Hide/Show prices everywhere Opencart v 3.0.3.2 and Journal 3 theme

Hello, community, I have a client that has a webshop in Open Cart v 3.0.3.2 and Journal 3 theme and he wants to hide or show all product prices everywhere (product page, options, quickview, cart, checkout, etc.) He want to hide/show prices even if the customer is logged in. If the prices are hidden and customer is logged in, customer should be able confirm the order anyway. You can see an example of what he wants in the following page, but you need to register on it to see how it works:
https://www.unitedgross.com/
Is there is an extension that permits to do this? I should be great if the extension permits to do this in just one step (on/off), like to open or close the possibility to see the prices.
Thank you.

If the prices are hidden and customer is logged in, customer should be able confirm the order anyway.

Customers do need to see how much the product does cost before reaching the checkout page. Unless it's for custom items that needs to be set by a quote, it could still be done from specific countries but may not be represented as a product but only as a service. In most countries, nowadays, services needs to be handle by products and in order to convinced customers, prices needs to be showed. Customers are not in obligation to create an account on a website that sells the goods since, even with Recurring Payment Profiles, merchants can make adjustments with their service providers electronically via email with notifications for customers.

You can search the marketplace, but I doubt anyone would create such a module, it sounds rather specific to your client and not something that would attract many purchasers .. but maybe ..

I found something that the developer might alter for you, but looking at the page to does not sound hopeful.
https://www.opencart.com/index.php?rout ... n_id=25533

There are plenty of developers that can do this for you as a commercial job, it will be out of the scope of support, you can post here and you will get a few offers
viewforum.php?f=88.

lobo@lobo.pe wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 19, 2019 10:50 pm

Hello, community, I have a client that has a webshop in Open Cart v 3.0.3.2 and Journal 3 theme and .. and so on ..

Just to reply in short: read that here Journal, Journal 2, Journal 3
and post in the Commercial Forum if you want.
The best on your post is that:

I have a client

Btw: it is forbidden by Law in the EC (and Sweden is currently IN the EC) in a B2C Webshop NOT to display the prices (incl. VAT).
Maybe you inform yourself, otherwise it could be expensive (for you and your "client").
But you - or your client - could "transform" that Webshop into a B2B Shop - then you could "hide" the prices (but that have to be also clearly announced!).

Also ...

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:53 am

I have a client

If you're selling web development services it's a bit worrying you're asking simple questions on the forum.

paulfeakins wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:36 pm

Also ...

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:53 am

I have a client

If you're selling web development services it's a bit worrying you're asking simple questions on the forum.

Well, so easy that there is not a extension that do what I'm asking for. Of course is not difficult to hide those fields by coding, I already did it. I just wondering if there is an extension to permit my client to enable or disable showing the prices in the cart and in the checkout, as you can hide it from the product and quickview pages.

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:53 am

lobo@lobo.pe wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 19, 2019 10:50 pm

Hello, community, I have a client that has a webshop in Open Cart v 3.0.3.2 and Journal 3 theme and .. and so on ..

Just to reply in short: read that here Journal, Journal 2, Journal 3
and post in the Commercial Forum if you want.
The best on your post is that:

I have a client

Btw: it is forbidden by Law in the EC (and Sweden is currently IN the EC) in a B2C Webshop NOT to display the prices (incl. VAT).
Maybe you inform yourself, otherwise it could be expensive (for you and your "client").
But you - or your client - could "transform" that Webshop into a B2B Shop - then you could "hide" the prices (but that have to be also clearly announced!).

Just to answer in short: I don't know what is the problem if I have a client, or why do you imply that I'm lying. About the law in Sweden, there is a lot of stores in Sweden that hide prices in their Webshops. Thank you for your advice anyway.
I already hid the prices in the cart and in the checkout pages by coding but this is not what I want. I just was asking for a extension that permits to show or hide the prices in cart and checkout pages as it is possible to do in product and quickview pages from the admin panel with a on/off option so my client can do it but himself instead to call me every time that he wants to do it.

by mona wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 19, 2019 11:59 pm

You can search the marketplace, but I doubt anyone would create such a module, it sounds rather specific to your client and not something that would attract many purchasers .. but maybe ..

