Converting Cart to Quote

It seems that simply disabling WC()->cart->empty_cart(); within the qwc_cart_validations method achieves this affect. Is there any risks in doing this?

I think I have successfully modified the plugin to accomplish this. Is there anything I am missing? Any red flags?

1. Comment out the qwc_cart_validations method, replace with

$product_quotable = product_quote_enabled( $product_id );		
if($product_quotable){
$message = 'This product requires special shipping. Continue to add products to your cart and when you checkout, we will review your order and send you an email with a shipping quote for you to pay and complete your order.';
wc_add_notice( __( $message, 'quote-wc' ), $notice_type = 'notice' );
}

2. Add the following in the __construct method

// modify the proceed to checkout button text. Requires modified child template at woo.../cart/proceed-to-checkout-button
add_action('woocommerce_cart_proceed_text', array( &$this, 'j5_qwc_change_checkout_button_text'),20);
// disable shipping
add_filter( 'woocommerce_cart_ready_to_calc_shipping', [&$this, 'j5_qwc_disable_shipping_calc_on_cart'], 99 );

3. Add the following methods

/**
         * Modify the Proceed to checkout button on the cart page
         * @mod
         */
		function j5_qwc_change_checkout_button_text() {
			if (cart_contains_quotable()){
				esc_html_e( 'Proceed to quote', 'woocommerce' );
			}else{
				esc_html_e( 'Proceed to checkout', 'woocommerce' );
			}
		}
		
		
		function j5_qwc_disable_shipping_calc_on_cart( $show_shipping ) {
			if(cart_contains_quotable() ) {
				return false;
			}
			return $show_shipping;
		}

4. Modify the qwc_css method by adding

if ( cart_contains_quotable()) {
wp_enqueue_style( 'qwc-frontend', plugins_url( '/assets/css/qwc-disable-shipping.css', __FILE__ ), '', $plugin_version, false );}

5. Create the relevant stylesheet hiding the shipping row

Last question for the day – is there a particular reason the plugin does not create a new order status called “pending quote” or something like that? As I was writing a modifying plugin, I added the feature before noticing that the plugin checks for the processing status on a few occasions.

If you’re interested, I’ll send you the code and you might be able to include it in a future release.

Hi Joe,

I’m glad to know that you were able to modify the plugin to suit your needs. Yes, it would be great if you could send the code (pinalj1612 at gmail dot com) and I will try to add it in a future update.

As for adding a new order status, the quote status is being managed as order meta as you might’ve noticed. Another possibility could be to display the quote status in WooCommerce->Orders instead of modifying the order status. However, I’ll analyze this further and implement it.

Thanks for sharing this and please feel free to get in touch if you would like to see any more features added to the plugin to make it better.

Thanks,
Pinal

Also, the code you’ve added to stop the cart from being emptied and not display the shipping row also looks good and should not raise any issues.

Pinal