fsiano Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Hello I was wondering what is the best way to get a customer to NOT have to create and account when it comes time to purchase. I remember a while back there was a contribution but I never had any luck of getting it to work. Can someone please point me in the right direction on how to make this an option for the customer? Thanks Frank S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westkoast Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 I tried the work around twice also....no luck here. One thing to do: turn the form attributes to "false" in application_top.php. You can turn off gender, and a few others. My thougth on this was just have hidden fields for the fields you don't want to display, and it will appear (to the user) that they are using a regular check out form. If you want to have another form that users can actually create accts with duplicate it, and add a link to it from the "log on" page. ------- One important note though: if a user checks out without creating an acct, they will not be able to use that email address again because it is kept in the database with no entry.... the system will ask them to log in, but they can't because "they don't have an acct." I need to read the rules more often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snagelcat Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 here is a thought you can turn off any required area by just going to the admin area and in the min required area take out the number for that field and leave it blank now that area does not need input and will act as if it's not required. I have set up one of the stores I built only to require an email and password, however we have got some orders and they forgot to update the shipping info so it required us to email them and say "and WHERE do you want this sent???" you could in theroy have nothing required for sign-up but most everyone would give an email and password have fun! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 the following contribution http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ions,355/page,8 will allow you to give your customers a choice to either checkout without creating an account or carry on and creae an account. I have this working on a post november snapshot, and is fairly straight forward to install. cheers barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westkoast Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,355/page,8 will allow you to give your customers a choice to either checkout without creating an account or carry on and creae an account. Be very carefull if using this mod. Make 100% sure you have everything backed up. I had troubles with this one.... And it still does not solve the problem for return customers who did not sign up for an acct. the first time because they cannot use their email address again. My .02 Make users create an acct, but don't tell them "they are creating an acct." Just have the password field in the checkout sequence. That create acct. form is very customizeable! I need to read the rules more often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 They will recieve a welcome email when they enter their details as well as a order confirmation email when they complete their order. Customise the welcome email to say that a password has been created but it is encrypted. To log in go to the login page, and choose "password forgotten" link. Enter your email address and well email a new randomly generated password to you Although the mod gives the impression of purchasing without an account, it actually does but does not require the entering of a password on the customer details and address form. cheers barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radders Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 That's interesting Barry. I'm using the v.55 mod at the moment and starting to get problems with retruning customers who can't create an accouint. Are you using this mod or not at the moment? What changes did you have to make to eliminate all referefnce to Create Account? What do your customers/testers think abut having to use he lost password link rather than automatically being emailed a password? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Customers have the choice to either create an account or purchase without creating account. I am using this mod at the moment. What do your customers/testers think abut having to use he lost password link rather than automatically being emailed a password? This was a hypothetical explanation of somethig that can be done, all you would need to do is modify the welcome email to reflect this. I have not yet modified the email myself but plan to. cheers barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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