Re: Using WebCat for product info requests

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13654
interpreted = N
texte = >I realize that I can do this quite readily with WebCat, but the problem >is that these products are not in a database, nor are they likely to be. >Can I accomplish something like this without a .db file, or do I need to >tell them to start building a database ASAP? It's certainly much easier if they're in a database (to help lead them towards a shopping site eventually), but there's nothing wrong with you just stuffing any old text into a custom database that sort of acts like a shopping cart.The hard part is creating a unique identifier to help WebCatalog remember who is adding what item to the pseudo-cart. I suggest that either you use the standard [cart] technique when the visitor enters the site, or you could get tricky and look at their [username]/[password] to see if they're blank and if so, throw up an [authenticate] dialog to ask for their first and last name. You would then use this [username]/[password] as the name of a database file you would create in the shoppingcarts folder (to get automatic housecleaning for old carts).Once the username/password is known, then every time they click on a 'more info' link, you would [append] that information to the database assigned to them. I think this whole thing can be done with 1 template and 1 database structure.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Using WebCat for product info requests (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Using WebCat for product info requests (Gil Poulsen 1997)
>I realize that I can do this quite readily with WebCat, but the problem >is that these products are not in a database, nor are they likely to be. >Can I accomplish something like this without a .db file, or do I need to >tell them to start building a database ASAP? It's certainly much easier if they're in a database (to help lead them towards a shopping site eventually), but there's nothing wrong with you just stuffing any old text into a custom database that sort of acts like a shopping cart.The hard part is creating a unique identifier to help WebCatalog remember who is adding what item to the pseudo-cart. I suggest that either you use the standard [cart] technique when the visitor enters the site, or you could get tricky and look at their [username]/[password] to see if they're blank and if so, throw up an [authenticate] dialog to ask for their first and last name. You would then use this [username]/[password] as the name of a database file you would create in the shoppingcarts folder (to get automatic housecleaning for old carts).Once the username/password is known, then every time they click on a 'more info' link, you would [append] that information to the database assigned to them. I think this whole thing can be done with 1 template and 1 database structure.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Grant Hulbert

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