Edit Orders v3.0 for ZC 1.3.9 [Support Thread]

trastevere:

There is no need to re-write the module. In fact there is no major change at all.
At the step 1 you may either select the product choosing from categories, or directly entering the product's model number (or only part of it).

At the step 2 you'll have the products from the chosen category or the query result with the products matching the product's model.Except the gentleman I was responding to was inquiring if there was a way to NOT have to use the step by step process of entering products that currently exists.. this would require a re-working of the the current code..

trastevere:

Another good functionality would be to be able to change the shipping module. We have several cases when this is needed.Are you speaking of bringing in the front end shopping cart functionality for choosing the shipping method??

I don't recall this error being reported, and so it's hard to know based on the information you provided whether or not this is an issue which has another cause or not..

beppuzzo:

Hello everybody,
I googled a lot but no help found on the web.

I installed this mod without Super orders, and i notice a debug file:

PHP Warning: stripslashes() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /.../MYADMIN/edit_orders.php on line 678

at 678 I have:
$comments = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST));

What is this? Does it affect my regular store functionality?
Thanks for your time.

I've zencart 139h
php5.x

DivaVocals:

Are you speaking of bringing in the front end shopping cart functionality for choosing the shipping method??

Yes, something like that. To have a place in the order editor where you can select the shipping method (just like in the front end), or just a drop-down with the shipping modules in place of the current plain text shipping.

Right now the shipping text can be changed to whatever the user likes, but the idea is to change in the background the shipping_module_code so that modules that relies on that code to work correctly. (Don't print a label for a postal carrier when in fact the shipping is made with a different one)

DivaVocals:

Free add-ons are labors of love and done in the spare time of those who contribute them.. So getting the exact feature set you want means either spending the money on a developer to create the features you want, or hope that a volunteer comes along willing to make the changes you happen to want.. shrug nature of the beast.. sorry..:blush:
here, here:yes:

Zen Cart 1.3.9h
PHP Version: 5.3.8
edit_orders_v3.03 installed without super orders

I am seeing this debug error also.

PHP Warning: stripslashes() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/USER/public_html/ADMIN/edit_orders.php on line 678

DivaVocals:

I don't recall this error being reported, and so it's hard to know based on the information you provided whether or not this is an issue which has another cause or not..

Originally Posted by beppuzzo View Post
Hello everybody,
I googled a lot but no help found on the web.

I installed this mod without Super orders, and i notice a debug file:

PHP Warning: stripslashes() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /.../MYADMIN/edit_orders.php on line 678

at 678 I have:
$comments = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($_POST));

What is this? Does it affect my regular store functionality?
Thanks for your time.

I've zencart 139h
php5.x

Hi,

Can someone please point me in the direction to get Edit Orders to work on v1.5?

Completely new to Zen Cart, with no experience before version v1.5.
I did read one poster here had achieved it, but they do not say how.

Grazie

caffeitalia:

Hi,

Can someone please point me in the direction to get Edit Orders to work on v1.5?

Completely new to Zen Cart, with no experience before version v1.5.
I did read one poster here had achieved it, but they do not say how.

Grazie

Edit Orders for zc150 is not yet available. Several people are in the process of updating and testing, but there is no E.T.A. on when it will be available, as this free work is secondary to paid work and private lives.

Once Edit Orders for zc150 becomes available, it will be uploaded to the addons download area and an announcement will be made. Suggest you subscribe to this thread so you'll know when it becomes available.

Re: reading that one poster had achieved it - 1) that doesn't mean they achieved it securely and may be leaving their store vulnerable to security issues. 2) the Edit Orders update for zc150 will include fixes of outstanding issues. Sooooo.....it's better to wait for the official release :smile:

Good luck and happy Zenning :smile:

Yep.. what she said..:yes:

ScriptJunkie:

Edit Orders for zc150 is not yet available. Several people are in the process of updating and testing, but there is no E.T.A. on when it will be available, as this free work is secondary to paid work and private lives.

Once Edit Orders for zc150 becomes available, it will be uploaded to the addons download area and an announcement will be made. Suggest you subscribe to this thread so you'll know when it becomes available.

Re: reading that one poster had achieved it - 1) that doesn't mean they achieved it securely and may be leaving their store vulnerable to security issues. 2) the Edit Orders update for zc150 will include fixes of outstanding issues. Sooooo.....it's better to wait for the official release :smile:

Good luck and happy Zenning :smile:

Thank you ScriptJunkie and DivaVocals. I was going to have a bash at it myself, but if it is in the process of being redeveloped for v1.5 then I feel any efforts I make would be rather amateurishness in comparison. LOL.

