one page checkout is 2 pages

[lbrewerandassoc]

Is there an easy way to configure the OnePageCheckout control to actually be ONE page? I was surprised to find that the "one page checkout" per AC is really 2 pages -- 1) Billing Address, Order Contents and 2) Ship & Payment Methods.

Is there a good reason not to show ALL sections on ONE page? Why does the control show 2 separate pages?

Thanks.

[mazhar]

In fact one page checkout is a single page checkout. The portion you are taking about are basically panels on same page whose visibility is toggled using Ajax calls.

[lbrewerandassoc]

Thank you for your reply.

Is there a good reason that the panels are viewed separately? Why not have them both visible on the customer's initial page load? I'm asking because before I spend time making these changes - I don't want to cause issues in another area.

[mazhar]

Just to save space on page, you can make changes to page to make each and every thing visible by default.

[Logan Rhodehamel]

We need two phases because of all the features AbleCommerce supports. If a new anonymous customer comes in to shop, we cannot determine shipping methods and taxes until we know the billing and shipping address. Individual merchants may have more well defined business rules and can simplify the checkout to a single form.