as an account.

People who say yes are sent a new e-mail password and their SQL COWOA flag is flipped from 0 to 1.

You could probably do that by either creating a new handler page, or perhaps by piggybacking on the regular password forgotten page using a passed variable to designate this secondary mode. There are other ways as well, I'm sure. (;

If you have any questions about how the mod works specifically, feel free to ask.

--Joe

[tolefairy]

I have downloaded this fabulous mod but have not installed yet. Before I do, I would like my split login page to look like the screenshot that slitter showed.

I don't think the instruction for doing this has been posted yet so will be watching and waiting..................

many thanks,
Shirley
Shabby Chic Cottage

[IntelCos]

I'm also sitting in limbo wondering if the download I have now from the link is the latest, or should one wait because a newer version is close.

I've also noted that a modified version of ordersteps is included. What happens if we already have the ordersteps installed, do we do just an overwrite or is there something else that requires attention before install?

[J_Schilz]

IntelCos,

Good thoughts regarding 1.4. For anyone interested, I do intend to adapt this rapidly to 1.4 whenever it comes out and I don't expect much difficulty in the matter.

Alright, it occurs to me that I might have misunderstood your version question. If you're asking about the COWOA version, it seems at this point like it's pretty much mature. I don't have any updates planned for it...I think if I do the admin control panel I'll save it for 1.4.

As for the order steps, it's fairly easy. If you haven't modified your checkout steps otherwise, then it's just an overwrite with the provided template and page specific css files. If you do have other modifications, it's just a matter of overwriting the order steps code--which is nicely marked off with comments near the top of the page--using the code given in the instructions. Pretty straight forward.

Also of note, the modified order steps is designed to show 4 steps during account holder checkout and 5 during COWOA checkout.

Hope this helps,
Joe

[TMontana]

Dear Schilz...
my question is concerning your statement on the wiki-pages...."

• Mod is not compatible with Super Orders, or in general any admin mod which sends email links to the account area.

-I plan to release a genuine fix for this on or around the weekend of 17 March 2007."




Did that already happen... cause I would love to use your mod in combination with super orders...



T.

[J_Schilz]

TMontana,

Sorry, no, it didn't happen. I ended up a bit busier that weekend than I thought I'd be. Though I can't promise a date, it seems like a simple issue and I'll go ahead and try to get a combination working on my dev servers this weekend.

Thanks for bringing that up. (;

--Joe

[TMontana]

well without beeing too charming, its guys like you who make the life of noobs like me alot easier... (well wrong sentence: its actual impossible for me to built an online store like this without the ZC community)...

I am excited to hear any news (fixes)....

Thx.

T.

ps: why isnt your mod on the download section??? Its a must-have! Any logic explanations?