COWOA (for ZC v1.5.x)

Hi,

I'm testing this module on a development store for a client's future use. The client does have a few customizations that I had to merge with the altered files for this module, but that seemed to go smoothly. The trouble is that I am getting the "Whoops! Your session has expired." screen whenever I am attempting to check out. I don't even get to the billing or shipping screens or anything that seems like I can check out without an account.

Any ideas why this is happening?

earmsby:

Hi,

I'm testing this module on a development store for a client's future use. The client does have a few customizations that I had to merge with the altered files for this module, but that seemed to go smoothly. The trouble is that I am getting the "Whoops! Your session has expired." screen whenever I am attempting to check out. I don't even get to the billing or shipping screens or anything that seems like I can check out without an account.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Since this is not an issue that been reported before, no.. Please re-check your installation.. Given that you've made additional alterations to altered files, it's like one of those is the is cause of the issue..

DivaVocals:

Since this is not an issue that been reported before, no.. Please re-check your installation.. Given that you've made additional alterations to altered files, it's like one of those is the is cause of the issue..

yeah, I was thinking I'd try another test on a clean ZC 1.5.1 install and see what happens.

Why is COWOA not just installed in the original default installation. Is there really a reason not to want it? I know there are many times I just go to another site if I have to register just to buy a simple item. I just won't spend the time. Can't the design just include a simple on off switch. This is complicated to install!!

wangel:

Why is COWOA not just installed in the original default installation. Is there really a reason not to want it? I know there are many times I just go to another site if I have to register just to buy a simple item. I just won't spend the time. Can't the design just include a simple on off switch. This is complicated to install!!

It will be, in ZC 1.6

Cool. Any planned date for completion yet?

wangel:

Cool. Any planned date for completion yet?

Nope (at least that I know of). There is a development version on github, but that is way from being ready for release.

wangel:

Why is COWOA not just installed in the original default installation. Is there really a reason not to want it? I know there are many times I just go to another site if I have to register just to buy a simple item. I just won't spend the time. Can't the design just include a simple on off switch. This is complicated to install!!
It just wasn't included.. You will have to ask the developers why.. and as Design75 indicated there are plans to include this functionality in a future Zen Cart release..
Design75:

It will be, in ZC 1.6

wangel:

Cool. Any planned date for completion yet?

Respectfully, this is a support thread for COWOA, and any unrelated discussions should be posted in a seperate thread..

I successfully installed the COWOA module, but I see under the How to Use section that some other changes need to be made if the template uses the CSS Horizontal Dropdown Menu with query or Pure CSS Mega Menu. I just installed the Picaflor Avonlee_contempo template but how do I know if it uses these and I need to make these additional changes?

I asked this question over at http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?59189-My-Checkout-Without-Account-Mod&p=1214331, THEN saw the "gentle reminder," so I'm reposting it here. :blush:

I just installed this mod, and it's partly working, but partly not. I've read through several dozen pages worth of posts, and my head is spinning. So rather than drive myself absolutely crazy going through 118 pages, I'm going to throw myself on the mercy of the forum, and simply ask for help. I apologize, in advance, if the answers to my questions have already been given, and I simply didn't find them.

>> STEP 1 - Change the "YOUR_TEMPLATE" directory names to the name of your actual template under the install/includes/templates.

Did this, no problem.

*>> ****** STEP 1A has been Added
STEP 1a - In your custom template son your cart, edit the tpl_header.php file and look for this line.

change it to this.

This prevents the My Account from showing up after the COWOA Users enters their Order Number and E-Mail Address to view their order.

Small problem here, the tpl_header.php was not located in zencart\includes\templates\pinkywinky, it was located in the zencart\includes\templates\template_default\common\ folder. I made the required changes and uploaded them to the zencart\includes\templates\template_default\common\ folder.

>> STEP 2 - Upload the includes and admin directory to your zen cart directory.

That part went fine.

>> STEP 4 - Install the SQL Patch. To do this, open the file COWOA.sql.