I shall subscribe.

Thank you very much! I'm loving zenning feeling right now, ciao.

Here's what the update is attempting to do in addition to just updating the mod to work with Zen Cart 1.5.

• Support for "optional" attributes

• Ability to delete attributes from products

• Edit Orders will correctly notify admin when an update was attempted and no changes were actually entered.
  Optionally am working on addressing this last item, BUT I may not get to this fix this go round..

• Incomplete Order Currency Support - Currently orders placed in a currency other than the default currency show part of the product details in the order currency selected, but display all the order totals in the store currency.
  If you need Edit Orders updated RIGHT NOW and cannot wait for the updated version, my suggestion is to hire a developer to update it for you.

Updates will be posted here, but as ScriptJunkie pointed out > there is no E.T.A. on when it will be available, as this free work is secondary to paid work and private lives.==========================================

* The following is a GENERAL message:

I also HAVE to add this since I have already had one HORRIBLE :censored: troll-like person contact me on my PERSONAL e-mail account regarding the Edit Orders update.. He seemed put off that I actually suggested that he post his question here. The thought that the WHOLE community could benefit from the question and the answer seemed to be a concept he did not grasp.. (GASP!!:ohmy:)

So I need to say this here.. PLEASE post questions regarding Edit Orders HERE in the SUPPORT THREAD -- not e-mail or PM. This has been an ACTIVE add-on for sometime so usually a community member will respond, and EVERYONE will benefit from the question AND the answer.. but remember that we all have other obligations and free development/support is done in our spare time.:D So while you may usually get a FAST response (there's several of us who hang out here on a regular basis), sometimes it may take a day or two to get a response..*

I'm need some help to add only one feature in admin/edit_order.php, ability to delete some status history status, example, on order xxx status are:

Date Added Customer Notified Status Comments
03/07/2012 12:59:03 True Pending text comment
03/07/2012 12:59:23 False Pending Transaction ID: 664565656654
03/07/2012 17:05:38 False Stock waiting

i need to ad a check button to delete, for example, last status, now order is:

Date Added Customer Notified Status Comments
03/07/2012 12:59:03 True Pending text comment
03/07/2012 12:59:23 False Pending Transaction ID: 664565656654

any help? :smile:

Webmart:

I'm need some help to add only one feature in admin/edit_order.php, ability to delete some status history status, example, on order xxx status are:

Date Added Customer Notified Status Comments
03/07/2012 12:59:03 True Pending text comment
03/07/2012 12:59:23 False Pending Transaction ID: 664565656654
03/07/2012 17:05:38 False Stock waiting

i need to ad a check button to delete, for example, last status, now order is:

Date Added Customer Notified Status Comments
03/07/2012 12:59:03 True Pending text comment
03/07/2012 12:59:23 False Pending Transaction ID: 664565656654

any help? :smile:

That would be a really bad business practice IMO, because it changes your audit trail. It's much better to simply change the status from "stock waiting" back to pending with a comment as to why the status changed (i.e. product back in stock, order being fulfilled).

Using the example you provided....(stock waiting)...let's say you DO delete that when the stock is refilled. Then you fulfill the order. Then you ship the order. Customer files a complaint saying he never got the item because it never came back in to stock and so he wants a refund.

Had you deleted that history item when the stock was refilled, rather than updating with new status and comment...you, the business owner and one responsible for upholding your agreement to deliver the product, have no proof via audit trail that you did indeed re-stock and ship the item. You don't even have proof that the item was ever out of stock and that this is why the order fulfillment was delayed, but then ultimately shipped once stock was refilled.

See what I mean? IMO, this is a bad, bad, very bad business practice.

To add to this the BETTER business practice would be to use the hidden (AKA admin only) comments if the idea here is to not have these comments in the customers order history.. No need to delete them.. If they are admin comments, the customer never sees them..

To answer Webmart's question, it is NOT a simple piece of code to add a comments delete function, and there are no plans to add such functionality to Edit Orders. However IF this ability were there it would be limited to the admin comments only because as ScriptJunkie has pointed out deleting comments that the customer can see is in their order history is a bad practice.

ScriptJunkie:

That would be a really bad business practice IMO, because it changes your audit trail. It's much better to simply change the status from "stock waiting" back to pending with a comment as to why the status changed (i.e. product back in stock, order being fulfilled).

Using the example you provided....(stock waiting)...let's say you DO delete that when the stock is refilled. Then you fulfill the order. Then you ship the order. Customer files a complaint saying he never got the item because it never came back in to stock and so he wants a refund.

