Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

Does anyone know how to make the free shipping option show up on Googlecheckout only if the purchase amount is over a certain figure? I had free shipping options enabled but it showed free shipping on every order in Google. Now that it's disabled it doesnt show free shipping in google even though free shipping correctly appears for other checkout methods.

Jason

It would be nice if the Google Checkout module would actually behave like any other payment option. Instead of galloping off to Google right after looking at the shopping cart, just hold its horses and wait for shipping, tax rate, special request comments, etc to be added in the normal course of checking out. Then go off to Google when it's time to process the payment.

Looks like we might have to maintain entirely separate tax, coupon, and shipping systems for Google as for everyone else. If I'm reading the developer documentation correctly, we have to send the entire tax rate table via XML with every order? Possibly before the customer has even logged in..? So far this payment option isn't worth the effort.

Has anyone else had luck disabling the big out-of-place Google Checkout button and shifting GC over to the regular payment options list? I can do it in the templates but it doesn't actually go off to Google at the proper time.

it does not require DOM or DOMXML (libxml) libraries installed I think that should answer part of your question.

I, too, would like a response on the php5 question.

Wow! What a long thread.This was meant to be in response to a post on 29 Sept!

Hi

We've been using Google Checkout with Zencart since June, and its been great.

once today, and twice yesterday we had orders whereby the shipping fee had to been applied - basically showing up as '£0.00' and we've lost out on the shipping charge.

This mainly happens on orders to the UK, but we've had it yesterday on Netherlands.

When i put the same items in the basket, and 'test' it - it works - I can not replicate the error of 'free shipping' being given away.

I'm using 'Zone Rates' and the weights (as an example are)

**Zone 1 Countries
**BE,LU,NL,JE,GG

Zone 1 Shipping Table
30:7.20

Zone 1 Handling Fee
0

and

**Zone 6 Countries
**GB,UK

Zone 6 Shipping Table
30:6.50

Zone 6 Handling Fee
0

I have no idea where to even look - does Google make a log on our website?

thanks
matt

mbeale:

Hi

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once today, and twice yesterday we had orders whereby the shipping fee had to been applied - basically showing up as '£0.00' and we've lost out on the shipping charge.

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Just found this in the admin for google checkout...

**Default Values for Real Time Shipping Rates
**Default values for real time rates in case the webservice call fails.

Zone Rates
domestic_types
Zones Rates
international_types
Zones Rates intl

Presume this is the £0.00 value ?!

oklynn:

I just installed version 1.4.5 and did two test order. The order went through and I got emails in both seller and buyer email accounts from google checkout. However, the sales didn't show up in Zen Cart admin under customer or order. Is this correct, or I missed something? Thanks.

I found that if I set the googlecheckout directory to 777, then the orders showed up in both Zen Cart admin center, and buyer account, and shopping cart also got cleared. When I set the directory back to 744, then the problem happened again. How can change the directory permission back ?

Thanks for the help.

brimsjewelry:

Does anyone know how to make the free shipping option show up on Googlecheckout only if the purchase amount is over a certain figure? I had free shipping options enabled but it showed free shipping on every order in Google. Now that it's disabled it doesnt show free shipping in google even though free shipping correctly appears for other checkout methods.

Jason

Is GC calculating other rates correctly? If not, this might indicate GC can't communicate with your zencart to get merchant calculated shipping. If this is the case, it will always display the free shipping option.

bouncey:

It would be nice if the Google Checkout module would actually behave like any other payment option. Instead of galloping off to Google right after looking at the shopping cart, just hold its horses and wait for shipping, tax rate, special request comments, etc to be added in the normal course of checking out. Then go off to Google when it's time to process the payment.

Looks like we might have to maintain entirely separate tax, coupon, and shipping systems for Google as for everyone else. If I'm reading the developer documentation correctly, we have to send the entire tax rate table via XML with every order? Possibly before the customer has even logged in..? So far this payment option isn't worth the effort.

