COWOA (for ZC v1.5.x)

Update:
Not sure if this is the best way to do this but here’s what I did.
I went to this file:
includes\templates\template_default\templates\ tpl_shopping_cart_default.php

and I changed the code in line 132:

change to this:

Notice the change from “FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING” to “FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT” – this takes the user right to the no account sign up page used in COWOA.

markalpine:

Update:
Not sure if this is the best way to do this but here’s what I did.
I went to this file:
includes\templates\template_default\templates\ tpl_shopping_cart_default.php

and I changed the code in line 132:

<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_CHECKOUT, BUTTON_CHECKOUT_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>

change to this:

<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_CHECKOUT, BUTTON_CHECKOUT_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>

Notice the change from “FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING” to “FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT” – this takes the user right to the no account sign up page used in COWOA.

What use is it for a customer that has not put anything in his/her shopping basket to sign up without an account??

Any error logs generated by doing so?

Not sure where this idea came from:

‘a customer that has not put anything in his/her shopping basket to sign up without an account”

The way I’ve set this up you can’t sign up (or order) unless you’ve placed something in your cart. But I’ve taken it all the way to the point of submitting credit card with no errors at all. I’ll have the whole thing set up next week and respond if there are any errors.

markalpine:

Update:
Not sure if this is the best way to do this but here’s what I did.
I went to this file:
includes\templates\template_default\templates\ tpl_shopping_cart_default.php

and I changed the code in line 132:

<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_CHECKOUT, BUTTON_CHECKOUT_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>

change to this:

<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL') . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_CHECKOUT, BUTTON_CHECKOUT_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>

Notice the change from “FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING” to “FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT” – this takes the user right to the no account sign up page used in COWOA.

Yes this will work, but if it were me I would want to make this an admin configurable option.. An admin configurable option means you don't have to go digging through the code should you decide you want both standard and COWOA options. You also have to remove the link to the login page from the no_account page and you have to figure out a way to prevent folks from "backdooring" their way into the login page. There is a way to turn off the defined pages so that if someone directly entered the link to that page they get a "Page Not Found" error.. If it was me I would look for a means to do something similar to the login page.

From personal experience I have fo8und that clients who INSIST that there should be no other options other than COWOA generally don't have a really good business reason to insist on this.. They merely "heard" that this was better.. (Usually someone told them it's good for SEO or something similar) I tell folks to look at the large retailers.. (WWAD - What would Amazon do?)

In other words there is no downside to people CHOOSING to register for a shop account.. The clients I converted from FEC to COWOA found that their "concerns" were addressed by simply moving the COWOA options above the standard options on the login page so it's seen first by customers.

This is my first post/question here. Hopefully, I will give enough info.
Running a linux server, php 5.2.17, Zen Cart v1.5.1 fresh install.
I have installed the CKEditor and Dynamic Price Updater.
Using a template from (sorry, site offline) (by SamWilson3D).
I am installing COWOA 2.4 (fresh).
Looking through the directory structure of the install files and comparing to the what I have, I found there are places where the install files have 'YOUR-TEMPLATE' directories where I don't. Should I add the new directory in that place (with the appropriate name) or put the file in the default template directory? Or did I miss something?

Stilter:

This is my first post/question here. Hopefully, I will give enough info.
Running a linux server, php 5.2.17, Zen Cart v1.5.1 fresh install.
I have installed the CKEditor and Dynamic Price Updater.
Using a template from (sorry, site offline) (by SamWilson3D).
I am installing COWOA 2.4 (fresh).
Looking through the directory structure of the install files and comparing to the what I have, I found there are places where the install files have 'YOUR-TEMPLATE' directories where I don't. Should I add the new directory in that place (with the appropriate name) or put the file in the default template directory? Or did I miss something?

Hi Stilter,
Welcome to the community :)

YOUR-TEMPLATE as a common name where you should use your own template name. So is your template name is stilter, replace all instances of YOUR-TEMPLATE with stilter.
Like YOUR_ADMIN is replaced by the secert name you gave your admin folder

Your_TEMPLATE, or CUSTOM are used as a universal name to tell you when to use an override.

Thanks for the reply and info.
So I changed the appropriate directory names to the template name I use and uploaded/overwrote the files from the install package as described. I verified that all the files have been uploaded to the correct directories with the correct names etc. When I went to the admin page (different name), the admin-home page had this error; 'WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.' I assumed this was because I haven't preformed the sql patch yet. So I went to Tools->Install SQL Patches. I copied the plain-text information from the COWOA_Full_Install.sql file and pasted to the window and hit 'Send'. Now I get an error 500 screen; 'The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.'
I would greatly appreciate some assistance on what I might have done wrong and how I can fix it.
BTW, now my storefront layout is messed up...

Do I need to copy and paste the sql patches one section at a time?

