Almost There But? WebCat Keeps Changing Cart Numbers on Me!

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2002

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texte = Hey WebCaters,Its been awhile since I posted a question to the list....so if this question has been answered in the interm, please accept my sincerest apologies.Well, I thought I was almost there and then KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM! WebCat gets a fit and starts dumping carts and picking up new cart numbers. This leads to the elimination of previously purchased items. The real problem is my ignorance.So, if any of you expert WebCat Sherlocks would like to give me a few tips to help me solve this problem, I would be ever so grateful.I've slightly modified the shopping cart storebuilder so that it does a few more things. The main thing was to have a page with a list of products that can be accessed rather than have to search for everything.Thus, I added to the title.inc page the followingABetc. etc. etc. toZProduct Name This gives me a link to pages under the main banner that looks like thisHome View Cart Site Map Contact Us Login About UsA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Product Name By clicking on A, http://www.WidgetCompany.com/A.tpl?cart=1031968304114478all of the products that start with A are listed on the page A.tpl. Some example code followsA Guide For Parents Book Herbs For Kids Literature
Acacia Flowers Whole Botanical Herbs
Choosing the title of a product gives you the following in the browserhttp://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?action=full&1031968841114602&--wsLONG_DESCRIPTIONdatarq=A%20Guide%20For%20Parents%20Book%20Herbs%20For%20Kids%20LiteratureThis brings up the Full Page. And Buying it brings one back to the home page.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tplIf I then check the cart.....the product is there.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968304114478Has Product!Now if I use the search comand I can add products to the cart without a problem.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?cart=1031968304114478&startat=1&--GROUP1field=TITLE&--waGROUP1datarq=tofuhttp://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968304114478Has Product!http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?cart=1031968304114478&startat=1&--GROUP1field=TITLE&--waGROUP1datarq=soyhttp://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968304114478Has Product!However, when I go back to the A.tpl page to find products to buy the problem happens.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/A.tpl?cart=1031968304114478I've clicked on the A.tpl page and it keeps the same cart number so far.I next click on the URL below.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?action=full&1031968841114602&--wsLONG_DESCRIPTIONdatarq=A%20Guide%20For%20Parents%20Book%20Herbs%20For%20Kids%20LiteratureThe Full page comes up and I buy the product adding it to the cart. After hitting the Buy button, the browser takes me to the Home Page Specials (By the way,...just a side question.....how can I prevent this from happening? I want the page to stay just where it is...not jump to the home page specials.)http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tplI next click on the view cart. http://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968841114602Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! There is a new Cart number....the previously bought items have been dumped. And the single new item took their place.Every time I go back to the A.tpl page to add a different product, I get a new cart number....it dumps the previous product that was there.....and I then I have the new product. I am not able to add more then one product to the cart unless I find the product via the search command method and then add it that way.Using A.tpl, B.tpl, C.tpl etc. with products listed on them with the HTML listed above always has WebCat giving me a New Cart Number which of course dumps any product that was already in the cart.Again, my deepest thanks to anyone who can get me out of this mess and point me in the right direction.Thanks,Scott-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Almost There But? WebCat Keeps Changing Cart Numbers on Me! (citizen 2002)

Hey WebCaters,Its been awhile since I posted a question to the list....so if this question has been answered in the interm, please accept my sincerest apologies.Well, I thought I was almost there and then KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM! WebCat gets a fit and starts dumping carts and picking up new cart numbers. This leads to the elimination of previously purchased items. The real problem is my ignorance.So, if any of you expert WebCat Sherlocks would like to give me a few tips to help me solve this problem, I would be ever so grateful.I've slightly modified the shopping cart storebuilder so that it does a few more things. The main thing was to have a page with a list of products that can be accessed rather than have to search for everything.Thus, I added to the title.inc page the following[cart]>A[cart]>Betc. etc. etc. to[cart]>ZProduct Name This gives me a link to pages under the main banner that looks like thisHome View Cart Site Map Contact Us Login About UsA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Product Name By clicking on A, http://www.WidgetCompany.com/A.tpl?cart=1031968304114478all of the products that start with A are listed on the page A.tpl. Some example code follows[cart]&--wsLONG_DESCRIPTIONdatarq=A Guide For Parents Book Herbs For Kids Literature>A Guide For Parents Book Herbs For Kids Literature
[cart]&--wsLONG_DESCRIPTIONdatarq=Acacia Flowers Whole Botanical Herbs>Acacia Flowers Whole Botanical Herbs
Choosing the title of a product gives you the following in the browserhttp://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?action=full&1031968841114602&--wsLONG_DESCRIPTIONdatarq=A%20Guide%20For%20Parents%20Book%20Herbs%20For%20Kids%20LiteratureThis brings up the Full Page. And Buying it brings one back to the home page.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tplIf I then check the cart.....the product is there.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968304114478Has Product!Now if I use the search comand I can add products to the cart without a problem.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?cart=1031968304114478&startat=1&--GROUP1field=TITLE&--waGROUP1datarq=tofuhttp://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968304114478Has Product!http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?cart=1031968304114478&startat=1&--GROUP1field=TITLE&--waGROUP1datarq=soyhttp://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968304114478Has Product!However, when I go back to the A.tpl page to find products to buy the problem happens.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/A.tpl?cart=1031968304114478I've clicked on the A.tpl page and it keeps the same cart number so far.I next click on the URL below.http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tpl?action=full&1031968841114602&--wsLONG_DESCRIPTIONdatarq=A%20Guide%20For%20Parents%20Book%20Herbs%20For%20Kids%20LiteratureThe Full page comes up and I buy the product adding it to the cart. After hitting the Buy button, the browser takes me to the Home Page Specials (By the way,...just a side question.....how can I prevent this from happening? I want the page to stay just where it is...not jump to the home page specials.)http://www.WidgetCompany.com/default.tplI next click on the view cart. http://www.WidgetCompany.com/checkout.tpl?cart=1031968841114602Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! There is a new Cart number....the previously bought items have been dumped. And the single new item took their place.Every time I go back to the A.tpl page to add a different product, I get a new cart number....it dumps the previous product that was there.....and I then I have the new product. I am not able to add more then one product to the cart unless I find the product via the search command method and then add it that way.Using A.tpl, B.tpl, C.tpl etc. with products listed on them with the HTML listed above always has WebCat giving me a New Cart Number which of course dumps any product that was already in the cart.Again, my deepest thanks to anyone who can get me out of this mess and point me in the right direction.Thanks,Scott-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ citizen

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2002

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