Google Checkout logo not showing on checkout page

Hi,
I have download the add-ons for google checkout. I have uploaded all the file, I have create a sandbox account for testing, I have configured the payment module but the "Google checkout is not showwing on my checkout page. What Iam i doing wrong?
What do I need to do else? Can anybody help me?

my site is a new uncustomized site, hosted by sitegroung,

I use version 1.3.8 with a linux server

Please help!

I have what I believe to be the same issue. That is: Google Check out works just fine (though I'm currently still in sandbox mode for testing) as long as customer accesses GCO as a payment method from their SHOPPING CART. However, if a customer continues shopping, and then decides to simply click on the "Checkout" button at the top of the page- there's no option to use Google Check Out (with my set-up, they only get 'Money Order' as an option at this point). I didn't even realize this at first, but now (and before going live) I'd really like to fix it so as not to confuse customers (which I'm thinking could easily lead to an abandoned cart for those who expected to pay with their credit card). Sure- if they were highly motivated to purchase, then they might navigate back to their shopping cart and access GCO there, but just how motivated are customers in a land of 7%+ national unemployment and rising? I'm sure you begin to see my concern.

I've just spent about an hour searching posts and have found this same problem described several times by others, but no replies (solutions) were ever posted in response.

Is there help for this?

To reiterate: Google Check Out okay on 'shopping cart' page but no-show on 'checkout page' (or step two).

Thanks in advance,
Tony

DISCLAIMER:
I am not sure if this is a correct fix or not, but you could try this at your own risk. It seems to work for me so far.

I added some code to my tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php file. It puts the Google button at the bottom of the Step 1 of 3 - Delivery Information page. (Anyone who clicks "Checkout" gets that page first.)

FIND FILE:
../includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php

ADD TO VERY END OF FILE:

<P>
 <?php
  // ** ADD GOOGLE CHECKOUT BUTTON **
    include(DIR_WS_MODULES . 'show_google_components.php');  
  // ** END GOOGLE CHECKOUT BUTTON **
 ?>
</P>

Like I said, I haven't tested it very much yet. Let me know if it works for you.

An alternative "work-around" could be to set your store to show the shopping cart each time after a user adds an item to the cart. This puts the button in front of their face automatically.

Admin > Configuration > My Store > Display Cart After Adding Product = "True"

Hope this helps.

gobrinton:

I added some code to my tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php file. It puts the Google button at the bottom of the Step 1 of 3 - Delivery Information page. (Anyone who clicks "Checkout" gets that page first.)

Thanks gobrinton, Interesting fix- but it seems to me that the Google Checkout button really needs to be on the step '2' of 3 page, as the '1' of 3 just has shipping options with no items purchased total *(again- I'm afraid of confusing prospective customers). *As to the other work-a-round (Admin > Configuration > My Store > Display Cart After Adding Product = "True"). Yeah- already got it configured that way but doesn't fix the 'No Google When Customer Clicks Checkout' problem.

Anyone else? Is this a Google Check Out bug or is there something that we New Zenners need to configure that we are just not aware of? A little help, please? Thanks.

You can place the button on any checkout page you want. Just copy the same code from above to the end of any of the following checkout pages.

Each page is as follows...

(Checkout Step 1 of 3)
../includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php

(Checkout Step 2 of 3)
../includes/templates/YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER/templates/tpl_checkout_payment_default.php

(Checkout Step 3 of 3)
../includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_checkout_confirmation_default.php

The one for Step 2 of 3 came with Google Checkout. It already has code for GC built-in but it doesn't work. That is why everyone is here crying the blues. Hopefully this method will work.

CODING TIP:
If you want to edit any of these files and you don't already have them in your CUSTOM template folder then you should copy them there and edit them there. You should NOT be editing the default copy in the template_default folder. Zen Cart will always look in your CUSTOM folder first for the files it needs, (the custom one called out in admin as the active template.) If any of the files do not exist there then Zen Cart uses the copies in the template_default folder. But you should always leave those unchanged.

