COWOA (for ZC v1.5.x)

thegoodlifestore:

Hi fellow Zen Cart-ers,

We have a one time use per customer coupon we offer to first time buyers. Unfortunately, we have a customer that has been using COWOA and has been able to reuse the coupon every single time she checks out. I looked at the customer list and it looks like she is getting assigned a new ID # every time she shops even though she is using the same billing/shipping/email address.

Is there a way to get around the cart treating her like a new customer every time she uses COWOA?

We are using Zen Cart 1.5.4 and COWOA 2.4

Any help will be appreciated.

Obvious questions:
Is she really getting a new ID# (verify in Customers)?
Is in this Coupon settings Max. uses per customer set to 1?
IMHO in ZenCart you cannot have two customers having the same email address.
However, I see the different ID#'s in your post...:unsure:

In COWOA 2.7 a customer ordering for the second time w/o account, using the same email address, does not get a new (different) ID# and an existing Customer Referral 1st Discount Coupon has not been changed.

jpda

IMHO in ZenCart you cannot have two customers having the same email address.
Verified in ZC 1.5.5e and ZC 1.5.4

jpda

COWOA v2.7 for ZC 1.5.4 has a check for an existing COWOA account in includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php.
Does COWOA v2.4 has such a check?

jpda

ZenCart you cannot have two customers having the same email address.

True..

Past COWOA used a method of placing a dot in-front of the email address to hid it from ZC. around 2.7 this was changed to a column setting to ID the account type and behave accordingly. Upgrading is the best fix, but may also leave a mess in user accounts so a follow up with phpmyadmin to correct database issues would also be advised.

davewest:

True..

Past COWOA used a method of placing a dot in-front of the email address to hid it from ZC. around 2.7 this was changed to a column setting to ID the account type and behave accordingly. Upgrading is the best fix, but may also leave a mess in user accounts so a follow up with phpmyadmin to correct database issues would also be advised.

I see that COWOA 2.7 is still in development? So that makes me a little nervous about upgrading. And what kind of database issues might be caused by upgrading?

PLUS ... I am seeing in the install instructions for 2.7 that "COWOA 2.7 IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH VERSIONS OF ZEN CART PRIOR TO ZEN CART 1.5.5."

Thanks for the pointers to the COWOA 2.7 files.

I played around and added the code that checks for an existing COWOA customer to the existing 2.4 install and it seems to be working. I tried checking out several times and it only created one new customer/ID whereas before the cart was creating a new customer/ID each time I tried to checkout with the same e-mail address.

There are two checks that needed to be added.
One in: includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/create_account.php
One in: includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/no_account.php

Thanks again for getting me pointed towards a solution to my problem. :)

thegoodlifestore:

I see that COWOA 2.7 is still in development? So that makes me a little nervous about upgrading. And what kind of database issues might be caused by upgrading?

PLUS ... I am seeing in the install instructions for 2.7 that "COWOA 2.7 IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH VERSIONS OF ZEN CART PRIOR TO ZEN CART 1.5.5."

The install set contains a separate folder for ZC 1.5.4.

jpda

jpda:

The install set contains a separate folder for ZC 1.5.4.

I did see that after I posted the message. Thanks again everyone for the pointer to the COWOA 2.7 files.

I am trying to install COWOA 2.4 (most recent version to download) and everything goes well until I install the SQL patch.

Specifically the larger chunk "INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES .... "

Every time I try to add that I receive an error. All other lines go in fine. Please advise.

Using ZenCart 1.5.5

dpeterson:

I am trying to install COWOA 2.4 (most recent version to download) and everything goes well until I install the SQL patch.

Specifically the larger chunk "INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES .... "

Every time I try to add that I receive an error. All other lines go in fine. Please advise.

Using ZenCart 1.5.5

Search this thread for the version on GitHub. 2.4 is not designed for ZC 1.5.5.

thank you! should I uninstall everything done to this point and just start over with the git hub version?

thank you! should I just uninstall what I did so far and then just reinstall the git hub version?

dpeterson:

thank you! should I uninstall everything done to this point and just start over with the git hub version?

If you want to be thorough, you should remove what you've done an start fresh with the correct version.

am I just not seeing how to download the file or does everything just need to be inserted manually?

Look for the Clone or Download button on the right side.

https://github.com/DivaVocals/zen_COWOA

Click and then select Download ZIP.

just found it thank you very much

I recently installed COWOA into Zen Cart and the admin home page changed. Is that related? Is there a way to turn back to the three panels with boxes? All the top line menus are now listed as hyperlinks. Thank you!

dpeterson:

I recently installed COWOA into Zen Cart and the admin home page changed. Is that related? Is there a way to turn back to the three panels with boxes? All the top line menus are now listed as hyperlinks. Thank you!

Try refreshing the admin first. If that does not work, look at YOUR_ADMIN/includes/stylesheet.css Compare your current version to the ZC default. The one in the plugin should be fine, but compare to be sure.

COWOA edits the index.php page of admin. In ZC 1.5.5 a index_dashboard.php was added which should be edited not index.php

Replace the index.php with the original file and use the index_dashboard.php file to make your edits.

jeking:

Try refreshing the admin first. If that does not work, look at YOUR_ADMIN/includes/stylesheet.css Compare your current version to the ZC default. The one in the plugin should be fine, but compare to be sure.

Yes, the file was different, just loaded up the original and worked perfect thank you!