easy simplify checkout mod
Hi All,
This was some simple mods I have done for X-Cart 4.11, to make the checkout neater. I post it here in case it is useful to anyone starting out. In summary, I have changed the title of the first block of registering for profile or checkout to Customer Details, have removed URL, Fax, Company fields and brought the Phone and Email up to this block as well as some other formatting. Also removed the multiple fields for first and last name so there is just the one. Any alternative ways of doing this I'd be interested to here about. ** CHANGE TEXT "PERSONAL INFORMATION (register/checkout)** In Admin, go to Languages, select English. Wait for page refresh. Select Labels and type in "Personal Information" Change this text to 'Customer Details' and click Apply Changes ** REGISTER PAGE - COMBINE CONTACT FIELDS WITH CUSTOMER DETAILS ** In customer/main/register.tpl find this code {include file="main/register_contact_info.tpl" userinfo=$userinfo} move to below {include file="main/register_personal_info.tpl" userinfo=$userinfo} Open main/register_contact_info.tpl and remove the header row <tr> and associated code </tr> ** REGISTER/CHECKOUT PAGES - HIDE BILLING/SHIPPING INFORMATION FIRSTNAME LASTNAME ** Do this if you want to use the firstname lastname fields as identical for registering, shipping and billing Open main/register_shipping_address.tpl Find this code: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Code:
{if $default_fields.firstname.avail eq 'Y'} REPLACE WITH Code:
<INPUT type="hidden" name="s_firstname" size="32" maxlength="32" value="{$userinfo.s_firstname}"> Open main/register_billing_address.tpl Find two table rows containing first last name fields as above and replace with Code:
<INPUT type="hidden" name="b_firstname" size="32" maxlength="32" value="{$userinfo.b_firstname}"> Open main/register_personal_info.tpl Find INPUT fields for firstname and lastname ADD THIS CODE to end of tag Code:
onChange="populateProfile()" Open common_js.tpl Add this function Code:
function populateProfile() { To maintain "leave empty if same as billing" message before registering open main/register_shipping_address.tpl find Code:
{if !$is_s_fields}({$lng.lbl_leave_empty_if_same_as_b_address}){/if} replace with Code:
{if $login eq ""}({$lng.lbl_leave_empty_if_same_as_b_address}){/if} ** CHECKOUT PAGE 3 ** To simplify information on this page... customer/main/cart_details - find {if $cart.products and $have_products eq "Y"} lines 77 and 99 comment out * these and their respective end tags customer/main/customer_details.tpl format/remove unused fields like fax, company name fields etc. customer/main/checkout_notes.tpl do some formatting here bob |
link to an example of this?
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Can't link as its a private site, but kind of goes like this:
Checkout Page 1 Customer Details -------------------------------------- First Name: [ ] Last Name: [ ] Phone: [ ] Email: [ ] etc. etc. Billing Details -------------------------------------- no First Name Last Name fields - rest as normal Shipping Details -------------------------------------- no First Name Last Name fields - rest as normal On checkout page 3 I have removed the notes below the items and formatted the long confirmation details text into a 3 col table + some other stuff |
Thanks again Bob.
I just implemented a slightly different version of this idea on a client site using your instructions. Seems to have worked like a charm! I did away with the separate Customer Details area and combined the Contact Details area with the Billing Info area. I left the Shipping Firstname/Lastname in place to allow for gift orders to be addressed to person other than the purchasing customer. Here's a screenshot. :) http://www.xcartmods.com/screenshots/checkout1.gif |
mustang - how did you do your mod? I am setting up 4.0.13 and requiring the customer to put their first and last name in three different times, even if it's being shipped to the same info as the billing, is irritating. And taking the required off the first & last name fields is not satisfactory.
Any good mods out there? Thanks! |
Yes Mustang,
I would like to know how you did that as well. - Shannon |
I agree! Can you take a few moments to share? As refined as 4.012 is, it seems odd that they thought requiring a name 3 times without the option to "Check box if blah blah is the same" was a plus. But, oh well, if we can scramble to fix it, great!
Thank you! |
Looking forward to the future home of xcartmods.com :D
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Its very odd that they STILL have not fixed this.
What are they thinking! How is a persons name different than a persons name under the billing address?? If that is the case than te owner of the credit card is not making the purchase. I mean come on who came up with this?? The way it should be done is like similar to mustang. put phone and email as part of billing elimianate personal details as it should be assumed and itr is the LAW that personal details of the person making the transaction is the one whose billing info. Then they should go with convention, with a checkbox if shipping is the same as billing. |
checkout in x-cart needs some serious modification
Look at overstock.com's checkout steps. Very easy, very uncluttered and minimal info on screen. Oh by the way they have the copy billing address to shipping address checkmark.
It is also unnecessary to ask the user to create a username since they already have an email address entered. Does it not make it easier to remember for the user? I think the bottomline is: The less info you ask the user to fill out, the less abandoned carts we will have. I am thinking of modifying my checkout pages in the coming days and if I can come up with something easierto use, I sure will share. [Yes, I am aware of the easy checkout mod ($99 one) and it is not exactly what I need either.] |
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