My Checkout Without Account Mod

Thanks so much for making this. I will try it and give some feedbacks.

byrd813:

I just ftp'd this module to my server, but it's not showing up on my site, what else do I have to do?

Can't really offer much help without seeing the site. It could be that files didn't transfer properly. I can't stress enough how often that happens. If you have a web address for me to look at, I can be more helpful.

pinkchalkstudio:

I decided to go for it. I added conditional logic for both references to FILENAME_ACCOUNT and I added in the messagestack code as well. I've tested fairly extensively and it all seems to be working. :clap: If you think that approach has side effects I may not be aware of please let me know.

Adding the code to both instances won't harm anything. I think there are two instances because it has to do with the status of your store.... a regular store or one that is a display-only store. And the messagestack code is necessary for showing errors to your customers when they have entered incorrect info, etc. Adding the codes will not make your shop or cowoa malfunction, so everything should be peaches & cream now. :smile:

I'm sorry, went a little too fast my site is http://www.halosfavors.com i'm missing buttons the check out out without account slogan. I do have the images for the checkout process, ie, payment, shipment, confirm...

byrd813:

I'm sorry, went a little too fast my site is http://www.halosfavors.com i'm missing buttons the check out out without account slogan. I do have the images for the checkout process, ie, payment, shipment, confirm...

First, I must say.... your site took ages to load. Not sure if its just me, but my connection is pretty fast and all of the other sites are working fast. I checked the speed of your site here and you should take a look at it (if you haven't already):

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/wso.php?url=http://www.halosfavors.com/

Regarding COWOA, it looks like you haven't installed the COWOA code onto your login page. However, if you type in this link (which is COWOA), it works fine:

https://www.halosfavors.com/index.php?main_page=no_account

So you are just missing the button for COWOA on your login page.

Try uploading includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_login_default.php again, or follow the instructions in the install/overrides-writes.txt file given in the COWOA download for the tpl_login_default.php page. You can PM me if you require additional help.

I don't mind if anyone needs to PM for help, but you should really try to do it on your own as often as possible, otherwise you'll never learn. That's how I figured it all out. :wink:

Maybe something went wrong with my download, because I dont have a tpl_login_default file anywhere...

Would there be anyway for it to 'mark' a customer account created in admin so I could tell which accounts are COWOA and regular.

Thx Jon:cool::cool:

jmknash:

Would there be anyway for it to 'mark' a customer account created in admin so I could tell which accounts are COWOA and regular.

Thx Jon:cool::cool:

Yes, bluefish created an add-on for that found here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=361581&postcount=183

It adds a column to your customers table and puts an X on all cowoa customers, as seen in my admin here:

You are a legend, thank you. :smile:

Not sure how many of you have noticed the welcome email sent to anyone that checks out with this module has a coupon number listed for 10% off, which expired in 2007.

Here is the welcome email info:

Your Discount Coupon - As a thank you for joining our community, we've included a 10% discount coupon. You may use this coupon once to get 10% off any order, large or small. It is good through December of 2007. The coupon code is '08825bbc50'. To use this code, enter it during checkout in the coupon entry field.I did a search of all the files installed with this module and in the /includes/language/english/YOURTEMPLATE/no_account.php file on line 39 it says this:

