My Account >Previous Orders

I made up 4 test orders, and now under My Account Information >Previous Orders, I see 3 of those 4 listed. I almost missed the (show all orders) in the upper right corner, because it's so small and out of the way (how can I modify that?). I think 4 or 5 Previous Orders would be a better number, and then I would send a customer off to see their entire order history.

I checked Admin, but couldn't find where I had Previous Orders so I could change it.

Thank You.

Change the number in /includes/modules/pages/account/header_php.php:```
ORDER BY orders_id DESC [B]LIMIT 3[/B]";

Changed it to 5 and I couldn't get My Account to open at all. Changed it back to 3 and I still can't get My Account to open.

UPDATE: I deleted the file and inserted fresh from back up and again made the change. It is now working fine. I have no idea what happened.Thanks!

Is there a soft or hard-coded configuration that I can set to change the number of the Previous Orders displayed under My Account from the default 3 orders?
I looked at the tpl_account_default.php but it simply loops through the array already loaded foreach($ordersArray as $orders).

I am aware that I can access (and configure max number), under Show All Orders - that's not what I'm looking for.

Thanks!

Techiant:

Is there a soft or hard-coded configuration that I can set to change the number of the Previous Orders displayed under My Account from the default 3 orders?
I looked at the tpl_account_default.php but it simply loops through the array already loaded foreach($ordersArray as $orders).

I am aware that I can access (and configure max number), under Show All Orders - that's not what I'm looking for.

Thanks!

you did not mention what version of ZC you are using.

for v157, look here:

https://github.com/zencart/zencart/blob/6f692bf6fb217815d4d7328f8b7aed86c34cf8eb/includes/modules/pages/account/header_php.php#L34-L45

line 45 says limit 3.

change that number to whatever number you would like.

best.

Echoing one of the posts above:
It appears the number of orders displayed on the customer's account page is set by this line:

ORDER BY orders_id DESC LIMIT 3";

in

\includes\modules\pages\account\header_php.php

(for ZC v1.56c)

Thanks, CarlWhat and Simon. Of course, forgot to look in the header! Worked as expected. Devs should probably consider putting this in Config.

Cheers!

Techiant:

Thanks, CarlWhat and Simon. Of course, forgot to look in the header! Worked as expected. Devs should probably consider putting this in Config.

Cheers!
You could take the split page code from account_history header and tpl file to account header and tpl, do the split page there... than the list max setting for history would also work for account order list... Admin-> maximum values-> customer order history list per page.. Of course if you do all that then you could just add your own maximum setting too... customer account order list per page... lest, that's what I did..

Just a thought...

I could. I just think hardcoded 3 would be better off as configurable in general.

Techiant:

I could. I just think hardcoded 3 would be better off as configurable in general.

Why? Do we really need MORE admin configuration switches that people complain are already too many?

If 3 isn't a reasonable default, what is a better one and why?

Remember: about 25 pixels above the list of 3 is a link to click to see entire order history! And that page already has pagination, too.

Every setting in the admin is an aspect you can change in your store without needing to modify code.

AND

Every setting in the admin panel increases the cognitive load on the storeowner who's trying to figure out which setting needs to be updated to get the behavior they want.

It's a tricky balance!