Currently the "Order total Preview" is inside the "payment method" fieldset.
I would like to have two separate fieldsets for the "Order total Preview" and the "payment method".
"payment method" first then "Order total Preview".

Please have a look at the attached image.
Is there a way to achieve this?

I find it a bit strange, that these are shown in the same fieldset and in this order.
Is there a particular reason?

Thanks

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rszrama commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

The order total preview is intentionally placed before the actual selection of a payment method because of e-commerce research that shows it's better to tell people how much they owe before asking for payment details. I wish it wasn't a part of the payment pane, too, but at this point we won't be moving it. This will surely be addressed in the next major version of Ubercart.

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stefan81 commented

We already made a working patch for this which creates a pane at checkout. Send me a message if you want to have a look at it.

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rszrama commented

Wouldn't hurt to attach it to this issue so people can try it out.

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stefan81 commented
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here's the module. We have tested it with uc_conditional_payment, uc_pma and uc_vat.

This module might be handy if uc_pma is in use. It charges fees per payment method, so the overview should be after the payment method fieldset.

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stefan81 commented

and here's the project:
http://drupal.org/project/uc_checkout_preview

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rszrama commented

hehe Just saw that. For what it's worth, the research I've read regarding checkout conversions seems to strongly recommend presenting the final order total before ever asking for money. That's why I even developed the order total preview as part of the payment checkout pane in the first place. I'm quite aware of the dependency goofs now, but I'd probably still recommend positioning this new pane above the payment pane.

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stefan81 commented

yes, I also think that it is a absolute must to display the preview, as customers should know what the actually going to spend.

My idea is not about removing it, just about reordering the panes.
I had a few arguments, why I decided to have it separate:

1) "payment method" actually has not much to do with "Order total Preview". "payment method" is also on the same level as "delivery method", in terms of functionality. So I don't see why "Order total Preview" should be a subordinate.

2) Being separate, the "Order total Preview" gets even more attention, (more space, larger title) and can be moved closer to the bottom of the page, closer to the submit button.

3) and I have a case, where I need to use http://drupal.org/project/uc_pma which adds a charge for payment methods. So "Order total Preview" needs to be at the bottom, because the added value depends on the choice made on the "payment method".

Well, all in all its a very minor issue, but I think it improves the sequence logic of the checkout page.

If you still might consider to make the panes separate in core too, I could absolutely live with making the "Order total Preview" pane mandatory (remove the checkbox in the check-out settings)

Anyway. Rszrama, thank you for all your efforts! Ubercart is a really cool module! :)