Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

Hi all,

A client made their first sale over the weekend via Google Checkout.

Couple of problems though:

1. There dosen't seem to be any record of it in Zen Cart - eg under the Google Checkout order statistics when you login to the admin - thye're all at 0. There are no customers logged either.

2. There was no email sent to the address set in Zen Cart. Only realised when they logged into the actual Google Checkout account.

I've used GC on a few ZC sites now with no problem and set this up in exactly the same way - any ideas?

does this work in 1.3.7 ??? i dont really want to upgrade as it will probally take days to upgrade and i cant find any upgrade tutorials

RobM:

Hi all,

A client made their first sale over the weekend via Google Checkout.

Couple of problems though:

1. There dosen't seem to be any record of it in Zen Cart - eg under the Google Checkout order statistics when you login to the admin - thye're all at 0. There are no customers logged either.

2. There was no email sent to the address set in Zen Cart. Only realised when they logged into the actual Google Checkout account.

I've used GC on a few ZC sites now with no problem and set this up in exactly the same way - any ideas?
Same/Duplicate query at
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118536

kitcorsa:

does this work in 1.3.7 ??? i dont really want to upgrade as it will probally take days to upgrade and i cant find any upgrade tutorials
Two versions of googlecheckout, one for 1.37, the other for
1.38..not tried earlier version.

Carlozdre, you are a superstar.
I just couldn't get my response from google to work and did not get any errors.
Although I find it hard to believe, in the end it was the chmod from 777 to 755 to googlecheckout dir that made it work!!! 777 exposes you but wouldn't think it would prevent it from working.

Anyway, thanks Carlozdre - you're a lifesaver.

chain_man:

Orders ARE supposed to show up in admin. Reasons they might not:

You don't have SSL installed

The API Callback URL in your Google account is incorrect

You have not selected XML as the callback method

If I don't have SSL installed and am using Google Checkout, I will not receive order confirmation or have any record on my admin.. So where can I see what customers order?

Does that mean I have to have SSL installed if I want to use Google Checkout?

e81ny:

If I don't have SSL installed and am using Google Checkout, I will not receive order confirmation or have any record on my admin.. So where can I see what customers order?

Does that mean I have to have SSL installed if I want to use Google Checkout?

You will receive an email from Google with the order information. You can then go to your Google Checkout account and finish processing the order. You will have to manually adjust your cart amounts.

Having SSL means you can do all the order processing from within your zen cart admin and not have to go to your Google Checkout account.

where are the instructions on what i need to click on the google side of things??? API?? Shoping Cart etc etc their are no instruction on what i need to click and its really hard to read on the sandbox.

does this not work with zencart table rate shipping prices???

also how can you test this if you cant buy from yourself??

kitcorsa:

where are the instructions on what i need to click on the google side of things??? API?? Shoping Cart etc etc their are no instruction on what i need to click and its really hard to read on the sandbox.

I suppose the information is rather scattered throughout all of the read-me's and troubleshooting text. There are only a few things to setup at Google.

These pages may help...

http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ca&answer=134469

http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/index.html#integration_overview

Sign into your Google Sandbox MERCHANT account and setup the following pages...
(You may have to click on "My Sales" to see these tabs.)

Settings >

• Profile
• Preferences
• Tax Setup
• Integration

Also, this tool is like an error log for checkout activity...

Tools >

• Integration Console

Come back here for more help if you need it.
Good luck.

in the intigrating is this right??

API callback URL: mystore/store/googlecheckout/responsehandler.php
Callback method: XML

also can we use the advanced options???

PS thats a great help, i think it should be at the start of this thread thanks!

cant seem to figger out the shipping costs in google. i use the table rate for shipping.

Table Rate
Enable Table Method
True

Shipping Table
0.5:0.87,9:4.34,39:13.03,69:17.38,149:21.73,299:26.08,499:34.77,1000:39.12

Table Method
weight

Handling Fee
0

Tax Class
Taxable Goods

Tax Basis
Shipping

Shipping Zone
UK

Sort Order
1

on the google checkout it in the ZC admin it says the following

Default Values for Real Time Shipping Rates
Default values for real time rates in case the webservice call fails.
Set Default Value to 0 to disable the method
Shipping Generator

No merchant calculation shipping selected

GoogleCheckout Carrier Calculated Shipping
Do you want to use GC Carrier calculated shipping? This feature can be mixed with Flat Rate Shipping, but not Merchant Calculated.

