Thanks for the quick replies. That's a very good idea Bob. That's the route I'll probably go.
On Sep 27, 2:48 pm, Bob Waycott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > athttp://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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
