agtlewis Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I'm not done tearing apart this code yet, and the color scheme is just gray for now but it will be blue, but hey tell me how it looks. There are TONS of changes, most of them you wouldn't notice unless they are pointed out, but all around the entire site and checkout process is much better. www.astions.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agtlewis Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 On BTW, this is 4 days work. I had to get some cobwebs out of my brain... in the area that knew php... but otherwise it was pretty painless. Can't wait to here what you all think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I like it! Nice clean cut. Fresh, has a very nice overall clean look. You will have to keep us posted on how it progrsses, as it looks as tho it will be a nice one. Have you thought about removing the boxes on the left and just making that a column? Would make the site look even crisper in design. IMO anyway. CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agtlewis Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 That is a great idea. I'll add that to the list for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbzilla Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Your links should be using the tep_href_link() function. The navigation in the header doesn't include osCsid's attached. Nice & clean looking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agtlewis Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 ACK.. Another thing I have to figure out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajeh Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 I think I am missing the point on the changes ... :shock: It appears to lose the seperate Shipping and Billing address ... and if I change my mind and decide not to change the address I get lost on either a Continue Button I cannot use (as a customer I don't get the idea re-enter my password) and a Back button that takes me elsewhere besides the checkout I was at. So ... being a not so bright customer ... I pack up my toys and go home. Umm ... help me out here. What were the changes for? The site looks very nice, that is not an issue. I just am missing the point of changing the flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agtlewis Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 When anyone uses a credit card or Paypal to purchase something (especially Paypal) you are required to ship to the buyers confirmed address. If you don?t. and the customer states that they did not receive it, you have to refund the purchase price even if you have proof of shipment. I am experienced in online sales, there is NO reason besides gift?s for a customer to ship a package to anything other than their OWN billing address. This reduces credit card fraud and chargeback?s. I'll have to fix the back button issue later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burt Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 When anyone uses a credit card or Paypal to purchase something (especially Paypal) you are required to ship to the buyers confirmed address. If you don?t. and the customer states that they did not receive it, you have to refund the purchase price even if you have proof of shipment. I am experienced in online sales, there is NO reason besides gift?s for a customer to ship a package to anything other than their OWN billing address. This reduces credit card fraud and chargeback?s. 110% correct. This is the reason why I also remove the shipping/delivery/billing address functionality from stores. Just have one, which can be double checked by other means (eg Address search, yellow pages etc etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 customers dont just use the added billing address feature for gifts. Me for instance, I use my work address to have all my orders delivered there. This is becos I am not at home when couriers arrive to deliver my order at home. So it is easier to have orders delivered to my work, as I am there all day. As regards the added billing address, i agree. This could leave you wide open to fraud. How have you guys gone about removing this? Have you just taken away the change address button under the billing address of the checkout? I never thought about this until you said. I am still going to offer more than one delivery address, for the reasons I mentioned above. But I want to take away the function of changing the billing address, any quick easy ways to do this that you have found. Might save me a few minutes if you give me a head start. ta. CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agtlewis Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 I just changed the link to point to the account edit page, and changed that page as well. It was just some html editing I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Well I have just removed something similar to this: <tr> <td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td class="main"><b><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_BILLING_ADDRESS; ?></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" class="subBar2"> <tr class="infoBoxContents"> <td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '10', '1'); ?></td> <td class="main" width="50%" valign="top"><?php echo TEXT_SELECTED_BILLING_DESTINATION; ?><br><br><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_PAYMENT_ADDRESS, '', 'SSL') . '">' . tep_image_button('button_change_address.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_CHANGE_ADDRESS) . '</a>'; ?></td> <td align="right" width="50%" valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td class="main" align="center" valign="top"><b><?php echo TITLE_BILLING_ADDRESS; ?></b><br><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'arrow_south_east.gif'); ?></td> <td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '10', '1'); ?></td> <td class="main" valign="top"><?php echo tep_address_label($customer_id, $billto, true, ' ', '<br>'); ?></td> <td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '10', '1'); ?></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td> </tr> Not exact I think, I just did this to give an example. Now only provides the checkout payment option on the page. The billing address stays the same as whatever address the account user has in the account information. Nice tip guys thanks. CC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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