http://docs.abantecart.com/pages/ship_and_pay/payments/paypal_payments_express.html

On this doc for PayPal express is this reference correct?

API Username: - your PayPal Pro API username
API Password: - your PayPal Pro API password
I am not aware that Express requires a Pro anything.
Thanks for your correction or clarification.
Lee

This was an issue back in 1.1.7  I think,  but it was fixed previously.  Seems it might be back again there is one payment - authorize.net  installed,  it has been working flawlessly for many months.

In applying a credit to an account thatreduced the order to zero  I am getting 
Error: payment method required.

You can see by the screen shots that system has identified that there is a payment account noted but the previous fix to ignore zero balances seems to be broken.

this is a 1.2.6 Abantecart Version

thanks

The latest version of forms manager is quite excellent.   If you could add a cloning (replication) routine to an existing form - that would make it spectacular IMO. 

There are lots of times when a user has a basic form and then needs just a small field addition or change for a different form to be used .  So they have two different forms for slightly different purposes.  Some forms are quite lengthy, so re-building from scratch takes quite a bit of time.

Thanks for considering this.

Lee

In a new install using Softaculous  when working on the permissions I have no admin/system/backup/

Is this the expectation on a new install now?

Also I see all the file permissions are now being set to 755  except for config.php

However http://docs.abantecart.com/pages/install/options/regular_installation.html
still indicate 777 and a recent post on forum http://forum.abantecart.com/index.php/topic,4197.msg18284.html#msg18284  suggests 444 for config.   This is becoming a bit confusing -  and permission settings need to be correct for functionality and secure.   Can you please update the docs?

thanks
Lee

Here's what I would like to be able to do:

As an administrator acting on behalf of a customer need a way to take a phone order for an account holder  all the way thru to  just before payment.  And then either have the customer log into their account to complete the confirmation and pay,  or email them the invoice which has a link back so they can pay.

What I need is some way to have an option for payment as "billing" or "Phone Order" with a condition of waiting payment.    This option of billing should not be seen on the payment selection by the customers,  but available to the admin.

Am I missing some thing that is already available within the cart to do this?

Or do I need to see about making a way to do this?  I didn't see anything in marketplace extensions that seemed to do this.

thanks in advance for your feedback
Lee

I find I need to re-do a database that has passwords for accounts -  some were using one Salt key,  some were using another

I would like to decrypt the passwords and then reset them with all the same salt key.   There are a lot of them,  and the customers will NOT be happy if they have to do this themselves, lots of really old, crotchety  customers on this site - who complain about everything -  so would be great if I could get this done behind the scenes.


You have any guidance on doing this?

Thanks
Lee

Hello,   as a user of Abantecart since version 1.1.7  I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable of how your process works.   But since since version 1.2.0  the upgrade routines have been seriously flawed.

I am reporting that the current upgrade to 1.2.2  is also flawed.   Here is the message:
  Error: Cannot download file. Repository error or invalid extension key. Try one more time. If problem persist download file in your order history and install manually.

I have tried this on 4 different accounts,  on two different servers, both configured to run the 1.2.1 versions.   File permissions are all correct,  server requirements are all correct.   Even a virgin install of a full 1.2.1 (with all settings correct)  fails and gives the same error message.

And yes,  if I go to the Source Forge and download the upgrade file and run it as an Extension upload it does install.   But if you are going to make us all do that,  then make your link to that location perhaps - 

Please, please try and do better with this stuff -  Abantecart is a really nice cart,  but geez these little screwups on the upgrade are dismaying.

Lee

I submit that either your repository is flawed OR the link in the click  for the upgrade is wrong.

In either event your previous instructions that the upgrade needs to be manually done is unacceptable.   As the providers of a really good ecommerce software,  your continual inability to get the upgrading process less flawed is tarnishing your reputation as good software.  You can do better than this to those of us who support and have previously trusted your software.  Please revise your procedures to provide all the users with a more flawless experience.



BTW,  I did want to say how nice the More Extensions button to the marketplace with the version Information triangle is.   That is very useful.   Good improvement. 

In tracing out the issue that I've post about over the last week -  I have finally found that it seems to be with input in to the db table_customers, field_cart. 

If I delete what is in that field,  the stuck cart items that won't let us remove them disappear.
I believe this is a holder from the 1.1.9 to 1.2.0  upgrade that was lacking some areas for a good upgrade.

My question now is what is the field in a 1.2.1 or 1.2.2 cart suppose to have in it?
I have some with NULL (which is the structure default), some with a:0:{}   and some with entries like this

a:6:{i:544;a:2:{s:3:"qty";i:2;s:7:"options";a:0:{}...

which I assume is the info for when a customer comes back and wants to continue on.

What do I need to have in the column to clear it all out?   is it NULL?

I have 210 entries of 1129  that have something in that field other then NULL,  and I need to clear them out.  Is NULL what I need in that field?

Next question -  with the 1.2.0+ versions are we cleaning out the cart when they leave with items in their cart?  Have you changed the process since 1.1.9?

Thanks
Lee