Johnsimms2000 Posted May 28, 2006 Posted May 28, 2006 Since I am selling downloadable digital goods, I only want the customer to provide me with the email address they wish to have the software product(s) sent to rather than their physical "shipping address" at the time of sign-up and when they check out. I only want their email address to be displayed as the "shipping address" rather than their phone, first name, last name, physical address, zip, etc. Any way to do this?. Any help is GREATLY appreciated!.
Daemonj Posted May 28, 2006 Posted May 28, 2006 You will already have their email address from their account information which is stored within the order details. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 You will already have their email address from their account information which is stored within the order details. Good evening sir!. Well, I don't want the customer to have to fill out all that information (at signup or see it during check-out). I only want their email address, their first and last name to be displayed (and perhaps the URL of their website). Is there any way at all to modify this in the admin section?. Incidentally, I used to live in Johnson city Tennessee and the people there were awesome. Ever driven down the twisting/turning roiads of Aquanic?. We lived in a quaint little apt for several years and I loved that city (lots of fond memories!). - Warm regards, John
Daemonj Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 You could accomplish that but it will require a bit of custom modification. You will either need to have a very good knowledge of osC and PHP or find a developer that you can work with. The closest that I have been to Johnson City, TN was when I drove through Bristol going toward Virginia. :o LOL I can say that I enjoy Cookeville (located between Knoxville and Nashville on I-40) and have met a number of wonderful people. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein
Mediajuggle Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Since I am selling downloadable digital goods, I only want the customer to provide me with the email address they wish to have the software product(s) sent to rather than their physical "shipping address" at the time of sign-up and when they check out. I only want their email address to be displayed as the "shipping address" rather than their phone, first name, last name, physical address, zip, etc. Any way to do this?. Any help is GREATLY appreciated!. That's a good idea and I thought about that as well... the problem is... your payment processor will require that information that you're trying to get rid off to verify their credit card information..... My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 That's a good idea and I thought about that as well... the problem is...your payment processor will require that information that you're trying to get rid off to verify their credit card information..... You mean PayPal uses this information to process their order?. I was thinking that the customer would have to fill out my signup form (ie; name, address, phone, etc) and then have to fill out a second form once they arrived at the PayPal payment screen and I was concerned about redundancy. So PayPay uses their info from my shopping cart?. Also, is there some way to test this whole thing?. I can't get past the PayPal payment screen because it say's that I can't make a payment to myself and when I signed up for their "sandbox" it kept telling me my username and password was wrong (yes, I signed up for a separate account there). Finally, I don't currently have an SSL cert and I can't afford one from Verisign ($1,679). I mean, that's just plain NUTS!!. Is there some way around this so the customer will feel "secure" while they are providing their address, phone, etc?. - Regards, John
Daemonj Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 When the user reaches the PayPal screen after clicking the Continue button on your checkout_confirmation.php page, they will simply have to enter their PayPal username and password and then can make the payment. For an SSL cert, I *highly* recommend visiting InstantSSL.com. Me and my clients have been using them for several years without issue. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein
Mediajuggle Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Another reason you might not want to make this modification to your store yet is because as you become more successful, you might find that Paypal won't meet the needs of your store... and the other modules will require this.... I'm looking into having my store modified in the following way.... 1. you can create an account with just a username, password and email (valiated) - this will allow customers to post on forums and download the free tracks that we offer 2. If they try to checkout with something that requires them to make a payment, only then they will be presented with the screens asking them for the name, address and the like. My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 When the user reaches the PayPal screen after clicking the Continue button on your checkout_confirmation.php page, they will simply have to enter their PayPal username and password and then can make the payment. For an SSL cert, I *highly* recommend visiting InstantSSL.com. Me and my clients have been using them for several years without issue. Thank's for the cert link - looks good! :) . Also, one other thing...once they arrive on the PayPal payment screen won't they also have to provide their CC#, SSN# and/or other info at that point? (I did'nt see that info requested anywhere during the OSCommerce member signup. - Thank's again!
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 ...finally, what is the best way to test this thing?. I've already created a fake customer, uploaded a .zip file to my "download" folder and configured OSC to automatically send an email to the customer containing a self-expiring download link but I can't get past PayPal's payment page because I get something like "I'm sorry buit you can not send money to yourself".
Mediajuggle Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Thank's for the cert link - looks good! :) . Also, one other thing...once they arrive on the PayPal payment screen won't they also have to provide their CC#, SSN# and/or other info at that point? (I did'nt see that info requested anywhere during the OSCommerce member signup. - Thank's again! If they already have a PayPal account they won't... but if they don't and they're using Paypal's "purchase without account" option they will (not ssn # though) My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 If they already have a PayPal account they won't... but if they don't and they're using Paypal's "purchase without account" option they will (not ssn # though) Ok, thank's. Sounds good. So what is the best way to test this thing?. I've already created a fake customer, uploaded a .zip file to my "download" folder and configured OSC to automatically send an email to the customer containing a self-expiring download link but I can't get past PayPal's payment page because I get something like "I'm sorry buit you can not send money to yourself".
