My Checkout Without Account Mod

Scott,

I took a look at those two mods, and at least as far as overwriting files goes they don't seem to conflict. So long as you haven't done any other modification to overwrite/override files you should be good with renaming the template folders and dropping the files in. And running the SQL patch of course.

I always recommend a backup beforehand as well. (;

--Joe

PS: Just to confirm, I've gone through with dropping my handle. The first link in my sig confirms my intent, as well as the sig of my former profile.

Sweet!!! That will make it really easy. I will install tonight. Thanks for the info.

Scott

Hi first of all this is a great mod and I hope this will be a standard integration in zen cart in the future.
I'd like to modify the split login page so that the COWOA floating box stands on top with the original split login boxes underneath. Any idea can I modify this in tpl_login_default page without messing up the Paypal layout?

J_Schilz,
Hey that sucks about your name. There should be a way to change that as long as you are in good standings but I can see reasons why not.

Hey is there a reason that this in not in the download section? Is the zen team against it? I am about to integrate it into my new site that I am working on in Japanese.

Thanks so much for your help in this.

GDSpeed

im thinking since its still in a beta version (from what the wiki says) thats why it hasn't been accepted.. of course i have no clue though :)

does this work with linkpoint and paypal? the test site only has check/money order, which of course is to prevent real payments from coming through. I apologize for nto reading through the thread first.. im tired so im heading off to bed right now and thought i'd ask that question before i did so :P

Samad's got it right. Once I'm sure I've got all the bugs ironed out and have taken it out of beta I'll submit it for the download section. I keep on telling myself, "I am not my post count," but at any rate most of those were over the last few months.

I haven't tested this with any payment methods, however it should not have any effect upon them. Other people have installed this to their live shops and have not reported payment module problems. The only thing it should effect in payment is removing the Gift Voucher box from checkout payment.

Also of of note, due to an error with my host none of my sites were sending out e-mails last night. I should have this fixed shortly, but Zen was not sending out e-mails, nor were any of my contact forms working.

Thanks again for the support!

Joe

Slitter: Sorry I missed your post earlier. It shouldn't be a problem. If you're familiar with php and html, just use my included tpl_login_default as a guide. Shoot me a PM if you have any problems.

Bug: I found a small bug when I tried putting this mod on a fresh install under different settings. If I created a COWOA account and then created a regular account with the same e-mail address I could checkout, logoff from, but not log back onto that permanent account. If you have the SQL version of this mod you might want to give this a check by creating a COWOA account, logging off, creating a new account with the same e-mail address, logging off, and then trying to log back on.

The fix is simple enough:

/includes/modules/pages/login/header.php
=====================================================

FIND:
-

  $check_customer_query = "SELECT customers_id, customers_firstname, customers_password,
                                    customers_email_address, customers_default_address_id,
                                    customers_authorization, customers_referral
                           FROM " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . "
                           WHERE customers_email_address = :email";

-

REPLACE WITH:
-

  $check_customer_query = "SELECT customers_id, customers_firstname, customers_password,
                                    customers_email_address, customers_default_address_id,
                                    customers_authorization, customers_referral
                           FROM " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS . "
                           WHERE customers_email_address = :email
                           AND COWOA_account != 1";

-

This has been included in the most recent package.

--Joe

samad64:

does this work with linkpoint and paypal?

I use this mod on 1.3.6 with regular PayPal (not that quick checkout thing on 1.3.7) and it works great. Haven't tried it with linkpoint yet because I manually enter my credit card orders, but I hope to automate that soon.

slitter:

Hi first of all this is a great mod and I hope this will be a standard integration in zen cart in the future.
I'd like to modify the split login page so that the COWOA floating box stands on top with the original split login boxes underneath. Any idea can I modify this in tpl_login_default page without messing up the Paypal layout?

Hi slitter,
i can help you with this, only i can't do it today. i've got orders from this last weekend to deal with. i'll try to post instructions tomorrow. i used to have my login like the one you want, but then i changed it to this:

Attachment #1602

i'll get back to you as soon as i can. :smile:

hey there... just want to add... I would be interested as well in knowing howto do it... maybe you can add my name in the pm as cc ;)

Thx.

TMontana

Thanks for your help craftzombie your split login page looks even better

Joe, have you thought more about Boggled suggestion or does it not fit in the scheme

Boggled:

Sounds great Joe! :thumbsup:

Question...would it be possible/hard to implement it to ask people if they want us to save the information (create an account) after they've completed their order? Kind of like Amazon does?

:P

KGZotU:

Boggled,

That sounds like it should be fairly easy to do. I'm too tired to think how it would effect the standing, "You can't COWOA because there's already a permanent account," etc. scheme. I'll give it some thought. (;

Joe

slitter,

Thanks for bringing that back up. (;

I could see the real utility of that. I think it's going to be another feature I'm going to leave to whoever wants it built. Here's how it would work, though.

