My Checkout Without Account Mod

Hiya,

Joe - and everyone else who's contributed to this mod - thanks for all your hard work!

Thought I'd contribute a small addition if anyone's interested. Had a quick look and couldn't find this done anywhere else - small changes in the Admin - Customers section that let you quickly check to see which customers chose not to create an account.

This adds an extra column to the list of customers to show which ones chose not to create an account.
Then when you view a single customers details there's an additional section at the top indicating if they created a full account or not.

NB I've created this on version 1.3.7 and haven't tested on any other version.

Mod includes following:

• 1 additional file with additional texts - so you can change my clunky descriptions if you like.
• 1 copy of the original admin/customers.php file as delivered in 1.3.7 renamed customersORIG.php
• new version of customers.php with changes included

All additions to the file are commented - just search for key word COWOA to see all details.

NB you must rename the 'admin' folder to match what ever you have renamed your admin folder.

Since it's only an eeny change I haven't done extensive testing .. so if anything breaks - let me know!

Oops .. just spotted a small bug with the sorting of the customers ... have fixed it but having trouble uploading the new zip file ...

Will keep trying .. in the meantime it's a change to file admin/customers.php around line 947

change should read
// COWOA+
case "COWOA-asc":
$disp_order = "c.COWOA_account";
break;
case "COWOA-desc":
$disp_order = "c.COWOA_account DESC";
break;
// COWOA+

Ah ha - finally managed to upload it!

So attached is the version that works properly when you try to sort customers by those that have accounts and those that don't!

Been tinkering some more and now I've included some changes on the front page of the admin console - so you can distinguish between real and COWOA customers .. more details in the readme file.

I don't know how much more time I'll have to work on this - but I'll post up any more changes I make - or if there are any bugs or general recommendations I'd be glad to hear them.

I'd love take these changes and make them configurable too - so you could pick how you want to see the data - maybe one day soon when work slacks off a bit ...

I got the COWOA and the add ons installed successfully. My problem is that customers are still having to type in their name and address twice when checking out. Is there any way to send the data to paypal or vice versa, so that they only have to type their address once?

https://www.Wholesomehound.com

It also overwrote my header and I need to go in and fix it. It looks frapped up right now, so please ignore it.:yuck:

mathewchan:

Well I don't know if this reply's gonna be useful to you guys, but I just wanna say that I've tested the mod with an 1.3.5 cart, with manual modification, and worked perfectly.

Will post the modification steps and files soon when I've completed them

Good Luck

:thumbsup:

I had found your reply today in the thread. It would be very helpful if you were able to provide me with the modifactions to this mod as i am still running version 1.3.5 myself. I went through the whole thread and hadn;t found anymore posts added in regrads to this thread. Please, it would be much appreciated if you could help. You may email me at [email protected].

Best Regards,
slash74

mathewchan:

Well I don't know if this reply's gonna be useful to you guys, but I just wanna say that I've tested the mod with an 1.3.5 cart, with manual modification, and worked perfectly.

Will post the modification steps and files soon when I've completed them

Good Luck

:thumbsup:
Please HELP! I had found your reply today in the thread. It would be very helpful if you were able to provide me with the modifications to this mod as i am still running version 1.3.5 myself. I went through the whole thread and hadn't found anymore posts added in regards to this thread. Please, it would be much appreciated if you could help. You may email me at [email protected].

Best Regards,
slash74

SORRY FOR THE SECOND POST. DIDN'T REALISE it WOULD GO TO THE LAST PAGE.

I finally installed this on my test site, and it's running great! Thanks guys!!!

I modified the login page so that COWOA option is at the top left. Please feel free to use it. Rename the attached file to tpl_login_default.php, and uploaded to includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\templates directory.

Note: I used the split panel login option (1.3.7), which, IMO, looks a bit nicer than the normal login option. You can turn it on in Admin - Configuration - Layout Settings - Use split-login page. Or, you can modify the template I provided so that there's no "if-then" statement for split or normal, and delete the normal login stuff. LMK if anyone needs help.

ETA: You'll need to make changes to your language file.

barnamania:

Joe,
I love this mod! It's awesome! Thanks man. I've customised it so it's a 2-page checkout... the customer enters their details, goes to checkout confirmation and bang, it's done. I personally find the 5 page checkout thing quite tedious, specially when you have to then go through paypal as in my store, so it works quite well.

