Google Checkout module for ZC 1.3.x (beta)

Woodymon:

And after following chain_man's recommends, keep in mind that both Google Checkout and the new PayPal Express Checkout are not standard Zen Cart checkout procedures.

So you will not see either of the two Express Checkout options listed on the "Step 2 - Select Payment Method" page.

But the step 2 page will continue to display standard PayPal IPN payment method (unless you disabled) which completely integrates into Zen Cart's standard checkout process.

• Woody
  Thank you, Woody. I solved all the problems except that I still see 2 express checkout (PP & GCO) on the step 2 of 3. Could you tell me how to not show these options in the page step 2 of 3.

Jefflam:

Thank you, Woody. I solved all the problems except that I still see 2 express checkout (PP & GCO) on the step 2 of 3. Could you tell me how to not show these options in the page step 2 of 3.

In the ZC1.3.7 tpl_checkout_payment_default.php, you need to skip the radio button for GCO after line 134:

<?php
  $radio_buttons = 0;
  for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($selection); $i<$n; $i++) {
    // ** GOOGLE CHECKOUT **
      if($selection[$i]['id'] == "googlecheckout")
        continue;
    // ** END GOOGLE CHECKOUT **
?>

For Paypal it should be fine because the radio button would represent the traditional (non-express) paypal payment. On the other hand, GCO does not have a non-express mode so it will need to be excluded from this page.

Hi everybody,

thank you all of your help. This is the last issue i THINK.
ZC137 + GCO104
I moved fast to the testing GCO now but received 2 errors from https://sandbox.google.com/checkout

1. bad signature on cart

2. the http get method is invalid to use for sending requests.

Please give me help. Thank you in advance.

http://fastener-outlet.com

Jefflam:

Hi everybody,

thank you all of your help. This is the last issue i THINK.
ZC137 + GCO104
I moved fast to the testing GCO now but received 2 errors from https://sandbox.google.com/checkout

1. bad signature on cart

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <error xmlns="http://checkout.google.com/schema/2" serial-number="824fd998-b770-42fe-905a-edfffa028e9e"> <error-message>Bad Signature on Cart</error-message> </error>

2. the http get method is invalid to use for sending requests.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <error xmlns="http://checkout.google.com/schema/2" serial-number="eeb470d3-6a0d-493d-97c0-9165b2d75234"> <error-message>The Http Get method is invalid to use for sending requests.</error-message> </error> I did setup 2 accounts for seller and buyer and activated them for test. Callback method: name/value pairs; shopping cart type: allow shopping cart with name/value pairs to be sent to google.

Please give me help. Thank you in advance.

http://fastener-outlet.com
a wrong key number was added in the GCO.

Jefflam:

I did setup 2 accounts for seller and buyer and activated them for test.
Callback method: name/value pairs; shopping cart type: allow shopping cart with name/value pairs to be sent to google.

http://fastener-outlet.com

If you're still having problems, you might want to change the callback method to XML.

Just thought I would check back in here today.

I hope the file I posted isn't causing more problems for people.

It looks like it doesn't help most people, but those are changes that had to be made to our file to get it to work as it should and it's working for us, so who knows :)

Some short feedback ..... installed GCO approx 3 weeks ago ..various hiccups with shipping rates but finally arrived at a Zencart 1.3.6 + GCO 1.5 working pretty well

As of today, I am receiving approx 40+ % of my sales as GCO sales, and will save more than $10k this year on card processing fees. Since migrating to ZC + GCO im amazed at how many people prefer to pay with GCO ... wonderful ....keep up the good work to all the folks who's suggestions here helped me to get to this situation.

small pointer : after long discussion with Godaddy , it seems that their $19.95 123 SSL certs DO work with GCO if the full ca-bundle is installed.

Thanks !!

Wishlist suggestion to the GC for ZC mod developers-

Would it be possible to emulate the code employed by the new PayPal Express for ZC mod, to support "downloads" in Google Checkout. That is, send an email to the customer (purchasing the download) containing their shop account login credentials which they can then use to download the files they just purchased? I assume the account name and password are auto-generated by PayPal Express mod?

