Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

dkerfoot:

Thanks for the reply! When I enter the GC merchant ID and key I get a Page not Found 404 error.

I searched for the problem in this thread with no luck. Any suggestions?

Try again, sometimes if you take too long too enter your the user and password your server might time out and give you the 404 error.

Try to access the googlecheckout folder again. If it's configure correctly, you should be able to use your merchant id as user and merchant key as password.
If it doesn't work, you probably did not set up the .htaccess and .htpassword files correctly.

Are you running php over cgi?

DarkAzrael:

Can anyone help me with this? I am not sure what is going on with it...

You need to add the new shipping methods to includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php

Script to create new shipping method
http://your-site/zencart_dir/googlecheckout/shipping_generator
More Info
http://your-site/zencart_dir/googlecheckout/shipping_generator/README

tj1:

Try again, sometimes if you take too long too enter your the user and password your server might time out and give you the 404 error.

Try to access the googlecheckout folder again. If it's configure correctly, you should be able to use your merchant id as user and merchant key as password.
If it doesn't work, you probably did not set up the .htaccess and .htpassword files correctly.

Are you running php over cgi?

I've tried it a dozen times, cutting and pasting the Merch id and key, so I am confident it isn't timing out.

Yes running php over cgi

I do think that I filled everything out correctly creating .htaccess and .htpassword I even did it a 2nd time to be sure.

I've been a bit of lurker in here and have found much help with this module, thanks all! Quick question. I've finally got things working where Google checkout posts everything back to the admin, orders are showing up fine, the only issue is that Google orders don't affect my product quantity counts and thus don't show up in my products purchased tab under reports. On the orders page it lists the products and product id's properly, but for some reason they don't affect the actual product quantities.

I've done a search and haven't been able to find anything on this. Is there something I need to change in the code to make this happen or is this a feature they're still working on? This is definitely the least of all the evils I've been having, but it would be nice to have the products show up on my bestseller lists as I get about half my orders coming through Google. Thanks!

I was kind of hesitant to install Google checkout due to the long and not guaranteed to work process like other Mod.

Today, i installed the files and updated the ones need to be updated on a site that i use to test new installation on, i have a couple of errors:

1. when i have credit cards enable i get an error that say:
   Fatal error: Cannot break/continue 1 level in
   D:<<Site Directory>>\includes\templates\template_default\templates\tpl_checkout_payment_default.php on line **134

**<?php
$selection = $payment_modules->selection();

if (sizeof($selection) > 1) {
// ** GOOGLE CHECKOUT **
if($selection[$i]['id'] == "googlecheckout")
continue; <<Line 134>>
// ** END GOOGLE CHECKOUT **

?>

2)when i disable the credit card i am able to see Google checkout as a payment option, but when i pay for the item i am testing with it display the thank you page from my site and never took me to google to finalize the payment.

I did not read all 161 pages but i tried to search for the error an i could not find any thing of help.

Any idea? i am using the the latest Zen Cart 1.3.7 and GCO v1.2RC4rev1 which worked for some people. Thanks.

Note: i set up my Google checkout account today, my bank is not verified yet, could that has any thing to do with it?

This is my own unique experience with Google Checkout. You may or may not be having the same issues and came up with the same solutions as me, but in the event that you are stuck, this is what I have learned.

1. The only checkout option I give my customers is Google Checkout. I removed the normal Checkout option because too many customers found it confusing that if they clicked the normal checkout button they couldn't then checkout through Google. Of course, Google is the only credit card processing service I offer and it works well for me. I have been strictly using Google Checkout for a month now and so far no problems. Since Google Checkout isn't charging any fees until 2008, this is also the most cost effective solution for me.

2. The shipping integration has just never seemed to work right, therefore, I decided to just charge a flat shipping fee and flat handling fee per item. I disabled all other shipping options including Free Shipping and this seems to work. I would like to, at some point, integrate with USPS and have it calculate correctly in Google Checkout, but right now it just doesn't seem to work right.

3. I've never had any problems with my sales tax. They seem to calculate correctly in Google Checkout. I do not like, however, how Google adds the sales tax to the price of the item and then in small font says THIS INCLUDES 8.25% SALES TAX. I think the Sales Tax should be a separate line item like Shipping and Handling.

4. I also wish that I didn't have to enter my coupon codes separatley in Google Checkout. This means if I want to offer a new coupon, I have to add it in Zen Cart and then add it in Google Checkout. Seems like my customers could just enter it before Checkout and it pass through to Google Checkout.

Don't know if this info will come in handy to anyone, but if you have a question, feel free to email me using the form on my site.

Thanks

**www.infaithwear.com**

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Jennifer

**www.infaithwear.com**

Inspire Change...

