Smoky Barnable

To me, the most important question is why @osCommerce-Officialrefuses to make appearance here? @Harald Ponce de Leondid the same thing and we all know what came of that. 

The javascript library on which this addon is based has been announced end-of-life July 2022. I have built a payment module based on the new SDKs and APIs for phoenix. Let me know if you are interested in having it back-ported to osc 2.3....

I always like it when someone with greater knowledge than mine tells me not to worry.
So I am now here in Australia not worrying

Phoenix and the community editions never cared about compatibility with SEO URLs. If I were you I would stay on my working shop and wait for the release of V4, even though there is no confirmed release date and no one knows if it will be production ready when released. But at least from the information shared there will be a built in migration path for URLs. Or you can commit SEO suicide and abandon SEO URLs to continue on with Phoenix.

Those items in capital letters are definitions. They appear like that when the definition is used but does not exist. As mentioned previously, most versions of this addon included those definitions in the configure files. But later version placed them in a different file or the database.
The easiest thing to do is to search the addon (all of it, not just the php files) for one of those definitions, like OPTIONS_TYPE_TEXTAREA_NAME. You should get more than one result. Check each one to be sure you have made the indicated change.
If you only get one result, then you are probably using a partial update. Some people got lazy when uploading updates to addons and would only upload changed files instead of the complete package. If that is the case, you will need to check the previous releases until you find a complete one.

@ebarrett replace code in file includes/modules/content/login/cm_paypal_login.php
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruden/vanilla-oscommerce/7eed5ef7fb7f4ab07a0bbcfa97008e136211d0c8/catalog/includes/modules/content/login/cm_paypal_login.php

Hi there! @osCommerce-Official

Well, currently I make a new OSCommerce shop, under OSCommerce 2.3.x (well, last stable branch I mean).
As you know I'm patiently (impatient lol), to see as developper, which code is the OSCommerce V4 contain !
I don't really like "meeting demo", "video recording", because I like concrete things, I like test myself. (you know, some nowadays developers use for some OpenStreetMaps over Google Maps, so.. why using a proprietary Google Meet for showing demos???)
I like interactive demo, where I can explore both: source code and visual rendering.

From as i see, that V4 is doesn't yet ready, I don't lose interest to that project, (indeed not), but, I'm really feeling communication is more for "end-user people" than "developers one".

Please release the source code (at least a screenshot), and better if you give a gitHub repository which, us, developers can explore from our own hands and eyes !

Thanks for the reading.
Have a good ending week.

Wish the best for V4 OSCommerce!

The idea of DEMOS is great but to sign in and have a private viewing is crazy.
A link to a dedicated page with sign in would have been better as allocated time is not possible for all.
I don't understand the secrecy......

How about a YouTube channel instead of demo's by invitation?

@ebarrett 
Here are fixes for all known bugs https://github.com/ruden/vanilla-oscommerce/tree/dev/catalog/includes/apps/paypal
Copy the contents of the includes/apps/paypal folder to your project

Hope it's alright to provide some suggestions:
Record the demo session and provide the recording. The sooner people get to see the s/w, repo, and app features the better to find volunteers. For dotcomboomers they'll be thinking what's in it for me, and for millennials they probably will do things for a cause that they believe in. Wiki type content management perhaps people can submit contents that are pending approval? The thought here was to just make it open. Read a story about Elastic Search and on how the founder was dumbfounded as it gained traction after it was put in an opensource git repo. Thanks!
 
 
 

It appears for Paypal's Payflow, Direct Payment, or Paypal Payments Pro the ability to pass the Company Name information to the shipping label for the customer within Paypal has been removed. According to PayPal technical support, the parameter SHIPTOCOMPANY is no longer available which is unfortunate. Their suggestion is to utilize the COMMENT1 or COMMENT2 parameters to pass the Company name. I assume that I could edit the file catalog\includes\modules\payment\paypal_pro_dp as well as the language file to add this functionality. I will try it out on my development site but wanted to see if anyone already had done this or had other options.

A new version has been uploaded with these changes:
Corrected many compatibility issues found by member @Owl Sauron 
Removed unnecessary jquery code. Found ny member @MyBookShop,
 

How about a YouTube channel instead of demo's by invitation?

How about a YouTube channel instead of demo's by invitation?

Has anyone tried to install in phoenix?
It would be nice to update this add-on to phoenix

For some strange reason, the developers want a 'phone chat in order to even see the demo! (Nobody here hard-of-hearing or deaf?)
 