I found something that the developer might alter for you, but looking at the page to does not sound hopeful.
https://www.opencart.com/index.php?rout ... n_id=25533

There are plenty of developers that can do this for you as a commercial job, it will be out of the scope of support, you can post here and you will get a few offers
viewforum.php?f=88.

Thank you anyway Mona.

I already hid the prices in the cart and in the checkout pages by coding

If you already did this then why not add an on/off switch to that code stored in the settings table and controller by a simple button added to admin so your client can do it themselves?
15 min work.

lobo@lobo.pe wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:07 pm

.. I don't know what is the problem if I have a client, or why do you imply that I'm lying. ..

Nobody said that your are lying .. ?!
The "funny" part is, that you have a "client" and ask here in the "free" forum for help while I am sure your client has to pay for your services.

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:33 am

lobo@lobo.pe wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:07 pm

.. I don't know what is the problem if I have a client, or why do you imply that I'm lying. ..

Nobody said that your are lying .. ?!
The "funny" part is, that you have a "client" and ask here in the "free" forum for help while I am sure your client has to pay for your services.

Ok, so as I understand, I should pay for ask if there is an extension I need for which I am obviously willing to pay ...are there Opencart forums by subscription? None of the people who make inquiries in this forum have clients?

Nothing wrong with having clients and ask for free support here.

It is just that sometimes the questions are of a kind my grandmother would ask about smartphones or
the questions are like "my customer reports/wants..." indicating that the OP did not even bother to investigate the issue/requirement themselves or is not able to.

Then I think "what he hell..." as I believe those posters should, in my modest opinion, not be allowed near clients.

To illustrate it simply let me introduce you to the "The dilemma of opensource free support".
Scenario:

• Person A is a support person from the commercial forum which is of course, as I am told lately, where the experienced developers live.

• Person B is a support person from the free forum, as such a rookie, and provides free support to person C at his request.

• Person C is a support person hired by person D and provides the free support from person B one-on-one to person C for a fee and pockets that himself along with the credits. He did not contact person A as that would cut his profits.

• Person D is the idiot who hired incompetent person C for paid support and while not generally happy with the response times is oblivious in this scenario.

Now here is a highschool question:
Discarding person A and person D for a minute, who do you think is the schmuck and who is the f..ing freeloader in this scenario?

(Kind hint for american highschools: the answer would be totally different if person C would have requested support form person A or if person C and D were the same)


Not saying this applies to you, just saying, better not mention you have clients as you open yourself to irony, sarcasm and even ridicule and I have an MSc in those, besides it is irrelevant information anyway so why mention it.

letxobnav wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:44 am

Nothing wrong with having clients and ask for free support here.

It is just that sometimes the questions are of a kind my grandmother would ask about smartphones or
the questions are like "my customer reports/wants..." indicating that the OP did not even bother to investigate the issue/requirement themselves or is not able to.

Then I think "what he hell..." as I believe those posters should, in my modest opinion, not be allowed near clients.

To illustrate it simply let me introduce you to the "The dilemma of opensource free support".
Scenario:

• Person A is a support person from the commercial forum which is of course, as I am told lately, where the experienced developers live.

• Person B is a support person from the free forum, as such a rookie, and provides free support to person C at his request.

• Person C is a support person hired by person D and provides the free support from person B one-on-one to person C for a fee and pockets that himself along with the credits. He did not contact person A as that would cut his profits.

• Person D is the idiot who hired incompetent person C for paid support and while not generally happy with the response times is oblivious in this scenario.

Now here is a highschool question:
Discarding person A and person D for a minute, who do you think is the schmuck and who is the f..ing freeloader in this scenario?

(Kind hint for american highschools: the answer would be totally different if person C would have requested support form person A or if person C and D were the same)


Not saying this applies to you, just saying, better not mention you have clients as you open yourself to irony, sarcasm and even ridicule and I have an MSc in those, besides it is irrelevant information anyway so why mention it.

Wow! I just asked for an extension and said the forbidden word 'client'. Thank you for your first post anyway, I keep that one. It gave me the clue to solve the problem.

