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[elabdesigns]

Perhaps others have noticed the cart.php page doesn't flow well, or maybe its just me.

Below is a image that I would like to do to the cart.tpl file to customize the cart. One it will be easier to see the products in the cart but also it will flow with the checkout process. I am using 4.0.6 gold and I was wondering how I can make this change.

http://www.pariscape.com/cart.gif

Thanks

[Jon]

http://forum.x-cart.com/viewtopic.php?t=12539&start=195

[elabdesigns]

So I would need to purchase you mod to make this work? The forum link you sent me was about your mod correct? and how to change it?

Also, the mod at the top to the page link that you posted, is still not what I need? If I purchase your mod, can you get me code to reflect what I want?

[Jon]

You don't need the mod to make it work (though I'd definitely recommend it ).

I posted the code necessary for him to do what I believe your asking.

[mffowler]

Jon,

You post just about everywhere with your checkout mod ... It's clean and I like it, but this post is about X-Cart's look of the cart.tpl, which isn't the end-all of the shopping experience for the customer.

X-Cart, or your mod for that matter, doesn't fix the fact that the products are displayed vertically. For an order of 1-3 items, this works. For orders with 10 items, having a cart that looks like a stack of product.tpl's is too much!

Another thing that X-Cart (and your mod) should do is to shorten the pages of "cart to checkout". I mean, why even have a "cart.php" page with the format of elab's image? That's a page that should be dropped from the XC system entirely (1 page - that's huge!). The customer should view cart at: cart.php?mode=checkout which is the 1st page of the checkout. This is what nearly EVERY mainstream store has and some even have small icons.

The plus of skipping the one page, is to go with a horizontal viewing of the cart. A shopping list versus a small basket.. Now saying all of this and it doesn't really have to do with you or your mod, though you do push it quite a bit - is to change the way a customer views the cart. All one would have to do is skip the "cart.php" page and go straight to the "cart.php?mode=checkout".

Now that is a solid solution that I just thought of while looking at the original post. All one would have to do is go to the /customer/main/minicart.tpl and change the "View Cart" link to the one that is used for "Checkout". You could even put in some product icons/images.

Ideas on this? Seems pretty reasonable to me.

- Mike

[elabdesigns]

mffowler,

I agree with you. Taking out the cart.php is not a bad idea, but the cart.php is a page that gives the customer a chance to look over there cart. There they can change qty, remove, go back to shopping and also add discount coupons.

Now if yourself, Jon, x-cart or anyone for that matter comes up with a with a solution to skip the cart.php but still include the remove items, discounts, and a conintue shopping button, I would be all for it.

[Jon]

Originally Posted by mffowler

Jon,

You post just about everywhere with your checkout mod ... It's clean and I like it, but this post is about X-Cart's look of the cart.tpl, which isn't the end-all of the shopping experience for the customer.

I wasn't posting about my checkout mod, I was simply directing him to the code on that page which I posted to assist somebody else in accomplishing what he was asking.

To redo the entire x-cart checkout process as a mod would cause all kinds of problems requiring support, but to recode the checkout process is certainly possible. You could redirect cart.php to cart.php?mode=checkout by default and then replace the cart details in checkout.tpl by including the cart.tpl instead. Then edit the cart.tpl to look the way you want it.

[mffowler]

Thanks Jon.

Yes, I like the idea of changing the "View Cart" link to the "Checkout", it's a simple fix and could easily be switched back etc. But, it would be nice to figure out how to get the cart details template to:

• 1. Make the product name link to the product.
  2. Potentially add a thumbnail in the cart (like regular cart.tpl)
  3. Update/Delete (But, I think this can easily be accomplisyhed by making the user enter qty: 0 to delete and item - like a lot of carts do)

I appreciate your ideas and don't mean anything negatively about you "checkout mod" post, but after a while reading similar checkout posts, you do happen to pop up quite a bit. After all, your sig. says it all anyways.

I think if I could at least modify the checkout details/contents to have a link to the product and maybe a thumb/icon, I might try not using the "View Cart" screen. It seems like this could easily accomplish what someone wants to do in the cart checkout anyway: add/delete/modify product.

Thanks,

Mike.//

[Jon]

In all fairness view my posts, I popup everywhere. Occasionally I bring my ez checkout mod with me

Rather than edit checkout details/contents, you can just call the cart.tpl file in it's place, then you get what your asking for without recreating it all.