Super order vs Edit order?

Not mutch info on Super order and edit order mods.
I was hoping people which have used those give breefing on their features and differences.

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Here are links to the mod for those who are iinterested.**
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_41&products_id=444
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_41&products_id=257

Here is info I found so far.
Edit ordersa llow you to update the order total.
There is an extra box and you just put a minus - infront of the amount paid..it takes it off the total.

-----5th June 2007-----
he exact question I was going to ask! I've read and re-read what Super Orders does, and I'm not sure it actually edits orders! Plus, it won't work with PHP5 (which is pretty much mandatory) and a lot of those posts are patch upon patch upon patch.
However, the author is now back and promises an update, but it looks like being AFTER the summer. (Northern hemisphere summer!)

As for edit order, I've had some php5 issues with that too, so I'm going to work on some of the suggested solutions and will post back with any findings

Super Orders allows you to change the price for shipping but that is about all I can figure out, you can't change the method (not that I know of!)

Yes, Super Orders + Edit Orders does work. They are indispensible for me. I had to revert back to an older edit order because the newer Edit Orders 1.1 did not work for me. And I'm sticking with that until Blindside releases a new Super Orders that will allow more editing control.

For many things, I can use these to edit orders. On occasion, I still go edit the mysql dbase.

marksu

I'd like some opinions, as well.

I was going to install Super Orders, but my server runs PHP 5.

I have not tried SUPER ORDERS but I successfully installed EDIT ORDERS and it seems to give me the complete flexibility to edit ALL order details including additional discounts (just add a description/comment in the box and then put a minus sign in front of the dollar amount)

The ONLY drawback I have found to the Edit Orders module is that it seems to have de-activated the ADMIN NOTES module that I had previously installed. I haven't found anything in the forums yet to help with that issue.

All things considered, I decided that the ability to Edit orders was ultimately more important than the Admin notes, but if anyone has experience with BOTH and is able to use BOTH EDIT ORDERS and ADMIN NOTES concurrently I would appreciate a post telling me how you did it :D

Zencart ROCKS!

I used the edit orders mod, but like many, I found some bugs, so I ended up working on it. As far as I can tell, the latest version I released, 1.51, fixes all bugs, so it should work nicely. Dunno why Admin Notes doesn't work, as I don't use this mod, sorry.

I also considered super orders, but I choose edit orders for a couple of reasons:

1. I only needed to edit orders, and it seemed super orders does a lot more.

2. From what I've read, super orders does not allow you to edit every part of an order. The edit order mod does -- including add and deleting products.

Hope that helps!

marksu, I installed Super Orders on a PHP5 server and it runs fine. There aren't any PHP5 compatibility issues, at least not with the current version.

It looks like the ability to adjust and edit orders with Super Orders is very limited. I may switch to Edit Orders.

I initially went with Super Orders primarily because of the bug reports about Edit Orders.

I have heard that these two contributions do not play well together. Has anyone installed both? Are there any compatibility issues?

Craft Magick:

I have not tried SUPER ORDERS but I successfully installed EDIT ORDERS and it seems to give me the complete flexibility to edit ALL order details including additional discounts (just add a description/comment in the box and then put a minus sign in front of the dollar amount)

The ONLY drawback I have found to the Edit Orders module is that it seems to have de-activated the ADMIN NOTES module that I had previously installed. I haven't found anything in the forums yet to help with that issue.

All things considered, I decided that the ability to Edit orders was ultimately more important than the Admin notes, but if anyone has experience with BOTH and is able to use BOTH EDIT ORDERS and ADMIN NOTES concurrently I would appreciate a post telling me how you did it :D

Zencart ROCKS!

Silly me... the ADMIN NOTES section can be viewed if you click on the little green 'e' next to the order where it is listed in the orders list :ohmy: You can view/edit/add the Admin notes. They do not show up when you are Editing the Order but that's not a big deal at all.

So BOTH mods can work VERY WELL together!

Thank you for these great mods.

Zencart ROCKS!

Craft Magick:

I have not tried SUPER ORDERS but I successfully installed EDIT ORDERS and it seems to give me the complete flexibility to edit ALL order details including additional discounts (just add a description/comment in the box and then put a minus sign in front of the dollar amount)

The ONLY drawback I have found to the Edit Orders module is that it seems to have de-activated the ADMIN NOTES module that I had previously installed. I haven't found anything in the forums yet to help with that issue.

All things considered, I decided that the ability to Edit orders was ultimately more important than the Admin notes, but if anyone has experience with BOTH and is able to use BOTH EDIT ORDERS and ADMIN NOTES concurrently I would appreciate a post telling me how you did it :D

Zencart ROCKS!

Never mind... I found the answer in post #1 of this thread :blush:

Edit Orders - NOT RECOMMENDED if you use 1.3.7. You have to be very careful when editing your orders, otherwise you'll lose the order!

In addition, no uninstallation information is provided with edit orders. If you undo the order.php changes, you get a big error.

AVOID.

If you use 1.3.7, you don't get the benefit of all of srturner47's fixes (not to mention all the Zen Cart fixes in 1.3.8). But you should always be able to back out simply by restoring admin/orders.php - this has not changed.

Thanks to Scott Turner for picking up support for this great mod.

Another Scott

swguy:

If you use 1.3.7, you don't get the benefit of all of srturner47's fixes (not to mention all the Zen Cart fixes in 1.3.8). But you should always be able to back out simply by restoring admin/orders.php - this has not changed.

Thanks to Scott Turner for picking up support for this great mod.

Another Scott

Hey Swguy,

Sorry about that slagfest then!

I've restored admin/orders.php but then get the following error when listing the orders:

"Fatal error: Call to undefined function zen_get_orders_comments() in ########\admin\orders.php on line 802"

Unless this is clashing with a module I've previously tried to install, I don't know what ive done!

Thanks!

The function zen_get_orders_comments() is not called in the copy of admin/orders.php from the 1.3.7 distribution. Download a fresh copy from SourceForge and restore this file. You have broken admin/orders.php.

Thanks for your help mate.

Turned out I overwrote orders.php with a 1.3.8 file, not a 1.3.7, which the version of the cart operates on.

Thanks!

The best solution I have found so far is to use Super Order version 1 + Edit order together. This works quite well, although you have to be prepared so sometimes use phpmyadmin when there are some mistakes with the taxes, for example...

I really think it is a pity that ZC doesn't have a way to change orders. This is really the feature I use the most in my admin side...

sanji

See my signature link for the new version of Edit Orders. It should fix all problems with tax calculations and database changes. Its free, just go through the checkout process and change the attributes to the free options. Enjoy!

One question - does either Edit Order or Super Order allow you at append store (not customer) comments onto the invoice and/or packing slip? If not, is there a mod that does? I am not speaking of the same note appended to every order - on certain orders I want to be able to have different information show on the invoice and/or packing slip.

Thanks.

-the redhead-

I am looking for a module like mentioned above, too. One that optionally allows you to print ADMIN comments on invoices/packing slips.

If I find one I will post the link/info back here.

Zencart ROCKS!