COWOA (for ZC v1.5.x)

kafar:

Hello When i try install cowoa its show syntax ERROR: "Cannot insert configuration_key "" because it already exists " how can i fix this? zen cart 1.5
That means that items is already in the database. (You have probably ran the install sql more than once)
Ignore it and continue.

Still need some help on this question, please.

ChiliPepperWeb:

Hello, I installed this plugin on a recently built ZC 1.50 site and I am experiencing an annoying error I can find very little information on. When I go to Checkout Without Account and fill out the billing information, then click Continue Checkout, I get this:

*Whoops! Sorry, but you are not allowed to perform the action requested.
You are still logged in to your account and may continue shopping. Please choose a destination from a menu. *

The only suggested solution to this problem that I've found is here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?121336-Timeout-and-Whoops!-message

I have already tried the solution linked to in that thread and it is not working for me, which might be because it is for an older version. I haven't found any other direct mentions of this error message in any searches I've done so far looking for answers. No other checkout-related plugins are installed on the site. Any help you could provide would be appreciated.

ChiliPepperWeb:

Still need some help on this question, please.

A link to the site would REALLY help.. Other mods you've installed is also sometimes helpful.

Otherwise in thee case of an issue that's not reported (the one post you listed and the fix is not related to this add-on specifically) you need to do your due diligence.. Double check your install.. Double check that any files merges you've done are correct..

DivaVocals,

Thank you for responding, and I apologize if I did not provide enough information; I try to protect my clients' privacy unless it is really necessary in order to solve a problem, and I was hoping someone would recognize the error. The site in question is:

http://www.mealsforfunerals.com

No other modules have been installed, it is just basic Zen Cart 1.50 with a fairly heavily modified template. I only found it necessary to merge one file to avoid overwriting my own modifications:

includes/templates/theme298/common/tpl_header.php

I have double checked this file and the rest of my installation against the instructions in the install.txt file and it appears that I did it correctly to the best of my knowledge. If you need to ask more questions to help solve this issue, please let me know.

ChiliPepperWeb:

DivaVocals,

Thank you for responding, and I apologize if I did not provide enough information; I try to protect my clients' privacy unless it is really necessary in order to solve a problem,

Honestly I used to feel the same way.. However, it's a website.. There's not much to protect someone from when it can be found in a search engine.. Nevertheless, this is why I build a development site and post that URL here.. If I HAVE to post a client's actual URL, there's way's to make sure it doesn't get "found" by search engine spiders. For example:
http://www(dot)mealsforfunerals(dot)com

ChiliPepperWeb:

and I was hoping someone would recognize the error. The site in question is:

http://www.mealsforfunerals.comNot likely.. too many factors affect ones store especially when working blindly (we can see your source files) with a vague uncommon issue..
ChiliPepperWeb:

No other modules have been installed, it is just basic Zen Cart 1.50 with a fairly heavily modified template. I** only found it necessary to merge one file to avoid overwriting my own modifications:**

includes/templates/theme298/common/tpl_header.php

I have double checked this file and the rest of my installation against the instructions in the install.txt file and it appears that I did it correctly to the best of my knowledge. If you need to ask more questions to help solve this issue, please let me know.Well this will certainly allow folks to weigh in if they have suggestions/solutions to offer..

Also regarding the part I bolded.. Does this mean you did not merge other template/override files??

DivaVocals:

Also regarding the part I bolded.. Does this mean you did not merge other template/override files??

Correct. All the other files that could possibly have been merged were ones that I never modified during development and had backups of the originals in case the replacement files didn't work. That tpl_header.php file was the only one I found that I had made specific modifications to for the client, was unique to the template, and couldn't simply be replaced. I checked that very carefully before getting started.

ChiliPepperWeb:

Correct. All the other files that could possibly have been merged were ones that I never modified during development and had backups of the originals in case the replacement files didn't work. That tpl_header.php file was the only one I found that I had made specific modifications to for the client, was unique to the template, and couldn't simply be replaced. I checked that very carefully before getting started.This may be a silly question, but the files that did not require merging, you did upload them correct??

DivaVocals:

This may be a silly question, but the files that did not require merging, you did upload them correct??

ChiliPepperWeb
You did rename the YOUR_TEMPLATE file that is in this module to match the custom template name you are using. Same with the admin file.

countrycharm:

ChiliPepperWeb
You did rename the YOUR_TEMPLATE file that is in this module to match the custom template name you are using. Same with the admin file.

To both questions above, the answer is yes. I did upload the files that were not merged (all of them), and I did rename the folders that required it. I may not be a code expert, but this is not my first time around the block working with PHP/MySQL applications, or Zen Cart for that matter. I just don't know enough to solve this problem on my own, and I haven't found anyone else who's already done it.

ChiliPepperWeb:

To both questions above, the answer is yes. I did upload the files that were not merged (all of them), and I did rename the folders that required it. I may not be a code expert, but this is not my first time around the block working with PHP/MySQL applications, or Zen Cart for that matter. I just don't know enough to solve this problem on my own, and I haven't found anyone else who's already done it.

As I have said before, questions are asked to ensure we have the correct information needed before providing advice or suggestions. It keeps us from lobbing random answers at folks, and speaking for myself I won't spend time guessing what has or hasn't been done before answering a question on this forum.. Also the most common reason add-ons fail to work is from faulty installs. (this has NOTHING to do with experience or skill level.. a bad install can happen to anyone -- as evidenced by my own support question in this same thread not even a few weeks ago)

That said I just took a look at your site again and realized that your Template Monstrosity template is a possible source of your issues.. TM designers have a nasty habit of slashing out code the designer deems unnecessary in order to force their designs to look pretty.. (every last one of their designs does not require half the crap they do to achieve the design)

You might want to take a look t your template files (the original ones) and see if the good folks at Template Monstrosity have overwritten one of more of the checkout pages. If they have, in doing so they may have removed code COWOA needs to work correctly..