Upon checkout success, COWOA users are given an option to have their data saved as an account.

People who say yes are sent a new e-mail password and their SQL COWOA flag is flipped from 0 to 1.

You could probably do that by either creating a new handler page, or perhaps by piggybacking on the regular password forgotten page using a passed variable to designate this secondary mode. There are other ways as well, I'm sure. (;

If you have any questions about how the mod works specifically, feel free to ask.

--Joe

I have downloaded this fabulous mod but have not installed yet. Before I do, I would like my split login page to look like the screenshot that slitter showed.

I don't think the instruction for doing this has been posted yet so will be watching and waiting..................:smile:

many thanks,
Shirley
Shabby Chic Cottage

I'm also sitting in limbo wondering if the download I have now from the link is the latest, or should one wait because a newer version is close.

I've also noted that a modified version of ordersteps is included. What happens if we already have the ordersteps installed, do we do just an overwrite or is there something else that requires attention before install?

IntelCos,

Good thoughts regarding 1.4. For anyone interested, I do intend to adapt this rapidly to 1.4 whenever it comes out and I don't expect much difficulty in the matter.

Alright, it occurs to me that I might have misunderstood your version question. If you're asking about the COWOA version, it seems at this point like it's pretty much mature. I don't have any updates planned for it...I think if I do the admin control panel I'll save it for 1.4.

As for the order steps, it's fairly easy. If you haven't modified your checkout steps otherwise, then it's just an overwrite with the provided template and page specific css files. If you do have other modifications, it's just a matter of overwriting the order steps code--which is nicely marked off with comments near the top of the page--using the code given in the instructions. Pretty straight forward.

Also of note, the modified order steps is designed to show 4 steps during account holder checkout and 5 during COWOA checkout.

Hope this helps,
Joe

Dear Schilz...
my question is concerning your statement on the wiki-pages...."

• Mod is not compatible with Super Orders, or in general any admin mod which sends email links to the account area. -I plan to release a genuine fix for this on or around the weekend of 17 March 2007."

Did that already happen... cause I would love to use your mod in combination with super orders...

T.

TMontana,

Sorry, no, it didn't happen. I ended up a bit busier that weekend than I thought I'd be. Though I can't promise a date, it seems like a simple issue and I'll go ahead and try to get a combination working on my dev servers this weekend.

Thanks for bringing that up. (;

--Joe

well without beeing too charming, its guys like you who make the life of noobs like me alot easier... (well wrong sentence: its actual impossible for me to built an online store like this without the ZC community)...

I am excited to hear any news (fixes)....

Thx.

T.

ps: why isnt your mod on the download section??? Its a must-have! Any logic explanations?

TMontana:

ps: why isnt your mod on the download section??? Its a must-have! Any logic explanations?

this is regarding my mod, not Joe's mod, but he may be in the same boat as me here...

I submitted my mod in December to be included in the downloads section. Since that time, I have heard nothing. Now my first conclusion was that my mod was just a dirty little hack and didn't rank high enough for the zen teams approval. Okay, fine. But at least tell me that. Tell me SOMETHING. Tell me what I need to do to get it approved. Its not like I am doing it for myself. The whole point was to help other people. I have been thanked a million times for that mod. How many other people out there could use it but have no clue it exists because they haven't stumbled upon that thread? So my other conclusion is that ANY mod that has to do with bypassing the creation of accounts will not make it into the downloads section. Why? Not sure, although I can take a good guess after reading all the other threads on the topic.

I hope I am wrong Joe and your mod makes it. It is far from a dirty little hack and has proved to be extremely beneficial to me and others.

craftzombie,

I have noticed a certain ambivalence on the topic, and apparently others have as well. And, thank you for your kind words and continued support; I'd like to think as well that this has gotten past a quick and dirty mod. I agree that this is a good feature, depending on your market of course, and would like to see it reach many people.

At any rate, the simplest answer is that I haven't submitted it yet. I'd like to make sure that all the bugs are out. It appears that it's just about there. In the near future I'll formalize my heading comments, etc., and see how it sits.

I could understand a certain reluctance on the part of the devs to give a deep reaching mod like this one an official nod. In any case, I've reaped the benefit for myself and the truly industrious will find this. I do hope, as you, that it finds its audience.

I won't speculate upon motives or causes--effects of the military, I suppose--but it's unfortunate that you've been kept in the dark.

TMontana: Thanks for the support. (; I'm just glad to be on the giving side of the equation for once. I really feel like this open source thing is getting to critical mass.

--Joe