True
False

Carrier Calculater Shipping Configuration
Set Default Values, Fix and Variable charge
Set Def. Value to 0 to disable the method

FedEx
domestic_types
Def. Value | Fix Charge | Variable | Method Name
GBP: GBP: % Ground
GBP: GBP: % Home Delivery
GBP: GBP: % Express Saver

have all the fed ex etc set to 0 to disable it

also found errors with customer details and order status.

when i customer buys through google cart their information is passed back but its not giving me their county and country correctly. customer set up right in GC as UK with county Cleveland for example but zencart isn't getting the info and getting errors in the customer display scree as county and county is a required option.

i managed to sort the county out by turn the drop down off and having it as a text box to enter details but cant do this with country.

any fix for this??

also when i change a order status to posted it doesn't change it on GC display for the customer. is this not an option?? do i have to log into GC and change this manually everytime?

kitcorsa:

also found errors with customer details and order status.

when i customer buys through google cart their information is passed back but its not giving me their county and country correctly. customer set up right in GC as UK with county Cleveland for example but zencart isn't getting the info and getting errors in the customer display scree as county and county is a required option.

i managed to sort the county out by turn the drop down off and having it as a text box to enter details but cant do this with country.

any fix for this??

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also when i change a order status to posted it doesn't change it on GC display for the customer. is this not an option?? do i have to log into GC and change this manually everytime?

It sound like your response-handler file is not being found/used. Go to your merchant account at GC and see if you have any errors in MY SALES > TOOLS > INTEGRATION CONSOLE. That response-handler file effects both, shipping functions and order status changes.

nope thats correct mate. im getting all the info in zen but its not setting customer up in zc with uk coutry so i get an error in customer. and when i chane the customer status still nothing.

also the postage is only 2 options in dropdown in GC checkout both are free!! how do i set it up to use my table rate. searched this thread and loads have table rate running but cant find a how to to do it.

this has to be the hardest payment modual to set up

kitcorsa:

nope thats correct mate. im getting all the info in zen but its not setting customer up in zc with uk coutry so i get an error in customer. and when i chane the customer status still nothing.
Your sales will still show up in ZC admin even if your response-handler file is not working correctly.

kitcorsa:

also the postage is only 2 options in dropdown in GC checkout both are free!! how do i set it up to use my table rate. searched this thread and loads have table rate running but cant find a how to to do it.

this has to be the hardest payment modual to set up
Run the shipping generator utility that came with GC. That will build a list of whatever shipping modules you have enabled in your store. Then you copy and paste that list (code) into your /googlecheckout/shipping_methods.php file. (Your paste can overwrite the other default methods.) Now that file will tell GC what shipping methods to offer.

You must also set GC to use your store rates/methods instead of Carrier Calculated rates. ADMIN > MODULES > PAYMENT > GOOGLE CHECKOUT > (GoogleCheckout Carrier Calculated Shipping=False)

Those DEFAULT rates are rock bottom shipping fees to use just in case the store lookup function would fail.

So everything was working fine but then this happened:

Products that have an attribute that allows them to download the product will not have shipping charges on Google Checkout.

Products without the download option are charged shipping.

So I have a dropdown on the product. "Ship me the product" or "I want to Download the product". No matter which one is selected, shipping is not charged. When I look at the orders in the order management area (ZenCart) the "Payment Shipping" column has "googlecheckout FreeGCDigita" for the products with option to download.

So even when people select "Ship me the product" (defualt attribute), Google thinks that the product is free shipping.

Any ideas?

ZenCart 1.3.7
Google Checkout 1.4.6a
:lamo:

I am setting up google checkout. I have modified the following files as per the installation.txt file and moved them onto the server.

orders.php line 592 & 94
downloads.php line 24
tpl_checkout_payment_default.php line 117
tpl_login_default.php line 84 & 55
tpl_shopping_cart_default.php line 156
tpl_time_out_default.php.php line 41

Yet when I goto the payments module, it's not showing google checkout.

Any ideas on what I might have missed?

In the payment module, it shows this line...
Module Directory: /hsphere/local/home/cybernic/uo.cybernickel.com/includes/modules/payment/

Is there a change there that I am missing?

plz disreguard my last post. Missed putting alot of files over to server.