Not sure what happened to Step 3, but I did this. The file was actually called COWOA_Full_Install.sql. The install.txt doc says it should have modified 14 files, but it only modified 12. Do I need to also install UPDATE_COWOA_2.sql and UPDATE_COWOA_2x to 2c.sql?

>> STEP 5 - In your admin section, under configuration>layout settings>use split-login page, you want it to say "true".

It does. :-)
*

STEP 6 - **** Add to your /includes/filenames.php file the following line: ****
define('FILENAME_ORDER_STATUS', 'order_status');*

No problem there, and I uploaded it to the proper directory.

>> Step 7 - **** Go to your Admin Configuration screen and open up COWOA There are 3 configuations that need to be set to True or False.

Another problem: What COWOA? I logged out and back in again, twice, but I still don't see anything like this under any menu listing.

Final problem: The site looks as it should, and I like how it splits the customers on the Admin Home page into those with and without accounts. But...when I access the site (http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/ ... apologies in advance that it's an adult site...I'm only the programmer, please don't blame me!) it's not giving me a COWOA option. Doing a test purchase takes me to the same page as before I installed the mod.

*Welcome, Please Sign In
New Customer? Please enter your checkout information here
Returning customers may benefit from creating an account with Carnal Pleasures which allows you to shop faster, track the status of your current orders, review your previous orders and take advantage of our other member's benefits.

Returning Customers
Carnal Pleasures account holders may login below.
Email Address:
Password:
Forgot your password?*

There are no options to continue the purchase without creating an account.

I know I'm close...where did I go wrong?

THANK YOU, in advance, for your help!!

Since NOTHING you posted here in the way of instructions matches ANYTHING from the current readme, I have to ask.. WHAT version of COWOA did you download and install?? If you have downloaded a version from ANYWHERE other than the free add-ons here on this site, you need to go back to other thread for help.. As the FIRST page of this threads states, this support thread is for COWOA for Zen Cart v1.5.. You sound like you've installed something else..

Scully:

I asked this question over at http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?59189-My-Checkout-Without-Account-Mod&p=1214331, THEN saw the "gentle reminder," so I'm reposting it here. :blush:

I just installed this mod, and it's partly working, but partly not. I've read through several dozen pages worth of posts, and my head is spinning. So rather than drive myself absolutely crazy going through 118 pages, I'm going to throw myself on the mercy of the forum, and simply ask for help. I apologize, in advance, if the answers to my questions have already been given, and I simply didn't find them.

>> STEP 1 - Change the "YOUR_TEMPLATE" directory names to the name of your actual template under the install/includes/templates.

Did this, no problem.

*>> ****** STEP 1A has been Added
STEP 1a - In your custom template son your cart, edit the tpl_header.php file and look for this line.

<?php if (($_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>

change it to this.

<?php if (($_SESSION['customer_id']) && (!$_SESSION['COWOA']=='True')) { ?>

This prevents the My Account from showing up after the COWOA Users enters their Order Number and E-Mail Address to view their order.

---

Small problem here, the tpl_header.php was not located in zencart\includes\templates\pinkywinky, it was located in the zencart\includes\templates\template_default\common\ folder. I made the required changes and uploaded them to the zencart\includes\templates\template_default\common\ folder.

>> STEP 2 - Upload the includes and admin directory to your zen cart directory.

That part went fine.

>> STEP 4 - Install the SQL Patch. To do this, open the file COWOA.sql.

Not sure what happened to Step 3, but I did this. The file was actually called COWOA_Full_Install.sql. The install.txt doc says it should have modified 14 files, but it only modified 12. Do I need to also install UPDATE_COWOA_2.sql and UPDATE_COWOA_2x to 2c.sql?

>> STEP 5 - In your admin section, under configuration>layout settings>use split-login page, you want it to say "true".

It does. :-)
*

STEP 6 - **** Add to your /includes/filenames.php file the following line: ****
define('FILENAME_ORDER_STATUS', 'order_status');*

No problem there, and I uploaded it to the proper directory.

>> Step 7 - **** Go to your Admin Configuration screen and open up COWOA There are 3 configuations that need to be set to True or False.

