onawave

Hello RK

Thank you so much for the reply, this issue is making me crazy!

So I realized the problem from earlier, regarding the Pre-orders autocompleting, was because I used (and forgot about) this bit of code, in order to force PayPal transactions to complete automatically, so the customer would get an immediate download link, without me having to manually set it to complete:

/**
* Auto Complete all WooCommerce orders.
* Add to theme functions.php file
*/

add_action( 'woocommerce_thankyou', 'custom_woocommerce_auto_complete_order' );
function custom_woocommerce_auto_complete_order( $order_id ) {
global $woocommerce;

if ( !$order_id )
return;
$order = new WC_Order( $order_id );
$order->update_status( 'completed' );

}

I believe this is why the pre-orders were doing that.

NOW, I’ve deleted that bit of code, and now I can’t seem to get ‘digital’ and ‘virtual’ products to autocomplete after payment with PayPal.

I have used the ‘Woocomerce Order Status Manager’ plugin, and it seems to do nothing.

I’m wondering now if it has to do with PayPal IPNs. I’ve set the IPN up, but maybe there’s some step somewhere that I’m missing? This is the Notification URL that I’m using: https://highandlonelyrecords.com/?wc-api=WC_Gateway_Paypal

I’ve also tried the ‘Woocommerce – Autocomplete Orders’ plugin. Which actually does force paypal items to autocomplete, but strangely ONLY when set to ‘All Orders’. Not merely ‘Virtual’ and ‘Downloadable’ products, which is what I need.

So basically right now, my problem is twofold: 1)I need PayPal transactions for Digital and Virtual products only, to autocomplete, thereby sending an email immediately to the customer, so they can download the file. And 2)I need the exception to be for Pre-orders, so that they DO NOT get an email immediately for the download link…

Is this a super confusing problem? What am I missing? Is there possibly a reputable company that I could hire for an affordable one time fee, to try to solve this? Because it’s the last thing I believe, and once we figure it out, we can start using the site… it’s really driving me crazy!

Thank you to anyone who may have any suggestions!

Please!! Anyone know the answer to this?

Okay, so I think I realized what’s happening…

I believe right now, all digital products are set to autocomplete. And so because it’s a digital preorder, it’s automatically completing, and sending the email with the download link immediately.

How can I set it up to turn OFF autocomplete, for pre-orders only?…

Well, no replies. But this plugin, although extremely glitchy at first, kept appearing and disappearing, seems to be sticking around now. So I suppose this thing is resolved, although it’s a compromise.

Okay, so I found a plugin called ‘Woocommerce Menu Cart’, and installed it.

It somewhat works how I would like it, but it seems super glitchy… it disappears when clicking on the ‘shop’ link, which is really the time you would want it to be there.

I would ideally like simple cart icon that just sits there all the time… or a button that’s always visible to the customer that says ‘cart’. So they don’t have to add something before they’re able to view the cart…

Tricky stuff… maybe I need to hire a web designer to help me…

Update:

Okay so I managed to delete the ‘donations’ stuff that was going on, I guess that plugin created pages, that I needed to delete manually.

And then I guess I needed to set the ‘checkout’ and ‘my account’ pages to be public. For some reason they were private.

But now I’m kind of in the same position. I would like the customer to have an option for ‘cart’ right there in the product page. Not just hiding away in the footer. Because I would like to just get rid of the footer (like it was before, I put it back to troubleshoot this…)

Any ideas?!

Here is a couple things on this I’ve learned, that might be a clue towards the solution:…

When I go to Woocommerce – Checkout – then under checkout pages, the ‘cart page’ has ‘cart’ in the dropdown, but the other two dropdowns (checkout page, terms and conditions) are blank. And there aren’t any relevant options to choose… only ‘donation confirmation’… which sounds like an option from an old plugin I was trying out, but then deactivated and deleted… shouldn’t I have an option for ‘checkout’ and ‘my account’?

And I went to ‘status – tools – create default Woocommerce pages’ and that seemed to have done nothing.

I also have the ‘pre-orders’ add on installed, is that somehow messing things up?

I’m lost…

Any ideas on this?

Or do I need to re enable the footer section, in order to be able to see a ‘view cart’ link?… There has to be a way to access the checkout section, without just having the link appear in the footer… like a little cart icon? Or just a ‘view cart’ button?…

There must be something I’m missing here. Is it something to do with booster modules?…

Thanks again in advance!

I suppose this is resolved.

Hmm… Okay it seems to be working now suddenly…

Does certain bits of CSS temporarily block your website?… I have no idea how that works… but it’s back now… so…

Awesome! Thank you very much Fotis.

Now that it’s looking much cleaner, do you happen to know if it would be fairly simple to have just a single sentence in the footer area?… without all the links and things that were in the footer, replaced with just one sentence…

or would that be quite complicated? Because it’s acceptable looking now, but maybe it does look a little awkward without some kind of simple footer…

Thank you, it’s very much appreciated!!

Wow. Thank you so much, that’s exactly what I’m after. I can’t believe I didn’t stumble on that during my search. Woops!

I really appreciate that, thank you!

Awesome!

That worked perfectly. You’re a wizard, you really are.

Thanks!

Wow, that worked perfectly.

Thank you so much. People who understand htlm/css etc amaze me, I have no idea how you do it. I guess it’s like learning another language, but maybe much harder?

Cheers!

Hey Fotis.

Awesome, thank you so much! In that case, I will be back shortly I’m sure, with a few more questions:)

Cheers!