If you just want to have your discount coupons page displayed then you can use the EZ pages tool to create a new link to it since removing the built in order total module will keep it from showing up in your links. From admin go to tools:ez pages. Create a new page, and near the bottom where it asks about internal/external links enter “index.php?main_page=discount_coupon” without the quotes.

Indeed situation #1 is correct, I just didn’t know that vendors are supposed to charge tax on a discounted amount. Thanks for the clarification on that one.

As far as situation #2 goes, the site I’m working with is http://business2way.com and I’d be more than happy to toggle the default/tax cloud modules or help you help me in any way. The “default” page I’m referring to is located in includes/languages\english/discount_coupon.php. If I can provide any other info please let me know. Thanks again!

JE

2. I’m not aware of the coupon page. The TaxCloud coupon module is basically a copy of the Zen Cart coupon module. I will take a look to see if I can find any differences that would cause this problem.

I have enabled the tax cloud discount coupon order total module. “ot_taxcloud_coupon” from the zen cart admin modules:order total as you advised, andTaxCloud is working and doing the discounts.

There are still two minor issues:
1. When a discount is applied the tax isn’t being recalculated to reflect the discount amount. Basically this means I’m charging tax on a higher amount than what the customer is really ordering. This thread from the zen cart forum shows where a user “taxcloud” was aware of the issue.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174459

2. The “regular” zen cart discount coupons module has a page where a customer can view a list of all the coupons currently available for my store. When I turn off the regular zen cart coupon module and turn on the taxcloud one instead my discount coupons page disappears. This is the issue I’m most concerned about: is there is any way to have the taxcloud discount coupons module not disable the built-in discount coupons page.

Regards-

Jeff

Just wondering if there is any ETA/update on when the zen cart integration will fully support discount coupons? Specifically, I’d really love to be able to at least have the discount coupons “define pages” page still visible- i lose it when I remove the built-in zen cart discount coupons module.

The TaxCloud API ID and Key are available from your merchant account on TaxCloud.net. When you create a “Location” which describes your web site a ID and Key are generated for you.

Thank you for the feedback on the readme file. We are working on a more detailed installation guide for Zen Cart which will be available shortly.

I signed up for user account at taxcloud.net, updated our profile, billing info etc. Downloaded files from the link contained in this forum message: “New Version of TaxCloud Implementation for Zen Cart – Now Supporting PayPal Express Checkout!”. installed files on server. Everything looks good so far with the following exceptions:

1. The readme.txt document “TaxCloud PHP Integration – v1.4″ needs improvement as follows:

a. Para 3 “….navigate to Admin -> Locations/Taxes/ TaxCloudSettings…” shoud read “… navigate to Admin -> Location/Taxes -> TaxCloud Tax Lookups…”.

b. Para 3 “…file permissions for taxCloudConfig.php need to be set to make the file writeable…” should read .file permissions for includes/modules/TaxCloud/ taxCloudConfig.php need to be set to make the file writeable…” .

Note: it also unclear if the write permission is to be set for user only, group or other (rest of world). I set mine to 777 (read,write & execute) for all three but would prefer to make ‘other’ read/execute only if write is not necessary.

I would suggest a separate “TaxCloud PHP Integration – v1.4″ document for ZenCart API’s with these changes as the paths are specific for ZenCart installs.