If anyone wants to test it out, it's on http://www.dreamofrussia.com (live store - please use "testing" in your name so I know what's going on :cool:)

Cheers
How did you do this? I have 2 payment options, so I probably have to make it 3 pages, but less checkout pages would be great!!

After sending the SQL patch, I got a message in red "NOTE: Zen Cart database-upgrade scripts should NOT be run from this page.
Please upload the new zc_install folder and run the upgrade from there instead for better reliability."

Is that expected, or did I do something wrong?

KTNaturals:

How did you do this? I have 2 payment options, so I probably have to make it 3 pages, but less checkout pages would be great!!

Download my mod from: http://sasha1962.powweb.com/checkoutsystem.zip

It's only been tested with 1 payment system, I'll have a look at making it work with more in the future... I think that if you use more than one payment option it will choose paypal as default, with the option to edit payment options in the checkout_confirmation. Unfortunately I'm very busy with university exams at the moment (they start tomorrow) so I won't be able to provide any detailed support for a while. If you decide to try it out, just back everything up :cool:

Great mod been after something like this for ages.

seems to work like a dream

will post any problems or errors if i find any but all seems great at the moment

rgds
BiGGy
https://www.inkandcables.co.uk

Alright, sorry for the delay guys. I've got the box moved to the top, as you can see in the new screen shot:

Shot 1

I've repackaged the new layout into the zip, but it's just a matter of replacing two files.

includes/languages/english/your_template/login.php
includes/templates/your_template/templates/tpl_login_default.php

login.php
tpl_login_default.php

Of course, if you've already customized either of these files files then it isn't just a simple overwrite...unless you want to lose your changes. Let me know if you need any help and I can give more detailed instructions.

Oh, I also felt like the header needed changing from "Welcome, Please Login," since logging in is no longer the main emphasis. But, I don't think "Welcome, Please Choose How to Proceed" is that great either. Looking for any ideas. Mind the fact of course that both 'Login' and 'Checkout' link to the page.

--Joe

I just d/l the mod and before I get too excited or started in the install, are there any mySql or php version limitations? Can any template and OS be used?

thank you,

betty

I'm having a hard time getting that first file, login.php. Maybe the system here (OS X) reserves that file name in some odd way. It doesn't matter what I try, it does not appear where I download it to. The other file does, however. Maybe you could zip them together? Or are they now part of the full download?

Never mind -- just reread your post and you say it's part of the full package, so I'll just go get that.

Thanks!

Rob

Double-never mind. Just downloaded the full COWOA from your wiki page and it does not contain the new files.

AWESOME MOD! Thank you! It's just what I have been looking for! ZC should come with this mod enabled by default! When I shop online, I hate it when the site forces me to create another user name and password to remember on top of the 30+ that I already have to keep track of. It also discourages me to shop online where they force you to make a user name and password just to check out. It's extremely nice to have the option of a quick checkout.

If anybody wants to see another site in action with this mod enabled, checkout my new cane site!

https://www.hardwoodcanes.com

If you make a test purchase, please make your first and last name TEST TEST and credit card # 4111-1111-1111-1111

Thank you!

This may have already been mentioned, but once the mod is installed i assume its possible to shut it off if i ever decide i want to force people to register?

I finally got around to installing this. LOL

I have a few questions:

1. I have the Ty Package Tracker installed which automatically sends an email to the customer with their tracking number. This email unforunately includes a link to their invoice. LOL

How can I remove this from the email?

2. I forgot my template had the navigation bar set to be under my header. So when I installed the COWOA, the navigation bar (with home, login) moved up above my header.

Can I just install the mod in the downloads section to move this back down or is there another way?

3. In the admin section, I can't tell if they created an account or not. I'm not seeing a 'dot' after the email address. Am I supposed to?

Thanks in advance!!

Another quick question...

I made the file modifications in the WIKI to my Super Orders, but the emails are still including the account link. Did I do something wrong?

... for anyone that is interested. Account Creation Optional will be included in a future version of Zen Cart, but not until the checkout and create account sections are re-written in v1.5.