My Checkout Without Account Mod

[Berserker]

Does this mod automatically create 1 mysql database?

[craftzombie]

Does this mod automatically create 1 mysql database?

????

It doesn't create a database. It adds to your already existing Zen Cart database by altering/adding info to the customer tables and order tables, etc.

[Berserker]

Hello,

When somebody order without an account, is it by default that it records that buyer as new customer in admin everytime he/she orders? I made two dummy orders and it recorded me twice as new customer?

Also, does the buyer receive a create account/welcome email?

Thx

[craftzombie]

When somebody order without an account, is it by default that it records that buyer as new customer in admin everytime he/she orders? I made two dummy orders and it recorded me twice as new customer?

Yes

does the buyer receive a create account/welcome email?

No

[Berserker]

Yes

Ok, then is it alright to delete the buyer once the order has been completed? So that it won't be full of similar customer file.

[craftzombie]

Ok, then is it alright to delete the buyer once the order has been completed? So that it won't be full of similar customer file.

It's your cart! I personally keep all the files there because thats the way I like it (in case I need them for some reason in the future). But you can do whatever you want with your files.

[ecmauto]

YeHa,COWOA is finally working.
I discoverd the reason it wasn't working like it should is because I was not using the overrides system correctly. But with help from everyone here at the forum I was able to figure out what I was doing wrong and correct it.
However I had to copy 2 files into another directory to get it to work .
On the billing info page it was looking for the "tpl_no_account_default.php" file in the "templates/template_default/templates" Dir. Once I made a copy of that file and moved it there it then was looking for "tpl_modules_no_account.php" in the same Dir. So I made a copy of that file and moved it there and COWOA worked.
Those 2 files where installed in the correct folder as described in the install but it seems it is not looking for them there. Can anybody tell me why ? And how do I correct it ?

Thank, Jim
https://ecmauto.com

[craftzombie]

YeHa,COWOA is finally working.
I discoverd the reason it wasn't working like it should is because I was not using the overrides system correctly. But with help from everyone here at the forum I was able to figure out what I was doing wrong and correct it.
However I had to copy 2 files into another directory to get it to work .
On the billing info page it was looking for the "tpl_no_account_default.php" file in the "templates/template_default/templates" Dir. Once I made a copy of that file and moved it there it then was looking for "tpl_modules_no_account.php" in the same Dir. So I made a copy of that file and moved it there and COWOA worked.
Those 2 files where installed in the correct folder as described in the install but it seems it is not looking for them there. Can anybody tell me why ? And how do I correct it ?

Thank, Jim
https://ecmauto.com

Well, I am not sure exactly how much you understand the template system, so I cannot be sure what happened. By default, Zen will go to template_default and the regular Zen folders to look for the file. If you are using your own template, it will take the file from your template folders instead. It doesn't make a mistake on that part. We make mistakes my misspelling folders or our ftp program sometimes doesn't transfer files properly.

For anyone who is still new and is not sure about overrides & templates....

As an example.... the name of my template is "orange". Don't know why... its not orange! I just picked a random name.

Any area in Zen where I am going to make changes to a file, I....

1. create a new folder
2. change the name of that new folder to orange
3. place updated file into that folder

So, say I am editing includes/modules/sideboxes/information.php

I make my changes to the file, but instead of uploading it back to includes/modules/sideboxes/, I create a new folder and place the file in it:
includes/modules/sideboxes/orange/information.php

You can do this in most places, but not all of them. The override system is not available for admin files and for some catalog files. Any directory that contains a subdirectory named "classic" can be overridden. (wiki) (tutorial)

[hedera]

COWOA seems to be working on my site; but I just noticed something bizarre. I wanted to change the wording on the login page, so I went to the Developers' Toolkit and searched for the string "Welcome, please sign in." The toolkit brought up 2 copies of the file:

zencart/includes/includes/languages/english/LifeRing/login.php
zencart/includes/languages/english/LifeRing/login.php

Um, is this a problem? It looks like FileZilla didn't put the files up correctly when I uploaded COWOA. Is this something I need to fix??

Puzzled,

[craftzombie]

COWOA seems to be working on my site; but I just noticed something bizarre. I wanted to change the wording on the login page, so I went to the Developers' Toolkit and searched for the string "Welcome, please sign in." The toolkit brought up 2 copies of the file:

zencart/includes/includes/languages/english/LifeRing/login.php
zencart/includes/languages/english/LifeRing/login.php

Um, is this a problem? It looks like FileZilla didn't put the files up correctly when I uploaded COWOA. Is this something I need to fix??

Puzzled,

The correct file to edit is:
zencart/includes/languages/english/LifeRing/login.php

zencart/includes/includes is incorrect. There is no additional includes folder inside of the includes folder. You can delete that folder, but you should probably make sure all of the files have been uploaded correctly so that the mod works properly. I personally don't rely on FTP programs to do these things correctly. I do use FileZilla, but if there are not a billion files, I do each folder one by one, making sure it is in fact going into the correct place. Anal retentive? Probably. Do I care? Nope!