define('EMAIL_TEXT', 'With your account, you can now take part in the <strong>various services</strong> we have to offer you. Some of these services include:' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Permanent Cart</strong> - Any products added to your online cart remain there until you remove them, or check them out.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Address Book</strong> - We can deliver your products to another address other than your own. This is perfect to send birthday gifts directly to the birthday-person themselves.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Order History</strong> - View your history of purchases that you have made with us.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Products Reviews</strong> - Share your opinions on products with our other customers.' . "\n\n" . 'Your Discount Coupon - As a thank you for joining our community, we\'ve included a 10% discount coupon. You may use this coupon once to get 10% off any order, large or small. It is good through December of 2007. The coupon code is \'08825bbc50\'. To use this code, enter it during checkout in the coupon entry field.' . "\n\n");  
```I hope this information helps somebody.

FatGuyinAZ:

Not sure how many of you have noticed the welcome email sent to anyone that checks out with this module has a coupon number listed for 10% off, which expired in 2007.

Customers who choose the COWOA route don't receive a welcome email. As such, it doesn't actually make any difference what's defined in that file. Admin will still receive "a copy" of it though, if configured. That's how I distinguish which route they take.

Steven300:

Customers who choose the COWOA route don't receive a welcome email.

This is correct. FatGuyinAZ, what you are seeing is a copy of an email that actually never gets sent to a COWOA customer.

Okay I wasn't sure. I went through the steps as a customer on my test site and when I entered my email address (as the customer) I entered a fake email address. Therefore, when I got an email from my Admin Test site with the subject of: "[CREATE ACCOUNT] Welcome to Values Galore" I thought the system was sending the welcome email to Admin & the customer.

Now that you two have explained this, I can change the define wording to something I can understand as an Admin that this email is for a COWOA order.

Was there something in the readme's explaining this that I missed? I hate to think I am just being dumb.

Thanks

FatGuyinAZ:

Was there something in the readme's explaining this that I missed? I hate to think I am just being dumb. Thanks

No, I don't think its stated anywhere in the readme. I guess he just figured that when a store owner tested cowoa, they wouldn't use a fake email address and would see in their email that they were only receiving one "account created" email, which is a copy. :smile:

Can someone tell me if I can go ahead with the mod mentioned here
http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Contribution:Integrated_Checkout_Without_Account
http://craftzombie.com/cowoa138/IntegratedCOWOA%281.3.8%29.zip
Also, does it has any problems with the Super Tracker?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_47&products_id=683

After reading all your posts (yes, all 500!) and struggling with my first ZC install, I'm jumping in with something to offer. I hope to make it easier for new Zenners (like me) to use this module with these three items:

1. A consolidated set of instructions for COWOA and its add-ons
2. A combined COWOA/add-ons files for use with a new ZenCart install
3. A display correction I wrote for the Order Steps add-on.

You can download them from the site I'm working on http://www.bpf.org/shop-dev2, top-left sidebar (Important Links). I couldn't manage to make these items downloadable, though I carefully followed the instructions in the manual, so I punted with an EZ page link. This is a development cart, so the template and some other stuff aren't configured yet.

If these three items seem useful I'd like to submit them, but I figured I'd allow my fellow COWOA-ers to pick them apart first, and maybe advise me on the format. I tried to follow the common format, but for the consolidated instructions find the use of formatting makes them very readable.

You can respond in the forum (preferable) or PM me. Thank you all!

This feature was one my client wanted, and after seeing the persistence of J_Schilz in developing this mod and CraftZombie in continuing support of it, I felt confident in recommending Zen Cart.

Thanks for this suzing. I've been meaning to try COWOA but was thoroughly confused by all the issues and fixes discussed here, as well as concerned about its interaction with other mods. Now that there is a kind of summary-to-date, I'll finally be able to give it a try.

Rob

ronwong:

Tried installing on another installation, this time a windows server, I get this:

1054 Unknown column 'true' in 'where clause'
in:
[select count(*) as total from customers where customers_email_address = '[email protected]' and COWOA_account != true]

This comes out after page 1/5 after the customer enters the address etc and hit continue checkout..

any idea?

I saw this posted but somehow the subject changed without an answer to this problem actually being submitted. I have not being able to solve this. Anybody has any ideas?

Thanks

Here's an amendment to the COWOA instructions I posted the other day: Where I've used classic as the YOUR_TEMPLATE directory, it would be more correct to use custom or your own template name. This means making a new folder by that name - custom or your template name - at the same level as the classic folder in each case.

The Overrides Chart is a helpful guide as well.

Since I finished the COWOA package, I finally had time to read more about the overrides system, and immediately saw the error of my ways. I think I'll finish reading about overrides before I revise, though, in case there's yet more that applies....

I'm only interested in using the COWOA, I don't want my customers to create any account at all. Is it possible to use only this part of the mod? Has anyone tried?

Exquis:

I'm only interested in using the COWOA, I don't want my customers to create any account at all. Is it possible to use only this part of the mod? Has anyone tried?

Yes, I tried this once on a test cart. See this post.

You can also bypass the whole login page during checkout. In the cart, for the "checkout" button, you can make it go to main_page=no_account instead of main_page=login. I believe you do that in includes/templates/your_template/templates/tpl_shopping_cart_default by changing FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING to FILENAME_NO_ACCOUNT (after you have installed cowoa of course).