I'm interested in seeing what resources are required to run a small to mid-size store. What is the underlying code like, in terms of tweaks and customisation, to suit client needs? How about just releasing the 'alpha'/'beta' software, so that some of us with a strong osC background can properly see the progress and perhaps even make useful suggestions?
I've tried out various e-commerce packages in a fruitless attempt to update my few though loyal clients. So far, there's only been one or two "close but no cigar" candidates. There tends to be shortcomings in them all but it's a question of what one can compromise with. Without actually trying the software, there's no real way to tell and no amount of screenshots/YT videos will really get to core issues.
TLDR: release the code - even if only to a select group.
 

Ok, now the products
 
You have inside 10 tabs around, a lot.
Inside categories I presented you some tab,I will not come back on that, just the most important.
The main details Tab can be call Stock in my sense
As you see, it's not possible to add stock, you must to save your product to see the button update Stock.
For the time, I inserted a product, it was a little bit complicated, Where can I insert my stock?
When the product is saved, you have button call update stock appear ==> If we can have Insert/update stock as text it will be better  @osCommerce-Official
Also manufacturers Name, this is the brand (see categories) ==> A little update to have the same terms will be good
Also to manage your stock, you have some possibilities, It's a little bit complicated to explain in detail.

Second tab
To manage the price, you have also some options and you can link the price with the suppliers. Like that you will able to calculate your profit.
I am not sure, but you can also update the price in function your sales channel or customer group
 

 
third tab :Size
For some country, as US or Canada for example, you must to include inside the product, the size to calculate the shipping price. In this case you can have different size, just the product or inside a package
Little point can be increased is the volume, it's not calculated automatically. Is it normal ? @osCommerce-Official

You have also a last tab called marketing, I can not include the image for the upsell and the cross sell, popularity, give away. I do not test this point at this moment.
In summary, a lot of features are inside the products, and it's possible to include more options if these options are activated ( products template)
Let me know if you have questions.
The next post will be on another thread called Orders. Maybe tomorrow.
 
 

Just to be clear, there is tons of interest in V4 (especially from me). I think Smoky Barnable meant there was no context in the original post here in that we are all eagerly awaiting a demo, but did not see one available to anyone else. 
Since your post it is a little more clear that you got a personal demo, and we truly appreciate seeing all of the screenshots. 

osCommerce v4 comes with a built-in facility to create new orders  (MOTO - mail order / telephone order) and edit existing orders.
The process of creating an order and editing an existing order is very similar, and uses the same interface in the back end.
To create a new order the operator shall first choose the sale channel (in case of multiple sale channels), and then either choose an existing customer account or create a new one.
NOTE: the front end and back end of osCommerce v4 may share payment and shipping methods, but one can have specific backend-only payment and shipping methods. However, if a payment or shipping method is linked to a 3rd party API, that API integration will work as well in the front end as in the back end.
Adding products is quite easy to a new order. The operator can search by product model, name, etc. Before product gets added to the order, product price can be edited and quantity of items chosen. 
Order total modules can be edited too. So it is possible to add any type of discount or surcharge, or use an existing coupon that will apply discount as if it was applied in the front end. 
One done with creating a new order or editing an existing one, the operator shall press the Update and Pay button. It then offers 3 options: 
- just save - i.e. just save the order without recording any amount paid, thus not evaluation order status further 
- mark as paid - i.e. if the order was paid for over the phone or in any other way
- send secure payment link - osCommerce will email the payment link to the customer, so that the customer could pay via the website's secure checkout using one of the available payment methods (works really well with 3d secure, for example)
In case of a refund being due, it is possible to refund the money to the customer via a compatible payment method, or simply update the order if the refund is being processed outside of osCommerce. 
osCommerce keep track of amounts paid, and allows to see the amount due or amount owed to the customer.

Coupons are there of course, but some clients do indeed like to sell gift vouchers, hence this feature and easy way of managing gift vouchers 

Gift Vouchers come pre-built with osCommerce v4.
Set possible gift voucher values in the back end:

The gift vouchers are available for purchase in the front end at the following URL:
/catalog/gift-card
and look like this:

Once purchased (via normal shopping cart / checkout process for "virtual" products), gift vouchers come to the recipient's email address as unique code that can be redeemed by the user in the front end and used during checkout as a payment method.

Thanks! 
Gift certificates - they are offered as "products" with pre-set price value, will post about it too!

I've installed the YII2  framework on a local server and have taken some tutorials. It's pretty cool! I can imagine saving a lot of time using this framework. Are there any issues/concerns when installing on shared servers?

Indeed, there exist several features like that.
Product Groups, Product Collections 
We will be posting about them on these Forums