Well, the main problem is, that the Journal Extensions belong to most
most stolen goods on the OpenCart Scene. I just had one of those Dev's
on Facebook, asking for help with 'his' Shop, but he does not even have
a Shop. So, who asks about Journal Matters, is automatically under general
suspicion, to belong to the Swindlers, or then, one would ask about on the
Journal Website, to be supported.

It just needs to be understud, without emotional Dropouts, because it's
unfair Competition, to use stolen Code, to generate Income out of it. And
it eventually even kills a Project, if too many Swindlers are part of it. So,
better don't get upset about those, unwilling to assist, but accept the facts,
as they exist. Or then prove, by URL, what one's talking about ...
What you did, so, it's not really your fault, that you got in, in a time, where
most are depressed anyway ...
Ernie

I think you are missing the point.

The issue is not "stolen code", journal-wise or other-wise, if you are upset about that you should not be near opensource as "stolen code" is a given.
You could even say that there is no such thing as "stolen code" in opensource.

The issue is that at times, totally incompetent so-called "support persons" request free support for the most basic of software issues/question/requirements and sell those to their clients without adding any effort/value themselves. Those are not support persons but brokers leaching off support persons.

lobo@lobo.pe wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 19, 2019 10:50 pm

Hello, community, I have a client that has a webshop in Open Cart v 3.0.3.2 and Journal 3 theme

You have clients but you want help for free?

IP_CAM wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:31 am

Well, the main problem is, that the Journal Extensions belong to most
most stolen goods on the OpenCart Scene. I just had one of those Dev's
on Facebook, asking for help with 'his' Shop, but he does not even have
a Shop. So, who asks about Journal Matters, is automatically under general
suspicion, to belong to the Swindlers, or then, one would ask about on the
Journal Website, to be supported.

It just needs to be understud, without emotional Dropouts, because it's
unfair Competition, to use stolen Code, to generate Income out of it. And
it eventually even kills a Project, if too many Swindlers are part of it. So,
better don't get upset about those, unwilling to assist, but accept the facts,
as they exist. Or then prove, by URL, what one's talking about ...
What you did, so, it's not really your fault, that you got in, in a time, where
most are depressed anyway ...
Ernie

Thank you for the explanation, Now I understand why those defensive positions. Well, in my case I'm a programmer with expertise in other solutions but a newbie in Opencart and Journal. This is why I asked for information about an extension in the forum . Was not my intention to get support for free or steel code.

Enable this option from Store settings...
In this way customers need to login to see the prices and make orders.

I think you are missing the point.

Well, I only mentioned one of them, to keep it short. It would not make much
sense, trying to explain to Newbies, in detail, why so much emotion is part of
this place, or why some only seem to be replying, to release their Frustration.

But the OC Forum is not a place of Friends, because OC is all about Competition
too. And most everybody tries, to get his/her share, as cheap as possible, by human
Nature of Things. And like in real Life, where Donald T is the natural Enemy of all
the Liketobetoo's , in OC, Journal is the natural Enemy of them, because it's the #1
Moneymaker OC Code, like it, or not ...

However, some Journal specific Posting are replied to in favour, and some not, depending
on, who replies. But that's no Policy, and an 'official' Policy does not even exist. So, what
do you expect ? It's sure not of help to anyone, and it leaves a very mixed feeling to those,
coming to OC, to then be confronted with a rather harsh reality, depending on, what one
is looking for, and who's replying to ...

One only could fight against Journals Success, if one creates something better. And that
would not even be so hard, as one can find out, by only looking at some Journal3 Index.php
Source, consisting out of ~1'375 Lines of header Code, to make the thing work.
https://kamiconnection.com/

But 'average' People don't know that. They only look for a Style, matching their Business type.
And Journal is very flexible, when it comes to such. As long as they don't install Extensions,
because then, they will find out, that Journal is just not like a simple OC Theme, plus a couple
of vq_/oc_mod Files, to link Theme Code to the source... it's 924 additional Files,
partly completely replacing the default OC way of doing Things, without a single image counted ...

But who's to blame ? And for what ?
Ernie
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