Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

[tj1]

BlessIsaacola, how do you get the $10 bonus showing up on your GoogleCheckout button? Mine shows the regular button.

[BlessIsaacola]

BlessIsaacola, how do you get the $10 bonus showing up on your GoogleCheckout button? Mine shows the regular button.

Are you using your production merchant account or sandbox? You need your production merchant account for the promo button to work.

[chain_man]

BlessIsaacola, how do you get the $10 bonus showing up on your GoogleCheckout button? Mine shows the regular button.

It appears that the button style is determined by your merchant account. I have the exact same URL for my button as does BlessIsaacola (except for the merchant number) and my button does not display the $10 off style button.

BlessIsaacola, did you have to sign up with Google for any special promotions?

Thanks,

[chain_man]

ropu -

I hope you are enjoying a well-deserved holiday there in Argentina!!

I really appreciate all the hard work you have put into this module! And I'm overjoyed to say I have merchant calculated shipping and taxes working just fine on my site now in cohabitation with PayPal Express checkout!!

Well done!!

[Woodymon]

Hi Ropu-

When you have a chance after your vacation could you please check out my previous post:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=937

I'm still hoping for some ideas/methods on how to allow Google Checkout be used for physical products but disallow customers to use GC for softgoods. I appreciate your getting back to me on this. If you have absolutely no ideas on how to implement such behavior please let me know and I will shut up

Woody

[chain_man]

Hi Ropu-

When you have a chance after your vacation could you please check out my previous post:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=937

I'm still hoping for some ideas/methods on how to allow Google Checkout be used for physical products but disallow customers to use GC for softgoods. I appreciate your getting back to me on this. If you have absolutely no ideas on how to implement such behavior please let me know and I will shut up

Woody

Woody -

Have you looked at ropu's last release? There's an admin option to disable checkout for Virtual Goods. Is that what you were looking for?

[Woodymon]

Woody -

Have you looked at ropu's last release? There's an admin option to disable checkout for Virtual Goods. Is that what you were looking for?

Thanks Chainman. I missed seeing that in ropu's 1.3RC1 announce last Friday.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=941
Now I see the last item listed:

Add a configuration to disable Google Checkout Button when are virtual good in the cart

Thanks Ropu!

However when I scanned thru the "Progam Policies and Guidles" at http://checkout.google.com/seller/policies.html#4

4. g. Google Checkout may be unsupported no more than 5% of the time, in which case you are required to display the 'not available' button as described in 4f. At least 95% of the time, Google Checkout must be offered as a checkout option, with the standard Google Checkout button prominently displayed.

I'm uncertain how to interpret "Google Checkout must be available as a checkout option at least 95% of the time". This is vague and ambiguous. In this regard how is "time" defined.

I can say about 75% of out items are physical goods and the other 25% are downloads. So would this disqualify us?

However, I can say in regards to total historical shop "sales" the downloads amount to less than 5% in both dollar purchases and unit volume. So would this qualify?

If not I guess this rules us out! Argh.

An unrelated question. If the GC for ZC mod is installed, where does the "checkout" link in Zen Cart main menu (in the header) point to?

Woody

[Woodymon]

Thank you Ropu for updated 1.30RC1rev1 mod and the included helpful readme and install documentation.

Good to see the payment module install only requires the merging (replacing) of five clearly defined code snippets into four Zen Cart files (/admin/orders.php and three template files). Makes for a straight forward installation.

Some questions/comments regards to a few entries in each doc.

I. README:

A. I'm a little confused by the organization of the section below. Does this info apply ONLY to those whom are running PHP as CGI? Or does the "spoofed messages" issue apply to everyone?

.htaccess Basic Authentication Mode with PHP over CGI?
If your site is installed on a PHP CGI you must disable Basic Authentication over PHP.
To avoid spoofed messages reaching responsehandler.php, set the .htaccess file with the script linked (http://your-site/admin/includes/htaccess.php).
Set permission 777 for http://your-site/googlecheckout/ before running the script. Remember to turn back permissions after creating the files.

B. The following item is listed in the "Common Mistakes" section but I don't see this step listed previously in the readme step-by-step process. Is this set in Google Checkout account on the Google server or in the Zen Cart payment module admin?

Set your Google callback url to https://<url-site-url>/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php
In Sandbox, SSL is not required. In Live mode, SSL is required.

C. The following entry in the readme toubleshooting section references "see above fix" Not sure what that "above fix" is?

Problem: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: getallheaders() error.
Solution: You webhosting company does not have the function getallheaders() enable on your webserver. See above for fix.

II. INSTALLATION

A. Regards to "Option B" for merging code.

I suspect the path below:

2. YOUR_ZENCART_FOLDER/admin/orders.php/includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_checkout_payment_default.php

should be:

2. YOUR_ZENCART_FOLDER/includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_checkout_payment_default.php

Thanks!
Woody

[Woodymon]

I'm in the middle of installing the latest version, and came up to a code merge roadblock...

In my stock Zen Cart 1.37 file:

 * @version $Id: tpl_checkout_payment_default.php 5414 2006-12-27 07:51:03Z drbyte $

I find this file does not contain the following specific code fragment which Option B in the install doc says to replace (starting at line 127):

<?php
    if (sizeof($selection) > 1) {
  ?>

I have for line 117-121

<?php
  $selection = $payment_modules->selection();
  if (sizeof($selection) > 1) {
?>

But this is not the same as in the install doc.
So if I edit as suggested then I am suppose to delete the following line?

$selection = $payment_modules->selection();

So I'm not sure what to replace???

Further below I found on line 136-139:

<?php
    if (sizeof($selection) > 1) {
        if (empty($selection[$i]['noradio'])) {
 ?>

But I don't think it was this block that was referenced.

I do not know which to replace?

A related recommend. In the current OPTION B install instructions, it would be very helpful if some "reference" code was provided, both above and below the various code snippets that need replaced. This would be especially helpful in locating/replacing small code fragments (as in the above example). Thanks.

Woody

[BlessIsaacola]

I'm in the middle of installing the latest version, and came up to a code merge roadblock...

In my stock Zen Cart 1.37 file:

 * @version $Id: tpl_checkout_payment_default.php 5414 2006-12-27 07:51:03Z drbyte $

I find this file does not contain the following specific code fragment which Option B in the install doc says to replace (starting at line 127):

<?php
    if (sizeof($selection) > 1) {
  ?>

I have for line 117-121

<?php
  $selection = $payment_modules->selection();
  if (sizeof($selection) > 1) {
?>

But this is not the same as in the install doc.
So if I edit as suggested then I am suppose to delete the following line?

$selection = $payment_modules->selection();

So I'm not sure what to replace???

Further below I found on line 136-139:

<?php
    if (sizeof($selection) > 1) {
        if (empty($selection[$i]['noradio'])) {
 ?>

But I don't think it was this block that was referenced.

I do not know which to replace?

A related recommend. In the current OPTION B install instructions, it would be very helpful if some "reference" code was provided, both above and below the various code snippets that need replaced. This would be especially helpful in locating/replacing small code fragments (as in the above example). Thanks.

Woody

Woody,

This has been discussed in previous posts. The reference in the install instruction is actually wrong. Ropu was using a different template than 1.3.7 when that instruction was written and obviously it hasn't been changed. If you want me to email you my tpl_checkout_payment_default.php for comparison I can do that.

Also, know of the template files are different since version 1.0.5 so if you have a working template with the code changes that is already based on ZC V1.3.7 you're good.