So, these paths should actually be:

(Checkout Step 1 of 3)
../includes/templates/YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER/templates/tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php

(Checkout Step 2 of 3)
../includes/templates/YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER/templates/tpl_checkout_payment_default.php

(Checkout Step 3 of 3)
../includes/templates/YOUR_CUSTOM_FOLDER/tpl_checkout_confirmation_default.php

Again, just append the new code to the end of the file.
Good luck.

Here is a new version. It does the same thing, I just cleaned up the code so it makes more sense. (I don't know why I used the <P> tag. That's what I get for writing code at the end of a long day.)

<BR CLEAR=right>
<div id="GOOGLE_CHECKOUT_BUTTON"; style="float:right">
	<?php
		include(DIR_WS_MODULES . 'show_google_components.php');  
	?>
</div>

Thanks gobrinton,

I'm going to try it out in a bit and I'll let you know how it works out for me ... (wish I could write code). So thanks again for sharing!

gobrinton's fix seems to be working just fine (thank you, my friend). I placed it on step "2 of 3" in the process and I'm thinking about putting it on steps 1 and 3 as well ( I figure- 'why not?' ... give customer every opportunity to pay immediately).

Here's another related issue I'm wondering about: I have my SSL certificate set up and so Google Checkout production mode is working- so do I still need to enable SSL in Zen Cart as described in the tutorial at the following:

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=14

I'm thinking that doing so will merely add the "S" to http when new customers go to my log in/registration page ... Is that correct? Or is enabling SSL in Zencart redundant when using Google Checkout as opposed to integrated credit card processing?

Hi

I tried the solution above, thnak for the help.

The only thing is, when I tried it, for some reason a radio button appeared in payment methods list for Google checkout, which is great, alittle confusing as I had been trying to do this for ages, but great.

However, when I clicked to go to checkout and hopefully be sent to google checkout, I was just sent back to the shopping cart page. sure enough, the button's URL, the one you click to checkout, was the URL of cart page. if i chose paypal, the button URL changes to send you to paypal.

This is how i want it to work, with google checkout as payment option like the other payment options, but doesn't work.

I think the best solution would be to have google checkout appear as a payment option alongside paypal, cheque/money order, or whatever, otherwise it's inconsistent.

I could be wrong, but, from what I have experienced so far, this module doesn't integrate very well.

I'm hoping someone will shoot me down from my lofty, critical height and tell me that it integrates perfectly!

mattys:

Hi

I tried the solution above, thnak for the help.

The only thing is, when I tried it, for some reason a radio button appeared in payment methods list for Google checkout, which is great, alittle confusing as I had been trying to do this for ages, but great.

However, when I clicked to go to checkout and hopefully be sent to google checkout, I was just sent back to the shopping cart page. sure enough, the button's URL, the one you click to checkout, was the URL of cart page. if i chose paypal, the button URL changes to send you to paypal.

This is how i want it to work, with google checkout as payment option like the other payment options, but doesn't work.

I think the best solution would be to have google checkout appear as a payment option alongside paypal, cheque/money order, or whatever, otherwise it's inconsistent.

I could be wrong, but, from what I have experienced so far, this module doesn't integrate very well.

I'm hoping someone will shoot me down from my lofty, critical height and tell me that it integrates perfectly!

The reason you are seeing Google in the radio button list with the other payment options is because your store is not using the tpl_checkout_payment_default.php file that came with the Google module. The one that came with Google module has a few lines of code which keeps Google from appearing on that list, because Google Payment cannot work from within that list. (I know you want it to, we all do, but it does not work there.) :(

You need to copy that (Google version) file to your custom folder and then apply the new fix to that file.

If you do not have a custom template installed then your store is probably using the original checkout file. You can edit the original, but make a backup first. The original is ../includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_checkout_payment_default.php.

Back it up, copy the new checkout file (the Google module version) to overwrite that original, then apply my new fix.

NOTE: If you modify the original, then the next time you upload new updated zen store files, they may overwrite this file in its original location. Just so you know.

Good luck.

thanks for that gobrinton

I know the score now.

when i click the google checkout button I am sent to a blank page, gotta check that out now too

does google checkout require, without question, an ssl certificate?

