Re: web delivery
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numero = 14669
interpreted = N
texte = >Can anyone point me to instructions on how to set up web delivery via >webmerchant?It's a little bit complex, mostly due to security provisions that prevent outsiders from stealing your products. Here's the general idea:1) Put all your products into a folder *outside* your web hierarchy so nobody can download them from a URL if they guess the name 2) Name the products something unique: probably the same as your SKU 3) Tell WebMerchant where your 'stockroom' folder from (1) resides 4) Tell WebMerchant where your 'webdelivery' folder is, which *must* be inside your HTML hierarchy so visitors can download via URL 4) Tell WebMerchant where to find the filename of the product to deliver -- it will be one of SKU, textA, textB, textC, textD, or textE (text stored in the lineitems of your shopping cart file) 5) Set canEmail to T in your WebCatalog product database so WebMerchant knows it's electronicWhen WebMerchant processes an order file, it loops thru all the lineitems and checks to see if their canEmail field is T. If so, it looks in the SKU portion (or textA...) of the lineitem to get the filename of the product. It then looks inside your stockroom folder for that filename and creates an alias to it in your webdelivery folder. The filename is changed slightly to prevent people from guessing and thus 'stealing' it from your webdelivery folder. Then that new filename replaces the SKU (or textA...) field in the order file, and WebMerchant sends the email from your Orders template. If you insert your web address into the Orders template, then the email will contain a URL leading to the slightly-tweaked filenames of the various aliases sitting in your WebDelivery folder. After 24 hours, the webdelivery aliases are erased, to prevent hard disk clutter.I hope this helps,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 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>Can anyone point me to instructions on how to set up web delivery via >webmerchant?It's a little bit complex, mostly due to security provisions that prevent outsiders from stealing your products. Here's the general idea:1) Put all your products into a folder *outside* your web hierarchy so nobody can download them from a URL if they guess the name 2) Name the products something unique: probably the same as your SKU 3) Tell WebMerchant where your 'stockroom' folder from (1) resides 4) Tell WebMerchant where your 'webdelivery' folder is, which *must* be inside your HTML hierarchy so visitors can download via URL 4) Tell WebMerchant where to find the filename of the product to deliver -- it will be one of SKU, textA, textB, textC, textD, or textE (text stored in the lineitems of your shopping cart file) 5) Set canEmail to T in your WebCatalog product database so WebMerchant knows it's electronicWhen WebMerchant processes an
order file, it loops thru all the lineitems and checks to see if their canEmail field is T. If so, it looks in the SKU portion (or textA...) of the lineitem to get the filename of the product. It then looks inside your stockroom folder for that filename and creates an alias to it in your webdelivery folder. The filename is changed slightly to prevent people from guessing and thus 'stealing' it from your webdelivery folder. Then that new filename replaces the SKU (or textA...) field in the
order file, and WebMerchant sends the email from your Orders template. If you insert your web address into the Orders template, then the email will contain a URL leading to the slightly-tweaked filenames of the various aliases sitting in your WebDelivery folder. After 24 hours, the webdelivery aliases are erased, to prevent hard disk clutter.I hope this helps,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 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
Grant Hulbert
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