Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

[Woodymon]

Hey all,

Just wanted to relay a message from Ropu that he is hard at work further developing the Google Checkout mod for Zen Cart.

This last week I was able to assist Ropu in testing some patch code to make the 'freeshipper' and 'per item' (national/international) shipping mods behave well together with Google Checkout. And freeshipping works great for me now. (again the fixes are applicable to per item shipping, they do not necessarily apply to freeshipper compatibility with other shipping methods, but they could but I did not test). I will soon document the fixes Ropu provided so if you are having similar issues you can apply to your installation.

Also Ropu assisted me in altering how the order status change email messages are processed, so that I can now insert more than 255 characters within the comments when sending order status change emails.

This last week Ropu was on the verge of announcing a new beta of the mod update he has been developing. But he decided to step back and implement some code restructuring as the mod has become overly difficult to maintain and develop.

Specifically he is now in the middle of "refactoring" the mod code and is attempting to use as much of the "php sample code" as possible. Once he's done with the refactoring it will be much more straight forward to test and repair existing issues and to add new features and further develop the mod. And it will become easier for us merchants to customize, patch and upgrade the mod as the code will be much better documented.

When Ropu is ready for the next version to be beta tested it will be announced here. Ater that time main support for the mod will move to the new Google Groups support forum (but not yet... will report the URL when ready).

While Ropu does his work, we merchants can help him by indexing the current significant issues with the mod. If you have already posted an issue which is still not resolved, please repost the issue to this thread, and/or post the URL of the original problem post, and include any additional background info which may help Ropu and others understand and troubleshoot your issue. Will start tracking and prioritizing these issues in this thread, which then will help Ropu prioritize his development efforts.

Please be very detailed in your problem reports and observations, include any errors appearing in either the error or response logs, and state which shipping mods you have installed/enabled at the time you observe an issue. Eventually we'll provide a checklist of details you should submit with your initial problem reports.

And if you are reporting more than one issue, unless your problems are related to each other, please try to keep it to one issue per post . This will help tracking the issues.

To reiterate what chain_man has often posted, if you are having issues with a particular shipping method the best thing you can do to troubleshoot your issue is to temporarily disable all other shipping mods except for the ship mod you are having troubles with. Then if the issue goes away re-enable one shipping mod at a time but only re-enable the mods you are using. (keep any shipping mods you will not be using disabled). On a related not if you are having specific issues with merchant calculations (specific to USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc), edit googlecheckout.php payment mod to remove all other shipping methods from the mc_shipping_methods array. It is easiest to do this running the shipping generator provided with the mod. I'm not stating this will solve your issue, but it will help you narrow down the testing configuration which wuill help narrow down the source of the errors.

Finally a special thanks to tj1 for his continued assistance in this thread helping Zen Cart merchants with the Google Checkout mod.

Woody