Had you deleted that history item when the stock was refilled, rather than updating with new status and comment...you, the business owner and one responsible for upholding your agreement to deliver the product, have no proof via audit trail that you did indeed re-stock and ship the item. You don't even have proof that the item was ever out of stock and that this is why the order fulfillment was delayed, but then ultimately shipped once stock was refilled.

See what I mean? IMO, this is a bad, bad, very bad business practice.

Thanks to both.

This function is the only one i regret from Super Order ,sometimes it is useful (for me) to correct errors or change information in the historicall on admin side of course.

would you help me to implement it? :frusty:

Webmart:

Thanks to both.

This function is the only one i regret from Super Order ,sometimes it is useful (for me) to correct errors or change information in the historicall on admin side of course.

would you help me to implement it? :frusty:

Once again...changing (vs. updating) the history of an order leaves no audit trail, so what you're asking for is essentially a customized piece of software that cannot be used by the community at large because it allows for and encourages poor business practices.

And, as Diva said: > ...it is NOT a simple piece of code to add a comments delete function, and there are no plans to add such functionality to Edit Orders. However IF this ability were there it would be limited to the admin comments only

If you insist upon going down this ill-advised path, you're going to need to find and hire a developer to assist you.

Good luck and happy Zenning :smile:

Webmart:

Thanks to both.

This function is the only one i regret from Super Order ,sometimes it is useful (for me) to correct errors or change information in the historicall on admin side of course.If you use Super Orders, then you already have the ability to hidden (AKA admin) comments... Comments which are visible to the customer are NOT editable. (nor should they be..)

Webmart:

would you help me to implement it? :frusty:
Sorry no I can't.. Adding the comments editing functions to Edit Orders is more work than I am willing/able to invest at this time.. Even IF I DID decide to spent the time to add this functionality, it would work EXACTLY like it does in Super Orders. Which means I would restrict comments editing to comments that are not visible to customers. (HIDDEN comments only)

Comments which are visible to customers in order history SHOULD NEVER be deleted or edited. Doing so --ESPECIALLY if the customer is not notified of such a change-- is a poor business practice and will lose customer trust if they feel/see that order records can/will be tampered with. Even if they are notified, it is STILL a poor business practice.. I'm fairly certain that in the event of a dispute, PayPal or other payment processors would NOT side with you (even if you are right) if the customer can show PROOF that you tampered with order records.. (even if it was just to "clean them up")

Better to add another note clarifying/correcting previously transmitted erroneous information that simply tampering with order records.. EVEN better is to use the hidden comments function so that these admin comments are visible ONLY to the admin, and using Super Orders then you can edit THOSE admin comments.

So even if I had time (which I don't) or willingness to do this (which I also don't) I would never implement any kind of functionality which would undermine a shopowners credibility or customer confidence..

ScriptJunkie:

Once again...changing (vs. updating) the history of an order leaves no audit trail, so what you're asking for is essentially a customized piece of software that cannot be used by the community at large because it allows for and encourages poor business practices.

ScriptJunkie:

*If you insist upon going down this ill-advised path, you're going to need to find and hire a developer to assist you. *

Good luck and happy Zenning :smile:Nods in agreement with ALL of this..:yes:

DivaVocals:

Even IF I DID decide to spent the time to add this functionality, it would work EXACTLY like it does in Super Orders. Which means I would restrict comments editing to comments that are not visible to customers. (HIDDEN comments only)

I'm really understood your comments. :hug:
with super orders related popup functions i have sometimes changed or deleted some comments. :P

If you have some time to invest i'm (and maybe someone else) really appreciate if you can add the SAME function of super order. :smartalec:

Thanks again and sorry for your Time. :cry:

Webmart:

I'm really understood your comments. :hug:
with super orders related popup functions i have sometimes changed or deleted some comments. :POkay.. Because it was UNCLEAR from your previous responses if you understood the point ScriptJunkie and I were trying to get across..

Webmart:

If you have some time to invest i'm (and maybe someone else) really appreciate if you can add the SAME function of super order. :smartalec:

Thanks again and sorry for your Time. :cry:Again.. Sorry no I can't :no:.. Adding the Super Orders comments editing functions to Edit Orders is more work than I am willing/able to invest in my spare time at this moment.. If you REALLY need this feature, you could consider hiring a developer to add this functionality for you.. I've got other projects on my plate so I can't spend ANY of my free time on this personally..

Personally I don't why if you use Super Orders you HAVE to have this feature in Edit Orders too...:huh:

I installed this mod as per the installation instructions but when I go to my orders page there is no icon on the right side to edit orders. The edit orders icon shows at the top of the page but nothing on the right side of the screen under Action.

Any suggestions what could be the issue?

Thanks