DivaVocals:

As I have said before, questions are asked to ensure we have the correct information needed before providing advice or suggestions. It keeps us from lobbing random answers at folks, and speaking for myself I won't spend time guessing what has or hasn't been done before answering a question on this forum.. Also the most common reason add-ons fail to work is from faulty installs. (this has NOTHING to do with experience or skill level.. a bad install can happen to anyone -- as evidenced by my own support question in this same thread not even a few weeks ago)

That said I just took a look at your site again and realized that your Template Monstrosity template is a possible source of your issues.. TM designers have a nasty habit of slashing out code the designer deems unnecessary in order to force their designs to look pretty.. (every last one of their designs does not require half the crap they do to achieve the design)

You might want to take a look t your template files (the original ones) and see if the good folks at Template Monstrosity have overwritten one of more of the checkout pages. If they have, in doing so they may have removed code COWOA needs to work correctly..

I agree with Diva, but if you really want to make sure install cowoa on zen cart Classic Contemporary Green default template to see if cowoa will work. This way you will know..... I bet it does.

I've been searching for days and cannot seem to find the answer to my problem. It's probably just something simple. I'm not a PHP expert.

I just installed COWOA and everything is working great, except...the link for a customer to check their order status does not appear in the order confirmation email.
When they create an account, they get the appropriate link.

In my research I have concluded that 'COWOA_ORDER_STATUS' is probably set to "false" but I'm not sure how and where that happens.

(I have double-checked that I installed all the appropriate COWOA files.)

Website: https://www.twiddletails.com/store

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

twiddletails:

I've been searching for days and cannot seem to find the answer to my problem. It's probably just something simple. I'm not a PHP expert.

I just installed COWOA and everything is working great, except...the link for a customer to check their order status does not appear in the order confirmation email.
When they create an account, they get the appropriate link.

In my research I have concluded that 'COWOA_ORDER_STATUS' is probably set to "false" but I'm not sure how and where that happens.

(I have double-checked that I installed all the appropriate COWOA files.)

Website: https://www.twiddletails.com/store

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Found the answer and it WAS kind of dumb.
Just in case anyone else is wondering:
Admin/Configuration/COWOA Configuration/Enable Order Status - Set it to "true"

Hello,

I've run into an issue with this module on a cleanish ( it currently only has one other module installed ) new ZenCart install that I havern't managed to find someone else having had yet. I'm hoping folks resolved it before I spend too many hours debugging what was probably a stupid on my part. :)

The Customer details form loops. I don't find any error messages, it just loops.

Any thoughts?

Just uninstaaled FEC it was a bit over bloated for my needs tried COWOA on a test site went like a dream, so I've uninstalled FEC ran the uninstall SQL. Installed COWOA tried the run the SQL and got this message:
Error

SQL query:

ALTER TABLE customers ADD COWOA_account tinyint( 1 ) NOT NULL default 0;

MySQL said: Documentation
#1060 - Duplicate column name 'COWOA_account'
anyone help me as to where to look and solve this error.
Cheers Peter

discoverytdi:

Just uninstaaled FEC it was a bit over bloated for my needs tried COWOA on a test site went like a dream, so I've uninstalled FEC ran the uninstall SQL. Installed COWOA tried the run the SQL and got this message:
Error

SQL query:

ALTER TABLE customers ADD COWOA_account tinyint( 1 ) NOT NULL default 0;

MySQL said: Documentation
#1060 - Duplicate column name 'COWOA_account'
anyone help me as to where to look and solve this error.
Cheers Peter

Run the uninstall_COWOA.sql statement that comes with version v1.5.0 of COWOA and then reinstall it.

Great minds think alike just done that all sorted. :cheers: now another thing the boxes for the emal address and password are tiny also the fonts are really smal tried changing the font size but it altered them sitewide where do you change them in the css
http://www.rvsolarsystems.co.uk/

discoverytdi:

Just uninstaaled FEC it was a bit over bloated for my needs tried COWOA on a test site went like a dream, so I've uninstalled FECNods in agreement..:yes: After comparing FEC to COWOA side by side this is also the conclusion I came to as well.. Turns out that what my clients REALLY wanted FEC for was the COWOA feature.. The addition of order steps to COWOA resolved any "issues" that having the entire checkout process on one page was supposed to resolve.. So in the end they are much happier..

DivaVocals:

Nods in agreement..:yes: After comparing FEC to COWOA side by side this is also the conclusion I came to as well.. Turns out that what my clients REALLY wanted FEC for was the COWOA feature.. The addition of order steps to COWOA resolved any "issues" that having the entire checkout process on one page was supposed to resolve.. So in the end they are much happier..
Same here the only thing that I will miss is when set to cowoa only in fec it took customers directly too the billing information page very I get very few returning customers due to my products so the create account is Superfluous. Saying that don't know if it's me but it seems to run faster. any way big up's to all involved.

I'm fixing to release a new version of Cowoa. IntegratedCOWOA_2.2. In this version there are no new features in Cowoa. I just updated the COWOA_Full_Install.sql statement with the one Diva recommended a while back. This one should correct any future errors that a few people were getting. I also updated the version number in all files that Cowoa uses. Diva If you have this playing nice with Super Orders and want to send details of the merges required for using COWOA with Super Orders 4.0 send them to me and I will include them in this release. I don't use Super Orders so I really can not check to see if it works or not. I will take your word for it.