I am keep getting this error,
Jun 1, 2007 1:19:09 AM EDT Error 578014902684527 We encountered an error trying to access your server at https://store.globalsatfta.com/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php -- the error we got is: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

The order process at Google, but I dont see anything in my admin and the cart is still there with the items in there.

I removed the line which was giving an error, i now able to see the credit card payment option and the check/Money order, one problem though, Google checkout appear without the radio selection, Any Idea?

Also, is it ok to remove line 134 from the file? see in red below.

zabara1:

I am keep getting this error,
Jun 1, 2007 1:19:09 AM EDT Error 578014902684527 We encountered an error trying to access your server at https://store.globalsatfta.com/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php -- the error we got is: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

The order process at Google, but I dont see anything in my admin and the cart is still there with the items in there.

It appears that your SSL certificate is not valid. Do you have one? Are you using the sand box? If so, do you have the 'https:' option checked in your Admin > Payments > GCO configuration but don't have SSL enabled in your cart?

Ummm. Just found out that PayPal is offering free credit card transaction processing until 1/31/2008 as well. If you can't get Google Checkout to work, you might be interested in knowing this.

You can sign up here: **http://www.zen-cart.com/getpaypal**

jnetmcp

www.infaithwear.com

Inspire Change

Wow, it looks like Google gave up on this mod, lots of errors that has no answer to!! and when you think one error got fixed another one pops up or is it just me?

i desperately trying any thing since i wasted more than a day one it, i finally clicked on the demo in ropu's signature and that really did it for me, code all over the place which tells me one thing that this mod does not even work with a clean cart installation, imagine if you have a cart with 10 -20 mods installed. Good Luck, i think the paypal offer is very appealing to me now and it is free until 2/28/2008.

Sorry ropu, nothing personal but google demand quality sites and we demand something that at least work or someone to provide answers for these errors.

The module, with its current limitations, works without any errors if you follow instructions step by step. Unfortunately, instructions are not laid out properly and can be confusing sometimes.

When I first found out about this mod, I really gave it a lot of thought whether I should even try to install it because of the many issues people were reporting. However, I gave it a shot and to my surprise, it was very easy to install and got it working without any errors on the first try.

I have contacted Google a couple of times asking whether support or development on this module has stopped.
This is the reply:
"...While the Google Checkout team is actively working to improve this module,
please understand that we cannot configure or debug merchants' code on an
individual basis since each merchant has various configurations and add-on
modules installed on his website..."

I totally agree with that, but I told them it should support all of ZenCart's standard features and was told they'll incorporate my feedback as they continue to improve the product.

This mod works perfectly with a clean installation, as long as the sometimes confusing instructions are followed correctly. When you have additional add-ons, then there might be some issues.

Regarding the paypal offer, that sounds good, and should be another reason for Google to fix and improve current issues. But if they continue at this pace, they'll probably have to offer another year of free processing.
Check paypal terms though, I couldn't completely undestand them. You will also need to sign up for yahoo marketing.

Thanks TJ,

I really want to have this as another option for my customers, i got as far as showing the button on my shopping cart and when you click on it it will take you to google and show the items in the shopping cart and ask you to sign in. I did not complete the process since i do not have a sandbox account set up yet.

The problems i am facing is when you delete the items from the shopping cart and have an empty cart, an error will display saying duplicate deceleration of the function strleft (i do not have the exact error now since i disabled the GC option),
i tried the if (!function_exists('strleft')) then another function gave an error and i did that to all the functions and then the xmlbuilder was givin me an error and that is when i throw the towel.

This mod works perfectly with a clean installation, as long as the sometimes confusing instructions are followed correctly. When you have additional add-ons, then there might be some issues.

I do not think so, have you seen the demo site in Ropu's Signature? you can see code (PHP code) in the shopping cart and other pages that use the GC.

Anyway, thanks for your reply and i am happy for you that you got it to work.

TamyA,

Yes, I've used the demo sites (there are two of them actually). Sometimes they work, sometimes they do not. Keep in mind those aren't clean installations and that several people can be using the demo at the same time and changing settings and configurations and you don't even realize that.
I once tried to test a new feature in his demo sites, but by the time I finished configuring it, someone else had changed it to something else.

Hey all,

Just wanted to relay a message from Ropu that he is hard at work further developing the Google Checkout mod for Zen Cart.

This last week I was able to assist Ropu in testing some patch code to make the 'freeshipper' and 'per item' (national/international) shipping mods behave well together with Google Checkout. And freeshipping works great for me now. (again the fixes are applicable to per item shipping, they do not necessarily apply to freeshipper compatibility with other shipping methods, but they could but I did not test). I will soon document the fixes Ropu provided so if you are having similar issues you can apply to your installation.