Another problem: What COWOA? I logged out and back in again, twice, but I still don't see anything like this under any menu listing.

Final problem: The site looks as it should, and I like how it splits the customers on the Admin Home page into those with and without accounts. But...when I access the site (http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/ ... apologies in advance that it's an adult site...I'm only the programmer, please don't blame me!) it's not giving me a COWOA option. Doing a test purchase takes me to the same page as before I installed the mod.

*Welcome, Please Sign In
New Customer? Please enter your checkout information here
Returning customers may benefit from creating an account with Carnal Pleasures which allows you to shop faster, track the status of your current orders, review your previous orders and take advantage of our other member's benefits.

Returning Customers
Carnal Pleasures account holders may login below.
Email Address:
Password:
Forgot your password?*

There are no options to continue the purchase without creating an account.

I know I'm close...where did I go wrong?

THANK YOU, in advance, for your help!!

I figured that out myself, and am in the process of fighting my way through uninstalling the older version that I got by accident, and installing the current version.

In answer to your question...the links from the original forum thread led me all over the web, and finally I ended up at Wikipedia. Ugh. There were several different links there...most of them did not work. Only one did. I downloaded that zip file, not realizing that it was an older version of the software.

Wish me luck...I'm a php moron...this stuff gives me a migraine even when it works flawlessly. And in my hands, it almost never does. :blink:

Much to my absolute amazement, it seems to have worked!! I haven't completed a test purchase yet, but I have gotten as far as the original login screen. Now, instead of just having the two options that I listed in my original post, it shows:

*Welcome, Please Sign In
TEXT_STANDARD_ACCOUNT_HEADING
New Customer? Please enter your checkout information here
Returning customers may benefit from creating an account with Carnal Pleasures which allows you to shop faster, track the status of your current orders, review your previous orders and take advantage of our other member's benefits.

Returning Customers
Carnal Pleasures account holders may login below.
Email Address:
Password:
Forgot your password?

TEXT_COWOA_HEADING
Checkout Without An Account For a faster checkout experience, we offer the option to checkout without creating an account.
Continue*

Much, much closer!! But could you please tell me how to change TEXT_STANDARD_ACCOUNT_HEADING and TEXT_COWOA_HEADING to something better? (And maybe a suggestion of better headers, because after fighting with this for the past 3 hours, my brain is fried! LOL)

Also, it's a little thing, but how can I change the black text to something more legible (on the dark purple background) without changing everything else? And I wouldn't mind getting rid of the gray text, too. http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=login

While I'm changing colors, how can I change the background colors in the http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=shopping_cart boxes? I've tried changing the lavender text, and that changed things in the wrong direction elsewhere. If I can change the colors of those boxes instead, I think maybe I'll have something that people can read without going half-blind. LOL

Thanks!

Scully:

Much to my absolute amazement, it seems to have worked!! I haven't completed a test purchase yet, but I have gotten as far as the original login screen. Now, instead of just having the two options that I listed in my original post, it shows:

*Welcome, Please Sign In
TEXT_STANDARD_ACCOUNT_HEADING
New Customer? Please enter your checkout information here
Returning customers may benefit from creating an account with Carnal Pleasures which allows you to shop faster, track the status of your current orders, review your previous orders and take advantage of our other member's benefits.

Returning Customers
Carnal Pleasures account holders may login below.
Email Address:
Password:
Forgot your password?

TEXT_COWOA_HEADING
Checkout Without An Account For a faster checkout experience, we offer the option to checkout without creating an account.
Continue*

Much, much closer!! But could you please tell me how to change TEXT_STANDARD_ACCOUNT_HEADING and TEXT_COWOA_HEADING to something better? (And maybe a suggestion of better headers, because after fighting with this for the past 3 hours, my brain is fried! LOL)
You have not uploaded all the language files or did not upload them to the correct locations.. Please re-check your install

Scully:

Also, it's a little thing, but how can I change the black text to something more legible (on the dark purple background) without changing everything else? And I wouldn't mind getting rid of the gray text, too. http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=login

While I'm changing colors, how can I change the background colors in the http://www.carnal-pleasures.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=shopping_cart boxes? I've tried changing the lavender text, and that changed things in the wrong direction elsewhere. If I can change the colors of those boxes instead, I think maybe I'll have something that people can read without going half-blind. LOL

Thanks!
These are template related questions versus COWOA support questions.. You can use the Firefox Developer tools to find the classes and IDs in your stylesheet required to make changes to these pages. You should post these kinds of question in a new thread to get better assistance from the community if you need more help..