I think so. It is a very, very good idea to have it regardless of Google Checkout. It encrypts all text sent to and from web pages that use it. Many visitors know this and they specifically look for that HTTPS or the little padlock in the browser window. They are reluctant to type any personal text without it being present. You may lose customers without its use.

Once you buy and install one, you decide which pages to apply it to when you create your links. Any page on your site that has the HTTPS in the link address loads through the encryption. Likewise any page that only has HTTP in the link does not load though it.

Google outlines which ones they will accept. Browse around these pages...

http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/topic.py?topic=12156

...for more info.

mattys:

thanks for that gobrinton
when i click the google checkout button I am sent to a blank page, gotta check that out now too
See the pinned Blank Page post at the top of the thread.
does google checkout require, without question, an ssl certificate?

Google Checkout requires an SSL certificate if you want the sales results transmitted back to your admin. You can still use GCO without SSL, but you will have to process the orders at the Google site rather than within your cart.

I agree with gobrinton on the desirability of having SSL anyway.

mattys:

thanks for that gobrinton
does google checkout require, without question, an ssl certificate?

Yes it does. I just recently went through the set up process; and was using a Google Check Out "Sand Box" account to run through testing scenaries. When I was ready to go live, and after installing MY SSL certificate (free from my host provider - email or PM me if you want their info.) I was switching between the Sand Box Account and my Actual Account (again- testing scenarios/configurations) when I notice that the Actual Google Account would not work without SSL.

You may be able to use a 'shared' SSL but I am not certain (since my personal SSL was free, I did not attempt to try using a shared SSL but I have had support people tell me that it would work).

I highly recommend the GCO sand box account. You have to sign up for it separately. See it here: https://www.sandbox.google.com/checkout

And here's a neat little trick I figured out- when testing your Zen cart store with GCO Sand Box, you can use this *'fake' *or *'test' *credit card number so that you can test the entire process (including whether or not Google is returning your orders back into your Admin Home screen (i.e. in Google New:, Google Processing:, etc.): Visa 4111111111111111

Hope this helps. I think that Google Check Out is far worth the effort it take to set it up. I've used it (instead of paypal) for about two years and have been *highly *pleased.

Where’s the Button For Google Check out?

Ok I'm really lost now,

I've installed GC, but I can't find where the customer would access it in the check out?

It would make sense for it to go on step 2 of 3, but there's no Radio button for it like Pay Pal, COD have.... and no other Graphic is being displayed either?

I went to Google to look for a check out button but I not sure if that's what I need or how to install it so it integrated with my GC?

I tried gobrinton's Fix with no luck-

I am using a custom Template and I wonder if that's some how preventing the button from showing up?

Please Help

1fghjkl:

Where’s the Button For Google Check out?

Ok I'm really lost now,

I've installed GC, but I can't find where the customer would access it in the check out?

It would make sense for it to go on step 2 of 3, but there's no Radio button for it like Pay Pal, COD have.... and no other Graphic is being displayed either?

I went to Google to look for a check out button but I not sure if that's what I need or how to install it so it integrated with my GC?

I tried gobrinton's Fix with no luck-

I am using a custom Template and I wonder if that's some how preventing the button from showing up?

Please Help
Duplicate Post***
Query answered at
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47318&page=97

Hi Gobrinton,
I had similar problem google check issue on my site. By using your given code it is now appearing in the checkout option - thanks for the code.

I have configured the google checkout with merchant id and key using the sandbox. but when I proceed with the checkout it comes with an error. I think its about .htaccess file.

I really don't know what should I amend/update here.

Any clue would be really healpful

Thanks,
Harry

noobuser:

Hi Gobrinton,
I had similar problem google check issue on my site. By using your given code it is now appearing in the checkout option - thanks for the code.

I have configured the google checkout with merchant id and key using the sandbox. but when I proceed with the checkout it comes with an error. I think its about .htaccess file.

I really don't know what should I amend/update here.

Any clue would be really healpful

Thanks,
HarryIs your Basic Authentication Mode set to True or False?

Also, you can get an idea of what the trouble is by checking your error messages. There is one under Tools at your Google Checkout Merchant Account and another one in your own store at ../googlecheckout/logs/

I can see the default lines in the log files...

This file is used to record all the response messages by the Google Checkout plugin