Mediajuggle Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Ok, thank's. Sounds good. So what is the best way to test this thing?. I've already created a fake customer, uploaded a .zip file to my "download" folder and configured OSC to automatically send an email to the customer containing a self-expiring download link but I can't get past PayPal's payment page because I get something like "I'm sorry buit you can not send money to yourself". on the "admin/payment" modules page, edit: Gateway Server Use the testing (sandbox) or live gateway server for transactions? from "live" to "testing" My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 on the "admin/payment" modules page, edit: Gateway Server Use the testing (sandbox) or live gateway server for transactions? from "live" to "testing" I'm using the "PSigate" payment option but when I go to test it by typing in the fake CC# provided there (ie; "4111111111111111") It keeps telling me... "The first four digits of the number entered are: 4111<br>If that number is correct, we do not accept that type of credit card.<br>If it is wrong, please try again." I also see the username "teststorewithcard". Am I supposed to create an account using that name before testing this?. - Thank's again and sorry for all the annoying noob questions. You have been VERY helpful!.
Mediajuggle Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Not familiar with PSIgate. I think we all assumed you were using PayPal.. even more reason to leave your account information pages alone... My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 Not familiar with PSIgate. I think we all assumed you were using PayPal.. even more reason to leave your account information pages alone... Yes, I am using PayPal. I was just trying to follow your instructions but I may have ended up in the wrong place. I really want to test this thing to make sure everything is ok. I went to the "admin/payment" modules page but did not see anything about a "gateway server" or the option to test anything.
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 29, 2006 Author Posted May 29, 2006 Where is this "gateway server/live/testing" section?. I have looked all over and I can't find anything like that?. Please help if you can because I am really anxious to test this and I am so close... Thank's, I really appreciate it!!
chooch Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Another reason you might not want to make this modification to your store yet is because as you become more successful, you might find that Paypal won't meet the needs of your store... and the other modules will require this.... I'm looking into having my store modified in the following way.... 1. you can create an account with just a username, password and email (valiated) - this will allow customers to post on forums and download the free tracks that we offer 2. If they try to checkout with something that requires them to make a payment, only then they will be presented with the screens asking them for the name, address and the like. Thanks for the music skin Mediajuggle, wow it's good. A little more work on it and it'll be dynamite.. if only the psd file were included in the download too hint hint :D As for the first part of the account create page with minimum requirements like name, email address and password, you can get it here courtesy of Vger: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,3179 .... Wish you luck on the second part Upon receiving fixes and advice, too many people don't bother to post updates informing the forum of how it went. Until of course they need help again on other issues and they come running back! Why receive the information you require in good faith for free, only to then have the attitude to ignore the people who gave it to you? There's no harm in saying, 'Thanks, it worked'. On the contrary, it creates a better atmosphere. CHOOCH
Mediajuggle Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Thanks for the music skin Mediajuggle, wow it's good. A little more work on it and it'll be dynamite.. if only the psd file were included in the download too hint hint :D Thanks Chooch. I plan to create a few more quality "skins" that people will hopefully get good use out of. Since I'm more graphic designer than programmer, it's just my way of giving back. I did upload the PSD files as well but since they're over 300k they have to be manually approved. Johnsimms2000, I'm using the PayPal IPN contribution. Which one are you using? My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
Johnsimms2000 Posted May 30, 2006 Author Posted May 30, 2006 Mediajuggle - I've just got a regular PayPal account and the standard, "out-of-the-box: OSCommerce script. I tried to sign up for PayPal's "sandbox" but it kept telling me that my username and password were incorrect - even though I created a separate account for that.
Mediajuggle Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Mediajuggle - I've just got a regular PayPal account and the standard, "out-of-the-box: OSCommerce script. I tried to sign up for PayPal's "sandbox" but it kept telling me that my username and password were incorrect - even though I created a separate account for that. I'd get the downloads working before installing that. I know contributions like "Purchase Without Account" removes code that is needed for downloads to function properly. My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
Mediajuggle Posted May 30, 2006 Posted May 30, 2006 Mediajuggle - I've just got a regular PayPal account and the standard, "out-of-the-box: OSCommerce script. I tried to sign up for PayPal's "sandbox" but it kept telling me that my username and password were incorrect - even though I created a separate account for that. I'm not too sure about the PayPal module that comes built in with OsCommerce, I read on these forums there were problems with it. I'm not sure why your sandbox wouldn't work though. Have you tried contacting PayPal? My Contribution Music Download Store Template http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4275
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