Re: Virtual Postcards

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17127
interpreted = N
texte = >>Has anyone done a virtual postcard with WebCat before? >> >>We're looking at various options: >> >>1. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >>address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique URL to the >>recipient. Recipient visits, collects card. >> >>2. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >>address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique *card >>number* to the recipient. Recipient visits, enters card number, gets >>postcard. >> >>3. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >>address, and postcard is mailed as an email attachment to the recipient. >> >>The only way I can think of expiring the postcard is to set a date with the >>initial postcard entry and then occasionally do a search for dates older >>than 10 or 14 days and then delete the entries. > > >You can automate this so it happens once a day without your intervention.WebCat will blow away the [cart] after 24 hours, but I think that we'd want to keep it around for 5-7 days (at least) until the recipient can get to their email and browser. Most folks don't live on the net like we do.Bill-- Bill Heissenbuttel PageHouse, Inc. bill@pagehouseinc.com Internet Presence Provider http://www.pagehouseinc.com (509) 892-1973 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Virtual Postcards (Grant Hulbert 1998)
  2. Re: Virtual Postcards (Bill Heissenbuttel 1998)
  3. Re: Virtual Postcards (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  4. Virtual Postcards (Bill Heissenbuttel 1998)
>>Has anyone done a virtual postcard with WebCat before? >> >>We're looking at various options: >> >>1. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >>address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique URL to the >>recipient. Recipient visits, collects card. >> >>2. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >>address, and message (written to db) and WebCat emails a unique *card >>number* to the recipient. Recipient visits, enters card number, gets >>postcard. >> >>3. Visitor fills out a form with their name/email, recipient's email >>address, and postcard is mailed as an email attachment to the recipient. >> >>The only way I can think of expiring the postcard is to set a date with the >>initial postcard entry and then occasionally do a search for dates older >>than 10 or 14 days and then delete the entries. > > >You can automate this so it happens once a day without your intervention.WebCat will blow away the [cart] after 24 hours, but I think that we'd want to keep it around for 5-7 days (at least) until the recipient can get to their email and browser. Most folks don't live on the net like we do.Bill-- Bill Heissenbuttel PageHouse, Inc. bill@pagehouseinc.com Internet Presence Provider http://www.pagehouseinc.com (509) 892-1973 Bill Heissenbuttel

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