I saw a few other posts on this, so I figured I would chime in with how I accomplished this.
EDIT: The code below does NOT work for current versions of CS-Cart. For updated code, see here: Disable User Registration & Offer Only Guest Checkout (Updated) - Configuration - CS-Cart Community Forums
First, make sure “Anonymous checkout” is enabled in your Administration settings.
Secondly, this is only for the one-page checkout, so make sure that is enabled.
Then, edit this file: /skins/[YOUR-SKIN]/customer/views/checkout/components/checkout_steps.tpl
Basically, the way this page works is it just hides either the guest checkout, or the login/register section, depending on whether you're signed in and if you've clicked the “Guest checkout” button.
So, what I did was basically hide everything except the guest checkout, and I removed the “if” statements, so regardless of whether you try to register, it should show only the guest checkout.
I don't have time right now to list out the lines I changed, but it was only about 4 lines, so here is the section where I made the changes:
```php
1.
{if $complete || $edit}
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{/if}
{if !$edit}
{include file=“buttons/button.tpl” but_href=“$index_script?dispatch=checkout.checkout&edit_step=step_one&from_step=$edit_step” but_rev=“checkout_steps,cart_items,checkout_totals” but_meta=“float-right cm-ajax” but_text=$lang.edit but_role=“tool”}
{/if}
{$lang.contact_information}
{assign var=“curl” value=$config.current_url|fn_query_remove:“login_type”}
{if ($settings.General.disable_anonymous_checkout == “Y” && !$auth.user_id) || ($settings.General.disable_anonymous_checkout != “Y” && !$auth.user_id && !$contact_info_population) || $smarty.session.failed_registration == true}
{include file=“views/checkout/components/checkout_login.tpl” checkout_type=“one_page”}
{include file=“views/profiles/components/profiles_account.tpl” nothing_extra=“Y” location=“checkout”}
{include file=“views/profiles/components/profile_fields.tpl” section=“C” nothing_extra=“Y”}
{hook name=“checkout:checkout_steps”}{/hook}
{if $settings.Image_verification.use_for_register == “Y”}
{include file=“common_templates/image_verification.tpl” id=“register” align=“center”}
{/if}
{include file=“buttons/button.tpl” but_name=“dispatch[checkout.add_profile]” but_text=$title}
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{include file=“buttons/button.tpl” but_href=$curl but_onclick=“$('#step_one_register').hide(); $('#step_one_login').show();” but_text=$lang.cancel but_role=“tool”}
{if $settings.General.disable_anonymous_checkout != “Y”}
{include file=“views/profiles/components/profile_fields.tpl” section=“C” nothing_extra=“Y” id_prefix="soacf"}
{hook name=“checkout:checkout_steps”}{/hook}
{if $settings.Image_verification.use_for_checkout == “Y”}
{include file=“common_templates/image_verification.tpl” id=“checkout” align=“center”}
{/if}
{include file=“buttons/button.tpl” but_name=“dispatch[checkout.customer_info]” but_text=$_title}
{/if}
{else}
{if !$edit}
{include file=“views/profiles/components/step_profile_fields.tpl” section=“C”}
{else}
{include file=“views/profiles/components/profile_fields.tpl” section=“C” nothing_extra=“Y”}
{hook name=“checkout:checkout_steps”}
{include file=“buttons/button.tpl” but_name=“dispatch[checkout.update_steps]” but_text=$_title}
{if $smarty.request.from_step}
 {$lang.or}Â
{include file=“buttons/button.tpl” but_href=“$index_script?dispatch=checkout.checkout&edit_step=
$smarty.request.from_step” but_meta=“cm-ajax cm-ajax-force” but_rev=“checkout_steps,cart_items,checkout_totals” but_text=$lang.cancel but_role=“tool”}{/if}
{/hook}
{/if}
{/if}