The server I am using has PHP 5.2.17. Is there anything in the configuration I sure check for as the cause of an internal server error (500) when doing the sql patch?

Stilter:

The server I am using has PHP 5.2.17. Is there anything in the configuration I sure check for as the cause of an internal server error (500) when doing the sql patch?We can't GUESS what's going on with your install.. So you will need to provide more information. Blank or incompletely rendered pages means that an error has ocurred and that an error log has been generated.. You need to check your error logs.. I'm that there are a few.. the source of your issue will probably be in the error log message..

BEFORE YOU DO THIS:
The most common cause of issues is due to errors when installing a module.. PLEASE review the readme file that somes with COWOA. Re-review the installation instructions and double check that you have uploaded ALL the right files to the right locations. Make sure that you have installed the SQL correctly (you asked if you can install the SQL in sections.. the general answer to this is NO you cannot run the SQL in bits and pieces).

Stilter:

Do I need to copy and paste the sql patches one section at a time?

If you are SURE you've got everything in place (and I am POSISTIVE that there is an installation error at play here) THEN check your error logs.. Post the error log messages here..

Hopefully this is the right place to post this question. I have a site with cherry_zen template installed. The only reason I think this may be relevant to my issue is because I have other sites where COWOA module work just fine. I'm running ZC 1.5.1. I've installed the COWOA files, as well as the SQL install, but when I go to checkout, it doesn't give the guest checkout option that is normally available with this module. I haven't yet uploaded this site to the web yet, as I'm working on it locally. Does anyone have an idea of what can be the problem? I've enabled the COWOA under configuration > COWOA but it just isn't showing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

eazy:

Hopefully this is the right place to post this question. I have a site with cherry_zen template installed. The only reason I think this may be relevant to my issue is because I have other sites where COWOA module work just fine. I'm running ZC 1.5.1. I've installed the COWOA files, as well as the SQL install, but when I go to checkout, it doesn't give the guest checkout option that is normally available with this module. I haven't yet uploaded this site to the web yet, as I'm working on it locally. Does anyone have an idea of what can be the problem? I've enabled the COWOA under configuration > COWOA but it just isn't showing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you double check that all the files are loaded.. because if the guest checkout option is missing it sounds like the files were not fully uploaded.

DivaVocals:

Did you double check that all the files are loaded.. because if the guest checkout option is missing it sounds like the files were not fully uploaded.

I've checked and checked the files again and again. Any idea of what specific file presents the guest checkout box on the : index.php?main_page=login ??

eazy:

I've checked and checked the files again and again. Any idea of what specific file presents the guest checkout box on the : index.php?main_page=login ??

Did you turn on the module from the admin following the guidelines in the Read Me file?

Yes, it's turned on inside the admin. But on the checkout this is what I get:

I have not setup the server yet, so I'm running on locahost.

eazy:

Yes, it's turned on inside the admin. But on the checkout this is what I get:

I have not setup the server yet, so I'm running on locahost.You do not have all the files uploaded.. If you had uploaded ALL the files this page would display the COWOA options.. doublecheck that ALL the files from COWOA have been upload and MAKE SURE that the folders named YOUR_TEMPLATE were renamed to match your template's folder name before you uploaded them..

Seriously if installed correctly this will work.. Your issues SCREAMS that this is an installation issue..

DivaVocals: thanks for all the help. I'm having another issue. I've never had problems in the past with this module. I've gone through winmerge and copied/modified the necessary files. See the screenshot below. It's showing the constant name for billing, and not for the other steps. I'm assuming it has something to do with tpl_no_account_default.php but I haven't made any modifications to it. Any idea what could be wrong?

eazy:

DivaVocals: thanks for all the help. I'm having another issue. I've never had problems in the past with this module. I've gone through winmerge and copied/modified the necessary files. See the screenshot below. It's showing the constant name for billing, and not for the other steps. I'm assuming it has something to do with tpl_no_account_default.php but I haven't made any modifications to it. Any idea what could be wrong?

No this is not an issue with the tpl_no_account_default.php.. The module when installed correctly works fine.. this isn't a bug, and there isn't any code that needs to be fixed..

You're going think I sound like a broken record, but this again says that ALL THE FILES this module needs have not been uploaded to the places they should be.. In this case you are missing ALL the language files..

Now I don't know what's going on, but perhaps it's the FTP software you are using which is the issue.. Somehow it's not replacing the files on your server maybe, but if all the properly modified files were where they should be then this module will just work..

Hi there;
This may have been answered somewhere, but I've gone buggy eyed trying to find it. I do apologize.
I've installed the COWOA version for v1.5. Had a problems, so uninstalled all the files and re-installed.
Site is not broken now (Yippie) but when I go to my Admin - Configure the COWOA is not in the dropdown.
Did I miss something?

Thanks in advance,
KJ