First and Last Name Fields Not Showing - Billing Information

Question

One of my client's requirements is that all purchases are made as 'guests' in order to simplify the checkout process.

So what I did was go to
System > Configuration > Advanced
and disabled the Mage_Customer

Everything looked like it was exactly what I needed until I tried the checkout process again. For some reason, the First Name and Last Name fields are no longer showing up and I cannot get past the Billing Information step.

How can I get these fields to show up again while still only allowing for guest purchases? Is it wrong to disable Mage_Customer?

Thanks! Mike

p.s. I am on Magento ver. 1.9.2.2

Answer 1

Try this,

Note : Don't Edit Core File

It will remove mandatory fields of First Name & Last Name.

UPDATE eav_attribute SET is_required = 0 WHERE attribute_code = 'lastname'

/app/code/local/Mage/customer/Model/Address/Abstract.php:

 /* if (!Zend_Validate::is($this->getLastname(), 'NotEmpty')) {
         $this->addError(Mage::helper('customer')->__('Please enter the last name.'));
     }
*/

/app/code/local/Mage/customer/Model/Customer.php

/*        if (!Zend_Validate::is( trim($this->getLastname()) , 'NotEmpty')) {
        $errors[] = Mage::helper('customer')->__('The last name cannot be empty.');
    }
*/

/app/code/local/Mage/customer/etc/config.xml

<lastname>
                    <billing>1</billing>
                    <shipping>1</shipping>
                    **<required>0</required>** // change from 1 to 0
                    <mapped>1</mapped>
     </lastname>

Answer 2

An easier and more cleaner approach is to copy “opcheckout.js” from base theme to your custom theme

/skin/frontend/base/default/js/opcheckout.js

and place this code after line (45 approx)

this.accordion.disallowAccessToNextSections = true;


 this.method = 'guest';
   Element.hide('register-customer-password');
   this.gotoSection('billing', true);

and you are done