Re: includes and cart numbers

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13496
interpreted = N
texte = At 10:21 AM -0800 9/17/97, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>Howdy folks- >> >>We are using WebCatalog 2.0 on our site (www.go-organic.com) and are >>having some interesting problems... >> >>We utilize a server side include to build the left-hand navigation bar >>for our site. The included file contains $search calls so people can >>find all shirts or pants or whatever in our database. Here is an >>example: >> >>>href=Results3.tmpl$search?eqTypedata=T-Shirts&SKUsort=1&max=20&db=Catalog.txt >>& >>cart=[cart]>All >>T-Shirts >>
>> >>Now, whenever people click on any of the items (like the one shown here), >>they get a NEW shopping cart number, as opposed to their existing number >>just being passed on. This is wreaking some serious havoc on our users, >>as their shopping cart keeps getting nuked. >> >>When a user clicks on a $search link on the right-hand side of the >>screen, which is hard coded into the page (no includes), the shopping >>cart number remains consistant. >> >>It would appear that the include is causing the problem. Has anyone else >>experienced this, and is there a solution? (beyond just hard-coding all >>of our pages) > > >Where are you assigning the original cart value? Is it being passed >to this page properly? > >Sincerely, Ken Grome >WebDNA Solutions >http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.htmlOur include tag does not carry all of the context variables with it right now -- you should pass the [cart] as a parameter to the include .. ie [include file=banner.inc&cart=[cart]]We are thinking of making this [cart] special in the include -- Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: includes and cart numbers (Jay Van Vark 1997)
  2. Re: includes and cart numbers (Jay Van Vark 1997)
  3. RE: includes and cart numbers (Marc Eagle 1997)
  4. Re: includes and cart numbers (Josh Knauer 1997)
  5. Re: includes and cart numbers (Josh Knauer 1997)
  6. Re: includes and cart numbers (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  7. Re: includes and cart numbers (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  8. Re: includes and cart numbers (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  9. Re: includes and cart numbers (John Hill 1997)
  10. includes and cart numbers (Josh Knauer 1997)
At 10:21 AM -0800 9/17/97, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>Howdy folks- >> >>We are using WebCatalog 2.0 on our site (www.go-organic.com) and are >>having some interesting problems... >> >>We utilize a server side include to build the left-hand navigation bar >>for our site. The included file contains $search calls so people can >>find all shirts or pants or whatever in our database. Here is an >>example: >> >>>href=Results3.tmpl$search?eqTypedata=T-Shirts&SKUsort=1&max=20&db=Catalog.txt >>& >>cart=[cart]>All >>T-Shirts >>
>> >>Now, whenever people click on any of the items (like the one shown here), >>they get a NEW shopping cart number, as opposed to their existing number >>just being passed on. This is wreaking some serious havoc on our users, >>as their shopping cart keeps getting nuked. >> >>When a user clicks on a $search link on the right-hand side of the >>screen, which is hard coded into the page (no includes), the shopping >>cart number remains consistant. >> >>It would appear that the include is causing the problem. Has anyone else >>experienced this, and is there a solution? (beyond just hard-coding all >>of our pages) > > >Where are you assigning the original cart value? Is it being passed >to this page properly? > >Sincerely, Ken Grome >WebDNA Solutions >http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.htmlOur include tag does not carry all of the context variables with it right now -- you should pass the [cart] as a parameter to the include .. ie [include file=banner.inc&cart=[cart]]We are thinking of making this [cart] special in the include -- Jay Van Vark ******************************* Pacific Coast Software | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Site Hosting & Development Suite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.com San Diego, CA 92128 ******************************* 619.675.1106 Jay Van Vark

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