One-Page Checkout [Support Thread]

swguy:

OPC 2.2.2, Zen Cart 1.5.6c.
Entering a coupon code on the checkout_one screen causes the success message to be shown twice. See image.
Seems to happen on all templates (here shown on responsive_classic).
Yep, I've noticed that too. I'll see what I can do to correct in the forthcoming v2.3.0 release.

GitHub tracking issue: https://github.com/lat9/one_page_checkout/issues/231

Also related to yourstore template: when a customer checks out with PayPal Express checkout from the shopping cart page, after they fill out PayPal details, they get sent back to standard checkout. Is this something that can be fixed to use OPC or no?

swguy:

Also related to yourstore template: when a customer checks out with PayPal Express checkout from the shopping cart page, after they fill out PayPal details, they get sent back to standard checkout. Is this something that can be fixed to use OPC or no?
That's 'standard' behavior of One-Page Checkout at the current time; see this (https://github.com/lat9/one_page_checkout/issues/181) GitHub issue for tracking.

Thank you! For some reason I got mixed up reading the doc and though this already worked.

swguy:

Thank you! For some reason I got mixed up reading the doc and though this already worked.
No problems (and thanks for reading!). I'll get the documentation updated for the forthcoming v2.3.0 to make sure that the limitation is highlighted.

I have OPC installed on a 155e website but am having an issue with the guest checkout. The top part where you enter the info is fine, it is the bottom part that is shaded out and there is no checkout button. Has anyone experienced this before? I have checked the forum and don't see anything.
php is 7.3xx, template derived from classic responsive, have added square to the part that says requires confirmation (although I don't know if it does... was just trying everything I could) FEC and css/jss installed but disabled but don't want to completely uninstall because customer insists on guest checkout

Any help appreciated.

stellarweb:

I have OPC installed on a 155e website but am having an issue with the guest checkout. The top part where you enter the info is fine, it is the bottom part that is shaded out and there is no checkout button. Has anyone experienced this before? I have checked the forum and don't see anything.
php is 7.3xx, template derived from classic responsive, have added square to the part that says requires confirmation (although I don't know if it does... was just trying everything I could) FEC and css/jss installed but disabled but don't want to completely uninstall because customer insists on guest checkout

Any help appreciated.
That's OPC waiting for the guest to click that "Update" button to record their address so that the shipping and payment method's possible zone-related checks can proceed without error.

WHOO HOO that worked!!! I want to make the update button bigger with some verbiage to click it to continue or something and rename it - it is tiny on this site, so would look better larger

Thanks so much Cindy!

stellarweb:

WHOO HOO that worked!!! I want to make the update button bigger with some verbiage to click it to continue or something and rename it - it is tiny on this site, so would look better larger

Thanks so much Cindy!
No problems, Judy. You might try changing the site to use CSS buttons (they're so much more customizable!).

This customer does design too... so very hands on with the site. I will suggest it to her.

In the meantime, when I look at the code on the site I see this <div id="messages-bill"></div> which looks like it would show up right above the update button.

Unfortunately I cant find it anywhere in the files except for two .css files. Can you tell me where I can find that for the guest page? And would it show up ONLY on the guest page where they enter the address and then click the button?

Thanks!

stellarweb:

This customer does design too... so very hands on with the site. I will suggest it to her.

In the meantime, when I look at the code on the site I see this <div id="messages-bill"></div> which looks like it would show up right above the update button.

Unfortunately I cant find it anywhere in the files except for two .css files. Can you tell me where I can find that for the guest page? And would it show up ONLY on the guest page where they enter the address and then click the button?

Thanks!
Those divs (one for the billing- and one for the shipping-address) are where OPC's AJAX processing (via /includes/modules/pages/checkout_one/jquery.checkout_one.js, and its minimized version) display any error messages associated with an address-entry, e.g. a street-address that isn't supplied.

The messages show up whether guest- or account-checkout, if an address-related error occurs.

OK Cindy - thanks so much for taking the time to help! Appreciate it!

stellarweb:

OK Cindy - thanks so much for taking the time to help! Appreciate it!
No problems. If you open an issue on GitHub, I'll get that added to the on-line documentation.

I've just submitted v2.3.0 of One-Page Checkout to the Zen Cart moderators for review; I'll post back here when it's available for download.

 This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#226: Add notifications to enable additional address-related validations.
#227: Display validated addresses in "address-book" format, reducing on-screen real-estate usage.
#228: Re-structure admin initialization, reducing memory required.
#229: Add configurable CSS/jQuery "selector", used to locate the order's current total.
#230: Gather all fields from the address_book for formatting, increases interoperation.
#231: Correct double message when a coupon is added to the order.
#232: OnePageCheckout::validateUpdatedAddress, use as-supplied values.
#233: Remove no longer used OnePageCheckout::validatePostedAddress method.
#234: Dynamically updated billing-address title, based on whether it's for Billing/Shipping or only Billing.
#235: Use "standard" Zen Cart layout for the registered-accounts' create-account page.
#236: Correct checkout processing for "registered accounts".
#237: Correct guest and registered-account interactions with the "Shipping Estimator".

v2.3.0 is now available for download: https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2095

lat9, or anybody who knows,
I am ready to do a test install of either the COWAA (from the git repo) or OPC plugins.

What I want is for customers to be able to do checkout procedure without creating an account first.
I.e., they can create an account at checkout time as part of the checkout, or just do the checkout without explicitly creating any account.
As I understand it, that is how COWAA works.

However, just in case OPC also meets my requirements (as I understand my requirements at present), can I confirm how the guest account is created in the OPC workflow? If it too is created as part of the checkout, and not as a pre-condition for using OPC, then I could probably test either OPC or COWAA.

I could not ascertain this from the comments in the support threads, and since installing either of these plugins is quite a lot or work, I would like to confirm in advance. Also, it would be quite nice to make that clear in the plugin description perhaps. I imagine different people have different expectations of what guest account means in practice also, and I unfortunately find it confusing at this stage.

Many thanks in advance.

OPC offers a one-page-checkout that can be used in a logged-in-customer checkout (after they log in), a 'registered-account' environment (kind of like that newsletter-only subscriptions) where they'll just need to supply a default address prior to starting the checkout and in a 'guest-checkout' mode.

You can view how OPC works, it's installed on my demo site, and an on-line version of its readme is available on my website.

Thank you very much lat9, for the info, and for the pointer to the demo site. Will check that out in the next day or two. Much appreciated!

Hi lat9,
It appears from the description in the very extensive documentation you pointed me to that guest checkout does indeed do what I think I need. Awesome!
Not sure what COWAA might offer instead or extra, but I will do a test install (lots of local changes for Japanese support, hence the comparison I want to make).

gernot:

Hi lat9,
It appears from the description in the very extensive documentation you pointed me to that guest checkout does indeed do what I think I need. Awesome!
Not sure what COWAA might offer instead or extra, but I will do a test install (lots of local changes for Japanese support, hence the comparison I want to make).
@gernot, if you find changes you need to make for Japanese support (other than the language-file changes), let me know and I'll see what notifications I can provide to make the integration easier!