Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

[oklynn]

I just installed version 1.4.5 and did two test order. The order went through and I got emails in both seller and buyer email accounts from google checkout. However, the sales didn't show up in Zen Cart admin under customer or order. Is this correct, or I missed something? Thanks.

I found that if I set the googlecheckout directory to 777, then the orders showed up in both Zen Cart admin center, and buyer account, and shopping cart also got cleared. When I set the directory back to 744, then the problem happened again. How can change the directory permission back ?

Thanks for the help.

[tj1]

Does anyone know how to make the free shipping option show up on Googlecheckout only if the purchase amount is over a certain figure? I had free shipping options enabled but it showed free shipping on every order in Google. Now that it's disabled it doesnt show free shipping in google even though free shipping correctly appears for other checkout methods.

Jason

Is GC calculating other rates correctly? If not, this might indicate GC can't communicate with your zencart to get merchant calculated shipping. If this is the case, it will always display the free shipping option.

[tj1]

It would be nice if the Google Checkout module would actually behave like any other payment option. Instead of galloping off to Google right after looking at the shopping cart, just hold its horses and wait for shipping, tax rate, special request comments, etc to be added in the normal course of checking out. Then go off to Google when it's time to process the payment.

Looks like we might have to maintain entirely separate tax, coupon, and shipping systems for Google as for everyone else. If I'm reading the developer documentation correctly, we have to send the entire tax rate table via XML with every order? Possibly before the customer has even logged in..? So far this payment option isn't worth the effort.

Has anyone else had luck disabling the big out-of-place Google Checkout button and shifting GC over to the regular payment options list? I can do it in the templates but it doesn't actually go off to Google at the proper time.

GC is not just another payment module. It's an alternate checkout.

GC gets shipping, tax rate and other discounts from your zencart.
You don't have to maintain anything separate.
Have you yet installed GC or tried a test purchase using it?

[birdoasis]

I'd like to change my shipping to a charge by weight table. Can someone putup a sample table or code so that I can construct one with the proper charges?

Can you also tell me where to put the code?

Thanks,

JP

[ctcentralinfo]

I just recieved the following error this morning:

We've made several unsuccessful attempts to send order notifications to your notification callback URL, https://www.cooltechcentral.com/goog...nsehandler.php As a result, you aren't receiving order status, risk, or other notifications.



To help you identify the issue with your callback URL, please review the errors we encountered while sending notifications to you. To review this error information:

Sign in to Google Checkout.
Click on the Settings tab.
Click Integration.
Error messages will appear under 'Integration Issues.' If necessary, you can also update your callback URL in the 'API callback URL' box on the same page.

For more information about receiving notifications via the notification API, visit http://code.google.com/apis/checkout...l#notification.

What could be causing this, and how do I update to the latest version of googlecheckout.

[birdoasis]

ctcentralinfo,

Check the permissions on the googlecheckout folder, on the responder.php file, and see if you have an .htaccess file in the folder.

Set the permissions on the folder and responder file to 755 and then you have to wait till they try again.

Anyone else know of a way to make gc check for access right away?

[birdoasis]

I've found another problem with GC. Since GC bypasses the shopping cart, it seems to also bypass inventory control for Zen Cart. If it can update the member script, it should also be able to update inventory control.

Any ideas?

[birdoasis]

In referance to my previous request for help below, I found where to put the code, in the googlecheckout.php file. But I still need a working table so that I can add the right pricing.

Any help would be much appreciated!

I'd like to change my shipping to a charge by weight table. Can someone putup a sample table or code so that I can construct one with the proper charges?

Can you also tell me where to put the code?

[helpme]

I had this working, someone could place an order, pay with google and then I would receive order info in my admin. But suddenly it stopped! My orders can still be paid for, however I do not receive any info for the order.....
This just started in the last week or so. Any ideas?

[bouncey]

GC is not just another payment module. It's an alternate checkout.

GC gets shipping, tax rate and other discounts from your zencart.
You don't have to maintain anything separate.
Have you yet installed GC or tried a test purchase using it?

Actually I tested it this morning. You are right that it somehow gets the shipping options. I am surprised. But it fails to get sales tax info.

At the moment I use LadyHLG's local sales tax mod due to state law. I must collect tax according to destination address, not by zone. Officially I'm supposed to look it up on a map or use a ZIP+4 database, but my state will grudgingly accept a plain ZIP lookup in weird hardship cases.

Since GC theoretically supports taxes by zip code, there should be a way to use the same tables and logic as the local tax mod. But it doesn't yet. Other payment methods don't have this problem, they get the tax right, because they only come into play at the proper point in the process. Unlike this one.

While I see the advantages in outsourcing all account management (privacy for customer and limited data exposure risk for merchant), it still annoys me in many ways. This makes me lose control over the checkout experience -- any special instructions or explanations that might I want to give at various points don't seem to appear. And I haven't found a way for the customer to pass comments back with the order.

In other words, there's a lot of room for improvement.

Link for how I know that the system can theoretically handle tax-by-zip: XML API Developer's Guide