Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

[birdoasis]

Kokonutmoma,

Do you have other browsers you can GC with?

I haven't tried Safari yet, my logs show that it just isn't used enough by my customers that I've had to worry about it.

I used ie7 and firefox on mine.

[ibdmanhb]

I am running zen 1.3.7 with the latest GC checkout posted by Ropu and I am getting some strange behavior at the GC checkout page. I have USPS,UPS, and Fedex ground shipping modules installed. They work fine on regular checkout but on the GC page, in the drop down list to choose a shipping option. The Fedex shows at the top of the list for about 3 seconds, then disappears. Anyone else seen this behavior? Any suggestions or help from the Zen Gurus will be greatly appreciated.

[Woodymon]

is there a linux command to check for cURL?

i have not pasted anything into my gogglecheckout.php

CURL has to be compiled into PHP.
To see if installed: Admin > Tools > Server/Version Info.

Regards to shipping configuration, appears you have not run the shipping configurator. See README in /googlecheckout/shipping_generator/

Woody

[Woodymon]

These may be Google/browser issues. I can't checkout with GC using Safari on my own site or anyone else's. I can't do GC administration using Safari either, it actually crashes the browser.

On a similar note, using Safari the "-or use-" is completely off the edge of the main window, over in the background color and the GC button hangs halfway off. I have the right column width set to 0px, using version 1.3.7 of Zen and GOOGLE CHECKOUT PLUGIN FOR ZEN CART v1.3RC2 - 04/16/2007. Any ideas how to fix that?

Which page? Login or Shopping Cart?
Maybe a URL so we can test?

I suggest reviewing the HTML source for the CSS and the table structures employed. Could be some code there is messing with your browser?

For instance the applied classes in example source snippet from the Zen Cart 1.37 shopping cart page:

<table border="0" width="98%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding ="1"> 
<tr><br>
<td align="right" valign="middle" class = "main">
 <B> - Or use - </B>
</td></tr>
</table>
<table  border="0" width="100%" class="table-1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> 
  <tr><td align="right" valign="middle" class = "main">
    <p><form method="POST" action="https://sandbox.google.com/checkout/cws/v2/Merchant/blah...blah/checkout" >
         <input type="hidden" name="cart" value="blah...blah">
     <input type="hidden" name="signature" value="blah...blah=">
       <input type="image" name="Checkout" alt="Checkout" 
            src="https://sandbox.google.com/checkout/buttons/checkout.gif?merchant_id=blah...blah9&w=180&h=46&style=white&variant=text&loc=en_US"height="46" width="180">  
        </form>
    </p>
        </td></tr>

</table>
<xmp>
</xmp> 

As you can see, oldskool (quick and dirty) tables were employed for formatting. This can be improved upon by applying CSS, where possible.

I suspect the provided button display code was for basic integration needs and it is expected each shopowner will customize the integration of the checkout button into their own shop layout.

You might want to save the snippet above as an HTML file (copy the GCO gif to server if needed) and play around with the CSS and table code, to see if you can improve the layout to ensure it functions in all the browsers you wish to support.

I do not understand the purpose of the empty extensible markup tags above.

Woody

[Woodymon]

I am running zen 1.3.7 with the latest GC checkout posted by Ropu and I am getting some strange behavior at the GC checkout page. I have USPS,UPS, and Fedex ground shipping modules installed. They work fine on regular checkout but on the GC page, in the drop down list to choose a shipping option. The Fedex shows at the top of the list for about 3 seconds, then disappears. Anyone else seen this behavior? Any suggestions or help from the Zen Gurus will be greatly appreciated.

Suggestion:

Test one shipping method at a time with Google Checkout.

That is, for each shipping method build your Google Checkout shipping arrays individually, one for USPS, one for USP, one for Fed Ex and test each individually (see code in includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php).

Easiest to build/generate your shipping arrays via the shipping configuration tool ropu created. See the README in /googlecheckout/shipping_generator/

Building the ship arrays can be a bit confusing at first, but after you have attempted the generation process a few times you will come to understand.

Beyond the info above I have no other knowledge regards to configuring third party shipping (a.k.a. shipping quotes or merchant calculations) with Google Checkout as I don't employ any of those services.

Good luck,
Woody

[ibdmanhb]

Suggestion:

Test one shipping method at a time with Google Checkout.

That is, for each shipping method build your Google Checkout shipping arrays individually, one for USPS, one for USP, one for Fed Ex and test each individually (see code in includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php).

Easiest to build/generate your shipping arrays via the shipping configuration tool ropu created. See the README in /googlecheckout/shipping_generator/

Building the ship arrays can be a bit confusing at first, but after you have attempted the generation process a few times you will come to understand.

Beyond the info above I have no other knowledge regards to configuring third party shipping (a.k.a. shipping quotes or merchant calculations) with Google Checkout as I don't employ any of those services.

Good luck,
Woody

Thanks Woody for the quick reply and the suggestion, now the second issue. My site is hosted on Godaddy and when I point my browser at the page, I get a box asking for a user name and password for "google checkout basic authentication" It's not an admin password or the FTP access password or the actual Google user login. Any ideas ??? Thanks

[birdoasis]

This is nuts,

I've now had 6 customers tell me that they are not presented with a google checkout form so that they can enter their credit card and pay.
One of the custoer is a Zenner!

I can't afford to use a payment gateway that doesn't allow my customers to pay so I'm turing it off.

Signed up with www.2checkout.com now, so hopefully I can get those customers back.

[birdoasis]

Ok, now I'm totally confused.

Another customer just made a successful purchase using google checkout just as I was about to turn it off.

[Woodymon]

Thanks Woody for the quick reply and the suggestion, now the second issue. My site is hosted on Godaddy and when I point my browser at the page, I get a box asking for a user name and password for "google checkout basic authentication" It's not an admin password or the FTP access password or the actual Google user login. Any ideas ??? Thanks

Look for following references in the payment module configuration and in the reeadme.

.htaccess Basic Authentication Mode

.htaccess Basic Authentication Mode with PHP over CGI

If still not sure search this thread on "PHP over CGI" or "htaccess".

If still need assist report back.

Woody

[Woodymon]

Ok, now I'm totally confused.
Another customer just made a successful purchase using google checkout just as I was about to turn it off

Question:
Why was the mod put into production when not fully tested on a test server/sandbox?

Woody