Thanks for the correction Bob. idyknyk :) 2009/9/27 Bob Waycott <[email protected]>
> Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you, Samuel, but at least Authorize.net does > not require a customer to enter information on their site. They are a > gateway only, not a checkout system. We use Authorize.net for our store at > http://cranio.com, and the customer never leaves the site during the > process. > Seth, I would recommend not hacking Satchmo's views at all. If it were me, > I would create a custom checkout template(s) & my own custom checkout view > that calls out to Satchmo's views where necessary & returns any and all > information needed for the one-page checkout template. This would ensure a > much easier development process for you, and be much more easily maintained > over the life of your store, preventing you from breaking your upgrade path > with Satchmo. > > Implementing a one-page checkout isn't something currently available in > Satchmo's existing code & templates, but it shouldn't be a problem to do so > on your own, ensuring Satchmo remains untouched in the process. > > Best, > > Bob > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Samuel Hopkins > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Seth, >> >> Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I do believe that paypal is the only >> 3rd party processor that you can do that with. All of the other ones (google >> checkout, authorize.net, etc.) require the shopping cart to be packaged >> up and passed to one of their pages where the customer would have to enter >> their information again (this time with credit card info) or sign into an >> account with the 3rd party. The reason for this is because they own access >> to the payment gateway, implying more than a few things about the shopping >> experience. If you wanted, your customer could get an account with a >> merchant service provider which comes with direct access to a payment >> gateway . This is more expensive, but worth it if the client has the money >> and really cares about keeping their customer's on the same page throughout >> the checkout process. If you went with this option, you would would have to >> write a custom payment module ( >> http://www.satchmoproject.com/docs/svn/custom-payment.html ). I just went >> through a similar process with my client and after looking at the prices, >> decided to stay with a 3rd party processor until he started doing enough >> business through his online store. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Sam H. >> >> 2009/9/27 Seth <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> The customer whose store I'm developing is set on having the customer >>> contact/billing information and credit card information input on the >>> same page. Are there any easier ways to do this other than hacking >>> satchmo's views and forms? They'll only be using one payment module >>> (authorize.net), so that shouldn't be a problem. I was hoping to find >>> some solution combining modified templates and signals, but I can't >>> see how that would work. >>> >>> BTW I'm using Satchmo 0.9 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Samuel Hopkins >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Samuel Hopkins --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