Also Ropu assisted me in altering how the order status change email messages are processed, so that I can now insert more than 255 characters within the comments when sending order status change emails.

This last week Ropu was on the verge of announcing a new beta of the mod update he has been developing. But he decided to step back and implement some code restructuring as the mod has become overly difficult to maintain and develop.

Specifically he is now in the middle of "refactoring" the mod code and is attempting to use as much of the "php sample code" as possible. Once he's done with the refactoring it will be much more straight forward to test and repair existing issues and to add new features and further develop the mod. And it will become easier for us merchants to customize, patch and upgrade the mod as the code will be much better documented.

When Ropu is ready for the next version to be beta tested it will be announced here. Ater that time main support for the mod will move to the new Google Groups support forum (but not yet... will report the URL when ready).

While Ropu does his work, we merchants can help him by indexing the current significant issues with the mod. If you have already posted an issue which is still not resolved, please repost the issue to this thread, and/or post the URL of the original problem post, and include any additional background info which may help Ropu and others understand and troubleshoot your issue. Will start tracking and prioritizing these issues in this thread, which then will help Ropu prioritize his development efforts.

Please be very detailed in your problem reports and observations, include any errors appearing in either the error or response logs, and state which shipping mods you have installed/enabled at the time you observe an issue. Eventually we'll provide a checklist of details you should submit with your initial problem reports.

And if you are reporting more than one issue, unless your problems are related to each other, please try to keep it to one issue per post . This will help tracking the issues.

To reiterate what chain_man has often posted, if you are having issues with a particular shipping method the best thing you can do to troubleshoot your issue is to temporarily disable all other shipping mods except for the ship mod you are having troubles with. Then if the issue goes away re-enable one shipping mod at a time but only re-enable the mods you are using. (keep any shipping mods you will not be using disabled). On a related not if you are having specific issues with merchant calculations (specific to USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc), edit googlecheckout.php payment mod to remove all other shipping methods from the mc_shipping_methods array. It is easiest to do this running the shipping generator provided with the mod. I'm not stating this will solve your issue, but it will help you narrow down the testing configuration which wuill help narrow down the source of the errors.

Finally a special thanks to tj1 for his continued assistance in this thread helping Zen Cart merchants with the Google Checkout mod.

Woody

Hi - I just did the v1.3.7 update for paypal IPN/express checkout and it seems to have removed the google checkout contribution from my site. Is there a way that I can add checkout back in or are there plans to update the module so that we don't have to choose between paypal and checkout?

Lisk, the googlecheckout mod and paypal express touch some of the same files, so you will have to follow the instructions from the GC Installation file to edit and add the required code to the existing files. You don't have to choose between the two.

Woodymon, thanks for the update.

The only issues I see at the moment is that the GoogleCheckout mod doesn't support all the standard feature of ZenCart.

The ones that come to mind at the moment are:

• Low Order Fee- the mod has no support for this.
• Group Discounts- the mod has no support for this.
• Restrictions on Discounts Coupons- the mod supports most, but not all restrictions.
• USPS international calculated shipping- not working completely. For some reason the only option that shows up is priority mail international.

tj1:

The only issues I see at the moment is that the GoogleCheckout mod doesn't support all the standard feature of ZenCart.

The ones that come to mind at the moment are:

• Low Order Fee- the mod has no support for this.
• Group Discounts- the mod has no support for this.
• Restrictions on Discounts Coupons- the mod supports most, but not all restrictions. Can you give specific examples of "restrictions"? Please provide more details.

tj1:

• USPS international calculated shipping- not working completely. For some reason the only option that shows up is priority mail international.

Yes Google Checkout does not process results of "Order Totals" mods. Definitely on the "known issues list. Thanks for reporting.

Would you know if Paypal Express Checkout (PPEC) supports most of Zen Cart's Order Totals mods?

Regarding shipping issues could you provide more specific details on how you are testing, your USPS mod configuration, if any other shipping mods enabled, the format of your shipping array code, and other specific observations. I know this is has been an ongoing issue for you so if you can (once again) post full details that will help.

When testing implement one at a time each of the USPS international mailing options in your GC MC array and then report back your observations. Be sure to quote your array code.

Woody

Well good, I'm about to turn GC off for now because it's problematic for me. Here are the issues... They may be "just me" but since you asked, I'll tell ya.

1. Charges too much for UPS ground. Orders processed through Zen and PayPal work out perfectly with shipping prices, through GC they come out about $10 too much.

2. On the Payment Options page along the 'regular' checkout route GC is listed, albeit with no radio button, and I think that looks sloppy and confusing, particularly since I only offer one other payment option, but the user must click it. I think this has been covered before but when the code to change was given, my files didn't match the ones given by the helpful folks here.