Well, I let the ftp program install them, and it said it installed everything properly. I'll check again.

I have asked, several times, and been mostly ignored on the fine-tweaking issues. I was hoping I could get a little more help here. Oh, well...

At first it didn't work, then suddenly it did. Don't know what caused the delay. But it seems to be working now. Thanks for your help.

Scully:

I have asked, several times, and been mostly ignored on the fine-tweaking issues. I was hoping I could get a little more help here. Oh, well...
Understood, but misc layout & CSS questions not related to COWOA are truly off topic here.. Like other support threads, this support thread is dedicated to questions/issues regarding the install and configuration of the COWOA module..

The BEST way to get help with your layout & CSS questions is to create a specific post in the right part of the forum dedicated to those kinds specific questions.. You might try posting your questions in the Templates, Stylesheets, Page Layout section of the forum. In the meantime you should download and try using Firefox's Developer Tools to help you identify the correct IDs and classes where the changes you want need to be made.. As a web designer, this is a MUST HAVE tool you should keep in your arsenal..:smile:

Glad you got COWOA all working now..

Trying to install COWOA 2.4 on Zen Cart 1.5.1.

I have run into a snag while moving the necessary files.

includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php
includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/no_account.php
includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/os_downloads.php

The folder listed does not exist on my installation. I have not any template folder in my includes/modules folder.

Is this step correct? Should I just create the folder based on what template I am using? (black_pure_free)

There is a classic folder that I assume is the default theme folder. Should I just use that folder instead?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

takosabi:

Trying to install COWOA 2.4 on Zen Cart 1.5.1.

I have run into a snag while moving the necessary files.

includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php
includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/no_account.php
includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/os_downloads.php

The folder listed does not exist on my installation. I have not any template folder in my includes/modules folder.

Is this step correct? Should I just create the folder based on what template I am using? (black_pure_free)

There is a classic folder that I assume is the default theme folder. Should I just use that folder instead?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
No.. go back to the installation tab in the readme file.. Pay particular attention to steps 2 and 3.. If the instructions are not clear, please elaborate what part of the instructions are not clear for you..

There is no folder that I would assume matches the instructions.

includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php (Merge)
includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/no_account.php (Move)
includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/os_downloads.php (Move)

These 3 files are listed that would not match the template folder being used.

Example:

These are the folders I have listed in my templates folder-

includes/templates/black_pure_free (this is the active template folder)
includes/templates/classic
includes/templates/template_default

In the modules folder these are the folders inside-

includes/modules/classic (this is the only potentially matching folder)
includes/modules/debug_blocks
includes/modules/order_total
includes/modules/pages
includes/modules/payment
includes/modules/shipping
includes/modules/sideboxes

Classic is the only folder that matches in both directories. (the only file in includes/modules/classic is empty.txt)

Based on the instructions, I would have assumed that normally a folder called includes/modules/black_pure_free should already exist, which it does not. All the other folders in the instructions already exist and match.

Example: includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/time_out.php is a core file I am supposed to merge for COWOA. The folder does exist based on the normal logic and instructions. (includes/languages/english/black_pure_free)

So should I essentially just create a new folder called black_pure_free, since the instructions tell me to "rename" the folder to match my template name? (Which doesn't exist)

I'm asking this because the first file I listed about is a merge of core files and that file does not exist. (includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php) I would assume I need to put the file at includes/modules/black_pure_free/create_account.php but it doesn't exist.

Do you understand what I am saying?