Has anyone else had luck disabling the big out-of-place Google Checkout button and shifting GC over to the regular payment options list? I can do it in the templates but it doesn't actually go off to Google at the proper time.

GC is not just another payment module. It's an alternate checkout.

GC gets shipping, tax rate and other discounts from your zencart.
You don't have to maintain anything separate.
Have you yet installed GC or tried a test purchase using it?

I'd like to change my shipping to a charge by weight table. Can someone putup a sample table or code so that I can construct one with the proper charges?

Can you also tell me where to put the code?

Thanks,

JP

I just recieved the following error this morning:

We've made several unsuccessful attempts to send order notifications to your notification callback URL, https://www.cooltechcentral.com/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php As a result, you aren't receiving order status, risk, or other notifications.

To help you identify the issue with your callback URL, please review the errors we encountered while sending notifications to you. To review this error information:

Sign in to Google Checkout.
Click on the Settings tab.
Click Integration.
Error messages will appear under 'Integration Issues.' If necessary, you can also update your callback URL in the 'API callback URL' box on the same page.

For more information about receiving notifications via the notification API, visit http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/index.html#notification.

What could be causing this, and how do I update to the latest version of googlecheckout.

ctcentralinfo,

Check the permissions on the googlecheckout folder, on the responder.php file, and see if you have an .htaccess file in the folder.

Set the permissions on the folder and responder file to 755 and then you have to wait till they try again.

Anyone else know of a way to make gc check for access right away?

I've found another problem with GC. Since GC bypasses the shopping cart, it seems to also bypass inventory control for Zen Cart. If it can update the member script, it should also be able to update inventory control.

Any ideas?

In referance to my previous request for help below, I found where to put the code, in the googlecheckout.php file. But I still need a working table so that I can add the right pricing.

Any help would be much appreciated!

birdoasis:

I'd like to change my shipping to a charge by weight table. Can someone putup a sample table or code so that I can construct one with the proper charges?

Can you also tell me where to put the code?

I had this working, someone could place an order, pay with google and then I would receive order info in my admin. But suddenly it stopped! My orders can still be paid for, however I do not receive any info for the order.....
This just started in the last week or so. Any ideas?

tj1:

GC is not just another payment module. It's an alternate checkout.

GC gets shipping, tax rate and other discounts from your zencart.
You don't have to maintain anything separate.
Have you yet installed GC or tried a test purchase using it?
Actually I tested it this morning. You are right that it somehow gets the shipping options. I am surprised. But it fails to get sales tax info.

At the moment I use LadyHLG's local sales tax mod due to state law. I must collect tax according to destination address, not by zone. Officially I'm supposed to look it up on a map or use a ZIP+4 database, but my state will grudgingly accept a plain ZIP lookup in weird hardship cases.

Since GC theoretically supports taxes by zip code, there should be a way to use the same tables and logic as the local tax mod. But it doesn't yet. Other payment methods don't have this problem, they get the tax right, because they only come into play at the proper point in the process. Unlike this one.

While I see the advantages in outsourcing all account management (privacy for customer and limited data exposure risk for merchant), it still annoys me in many ways. This makes me lose control over the checkout experience -- any special instructions or explanations that might I want to give at various points don't seem to appear. And I haven't found a way for the customer to pass comments back with the order.

In other words, there's a lot of room for improvement.

Link for how I know that the system can theoretically handle tax-by-zip: XML API Developer's Guide

Ya know... If Google really wanted to add a big heap of value for merchants regardless of cart system... They should figure out what other big online retailers (Apple comes to mind) are doing to get tax info for all jurisdictions. Then do similar to provide the correct tax rate for the rest of us with no extra setup. Keep it updated when rates change too.

So if the customer enters an address, if it's in one of the states that the merchant flagged as requiring sales tax, then the correct tax rate automatically appears...

That would be very cool.