Please say yes to this idea ;-)

Woody

dhan99:

For Paypal it should be fine because the radio button would represent the traditional (non-express) paypal payment.
I'm not sure but I think Jefflam may have been referring to PayPal Express appearing on Step 2 page, not the "traditional" PayPal IPN radio button.

with ZC1.3.7 and GC 1.0.4, tax is always zero, and, USPS shipping is not working. If I use a differend payment method, the shipping and tax is correct in all cases.

I've deleted and reinstalled GC 1.0.4 to no avail. I have no other mods and not sure what might be wrong.

ideas?

It's good to see some of the major issues with this mod before I install it.

reichard:

with ZC1.3.7 and GC 1.0.4, tax is always zero, and, USPS shipping is not working. If I use a differend payment method, the shipping and tax is correct in all cases.

I've deleted and reinstalled GC 1.0.4 to no avail. I have no other mods and not sure what might be wrong.

ideas?

Review this thread starting about page 32. Most of the answers you need are there.

chain_man:

Review this thread starting about page 32. Most of the answers you need are there.

Do you know when GCO module 1.0.5 will exit beta? I am really interested in setting it up on my store once it is officially released. thanks

spf:

Do you know when GCO module 1.0.5 will exit beta? I am really interested in setting it up on my store once it is officially released. thanks

I am waiting, as you are, for ropu to have the opportunity to finish it. I'm sure he places his paying work ahead of his efforts on this project.

chain_man:

I am waiting, as you are, for ropu to have the opportunity to finish it. I'm sure he places his paying work ahead of his efforts on this project.

Chainman, in fact my work is doing this projects.

Im working on a stable version, to avoid the problem we had with the last release. Im fixing several issues regarding merchant calculation, timeouts, and other implementation problems.

Im pretty sure next week ill have good news for all of you.

ropu

Hi ropu,
I installed ZC137 + GCO105 and activated productive USPS but I got the problem.
checkouting with GCO, "shipping and hangdling" shows up some options which are not exactlly specified in the ZC admin-modules-shipping-USPS (all the other options turned off and all GCO's shipping options unchecked), and all the shown amounts are "0" zero. In short, USPS doesn't send data to GCO while GCO shows calculating the amonuts.
Now I uninstalled them and go to install ZC136 and GCO105, trying to make it work like BBG's doing.

jeff

Http://www.fastener-outlet.com

Ropu.. I'd like to tackle a few problems I'm having with the svn version of gco..

1. adwords conversion tracking - I think I did it right but want to run my modification by you..

2. checkout allowing outside of the US addresses for shipping.. now sure what to do there.

Jefflam:

Hi ropu,
I installed ZC137 + GCO105 and activated productive USPS but I got the problem.
checkouting with GCO, "shipping and hangdling" shows up some options which are not exactlly specified in the ZC admin-modules-shipping-USPS (all the other options turned off and all GCO's shipping options unchecked), and all the shown amounts are "0" zero. In short, USPS doesn't send data to GCO while GCO shows calculating the amonuts.
Now I uninstalled them and go to install ZC136 and GCO105, trying to make it work like BBG's doing.

jeff

Http://www.fastener-outlet.com

i am having the same issue, found this on google's integration page:

"the error we got is: Read timed out Your server must respond faster to merchant calculation callback requests."

any thoughts on how to fix this?

https://www.strangefamousrecords.com is the site

Question, I added the code for tpl_login_default.php to my template and when I get ready to login I see the grey and white button right under the login section. Why is it their? wouldn't it confuse customers?

ctcentralinfo:

Question, I added the code for tpl_login_default.php to my template and when I get ready to login I see the grey and white button right under the login section. Why is it their? wouldn't it confuse customers?

The Google Checkout button is a smart button, it changes based on customer state. Assuming that you have everything configured right, if you add something to your shopping cart and go to the login page you will notice that the button changes. You can visit the web in my signature to see the different behavior of this button from login, shopping cart and checkout page.