Inherited a broken site, finding it difficult to fix

[guyweb]

Hi, a friend of mine has bought a site but he doesnt have the developer skills to fix two bugs (despite the info contained on this forum):

1. Paypal redirect / confirmation page doesnt work.

2. SSL certificate doesnt work properly.

I had a look at the site for him but also have been unable to fix it. What we need is a osCMax guru to have a look at the outstanding issues and fix them (for a fee of course).

How would one go about finding such a person?

Many thanks.

[michael_s]

1. What error do you get when paypal redirects back to your site.

2. SSL cert may not be related to osCMax, but rather a server issue. Again what error message do you get when visiting ssl pages.

Post a link to your site if you have one.

[guyweb]

Hi michael_s, very kind of you to respond so quickly.

The site URL is: Wirelesss Network Shop - Freedom Wireless

interestingly, you can also reach it at:

https://www.freedom-wireless.co.uk/shop/index.php

(though when you click a product it returns you to the non-secure version until you goto the checkout!

The error on returning from paypal to the checkout success is:

Cannot redeclare class order_total in /home/freedom/domains/freedom-wireless.co.uk/public_html/shop/includes/classes/order_total.php on line 13

There are plenty of posts on the forum about this but we've been unsure of exactly how we go about dealing with it (assume very amateur knowledge!).

The SSL issue comes up in various places depending on what browser you use (IE6 is good at reporting the error). The site itelf seems to switch between https:// and http:// with seemingly no apparent reason why.

I hope this helps in your understanding of the problem.

Once again, many thanks.

[michael_s]

For issue 1, you need to follow these instructions, and they are pretty clear. Let me know what you don't understand:
http://www.oscmax.com/forums/oscmax-...html#post17967

For issue 2, your ssl is working fine for me when I visit your site... Oh wait a minute... Give me a sec to do a little checking.

[guyweb]

That's great. I had seen this before but unfortunately the code lines don't match with the file on his server.

He's running

$Id: checkout_process.php,v 1.6.2.1 2005/06/12 00:03:41 Michael Sasek Exp $

In this file there is only one instance of:

$payment_modules->before_process();

and it is uncommented.

[michael_s]

The problem is still the same. You just need to move the
$payment_modules->before_process(); up so that it is just below:

$order = new order;

Try it and let me know if that works.

Also, your weird ssl issues are due to how your server is reporting ssl as being active. You may want to try this:
SSL Security warning when using HTTPS

[guyweb]

I've changed both of the items. Just waiting for the site owner to check to see if it is working properly now.

Ive tested in IE and i only get one security warning - saying that ive not yet chosen to trust the site. Once i click 'ok' the message doesnt appear again. So fingers-crossed it might be fixed.

Will be interesting to see if the paypal return works ok. I think he can sandbox it or something like that to test it.

I will let you knwo how we get on. Many many thanks for your help. I really like osCMAX. Just need to spend a little time familiarising myself with it!

[guyweb]

The paypal fix worked a treat! Just waiting for some confirmation about the security thing.

Michael, you are a star!

[michael_s]

Click the Thanks! button if you please... See the gigantic gaudy graphic pointing to it at the bottom of my post...

[guyweb]

I changed:

1. Change:
(getenv('HTTPS') == 'on')
to
(getenv('HTTPS') == '1')
in
includes/application_top.php
includes/functions/general.php
admin/index.php

Using IE i get messages like 'this page contains secure and non-secure items - do you want to display the non-secure items?' See: https://freedom-wireless.co.uk/shop/index.php

But maybe that's normal browser behaviour?