Correction, responder.php should have been responsehandler.php

There is a way to test the repsonehandler.php file. you'll find the responsehandler-test.php file here

http://code.google.com/p/google-checkout-zencart/downloads/list

birdoasis:

ctcentralinfo,

Check the permissions on the googlecheckout folder, on the responder.php file, and see if you have an .htaccess file in the folder.

Set the permissions on the folder and responder file to 755 and then you have to wait till they try again.

Anyone else know of a way to make gc check for access right away?

ATTN: Helpme,

First, your choice of usernames makes it hard to address you since it makes me look like I'm asking for help myself. haha

Login to your google checkout account and click settings, then in the left menu click integration and see what error is there.

IT may not be much help but it will give us a clue as to if the responsehandler.php file has a problem.

JP

helpme:

I had this working, someone could place an order, pay with google and then I would receive order info in my admin. But suddenly it stopped! My orders can still be paid for, however I do not receive any info for the order.....
This just started in the last week or so. Any ideas?

This is the error I recieved:

Related order: 502798289507786
Time of occurrence: Nov 7, 2007 5:45:10 AM EST
Error: We encountered an error trying to access your server at https://www.cooltechcentral.com/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php -- the error we got is: Send failed with code: 500. Response body was: <br /> <b>Fatal error</b>: Call to undefined function getallheaders() in <b>/home/wwwcool/public_html/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php</b> on line <b>112</b><br />
Warnings:
XML We Sent:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <new-order-notification xmlns="http://checkout.google.com/schema/2" serial-number="502798289507786-00003-7"> <timestamp>2007-11-07T08:05:19.000Z</timestamp> <shopping-cart> <items> <item> <item-name>Acer AS9300-5415 Notebook Computer</item-name> <item-description></item-description> <unit-price currency="USD">864.17</unit-price> <quantity>1</quantity> </item> </items> <merchant-private-data>

  <session-data>44050a399b3bd6e99856dbd96916a5f0;zenid</session-data>
  
  
  <product-data>;35561</product-data>
  
  
  <ip-address>220.225.22.173</ip-address>
  

</merchant-private-data>

</shopping-cart> <order-adjustment> <merchant-codes /> <total-tax currency="USD">0.0</total-tax> <shipping> <flat-rate-shipping-adjustment> <shipping-name>Standard flat-rate shipping- Table Rate</shipping-name> <shipping-cost currency="USD">8.5</shipping-cost> </flat-rate-shipping-adjustment> </shipping> <adjustment-total currency="USD">8.5</adjustment-total> </order-adjustment> <buyer-id>658846956283917</buyer-id> <google-order-number>502798289507786</google-order-number> <buyer-shipping-address> <contact-name>Jamie Bird</contact-name> <company-name></company-name> <email>[email protected]</email> <phone></phone> <fax></fax> <address1>NEX DCOSAS</address1> <address2>267 5th Avenue, Suite B-1</address2> <city>new york</city> <country-code>US</country-code> <region>NY</region> <postal-code>10016</postal-code> </buyer-shipping-address> <buyer-billing-address> <contact-name>antony crosbie</contact-name> <company-name></company-name> <email>[email protected]</email> <phone>212 321-3023</phone> <fax></fax> <address1>405 Lindenbaum 6-9-2</address1> <address2></address2> <city>koyama</city> <country-code>JP</country-code> <region>TOKYO</region> <postal-code>142-0062</postal-code> </buyer-billing-address> <buyer-marketing-preferences> <email-allowed>true</email-allowed> </buyer-marketing-preferences> <order-total currency="USD">872.67</order-total> <fulfillment-order-state>NEW</fulfillment-order-state> <financial-order-state>REVIEWING</financial-order-state> </new-order-notification>

Google Checkout works! After killing myself for a week, the GC installation works! I swear i tried every possible change, update, code combination, begging for help etc. Here is what made it work - I upgraded my site from PHP4 to PHP5. The end. it started working exactly as it should, immediately. Go figure. I'm buying myself a beer and it's only 8 am.