Re: Cookies and customers with cookies turned off

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60998
interpreted = N
texte = I have been using a cookie based system for passing the cart value. I could see building a system that would page per page check for the cookie, and if it does not exist add it to the form or any link on the page. If I was doing this, I might build a function that would create my links and forms, that way I could just call the function and have the function determine whether or not it needed to add the cart=[cart] to either the URL or the form. Just a thought. -Charles On Feb 10, 2005, at 11:57 AM, devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > Hello, > > Presently my sites pass the cart in the URL, but I want to be more > search engine friendly and to avoid the cart re-use problem that can > arise when visitors bookmark cart information. > > I want to implement a site that uses cookies throughout for tracking > visitor behaviour (recently visited pages, account information) except > that I'd like to keep the checkout process as is because it requires > no cookies. I use forms to pass cart data from the add to cart page, > cart review and order submit to allow this. Cart information would be > lost for those users who don't have cookies enabled and don't go > straight through the purchase process. > > If you've done something similar, can you tell me what pitfalls there > might be and how you may have worked around them? What is the best > way to inform visitors that the cart information will be lost if they > don't have cookies/complete the purchase straight through? > > I'd also like to keep carts around longer than a day or so. How long > do most people expect a cart to be kept for them? Amazon seems to > keep them for ages. > > Thanks, > Bill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Cookies and customers with cookies turned off ( "Chris List Recipient" 2005)
  2. Re: Cookies and customers with cookies turned off ( William DeVaul 2005)
  3. Re: Cookies and customers with cookies turned off ( charles kline 2005)
  4. Cookies and customers with cookies turned off ( devaulw@onebox.com 2005)
I have been using a cookie based system for passing the cart value. I could see building a system that would page per page check for the cookie, and if it does not exist add it to the form or any link on the page. If I was doing this, I might build a function that would create my links and forms, that way I could just call the function and have the function determine whether or not it needed to add the cart=[cart] to either the URL or the form. Just a thought. -Charles On Feb 10, 2005, at 11:57 AM, devaulw@onebox.com wrote: > Hello, > > Presently my sites pass the cart in the URL, but I want to be more > search engine friendly and to avoid the cart re-use problem that can > arise when visitors bookmark cart information. > > I want to implement a site that uses cookies throughout for tracking > visitor behaviour (recently visited pages, account information) except > that I'd like to keep the checkout process as is because it requires > no cookies. I use forms to pass cart data from the add to cart page, > cart review and order submit to allow this. Cart information would be > lost for those users who don't have cookies enabled and don't go > straight through the purchase process. > > If you've done something similar, can you tell me what pitfalls there > might be and how you may have worked around them? What is the best > way to inform visitors that the cart information will be lost if they > don't have cookies/complete the purchase straight through? > > I'd also like to keep carts around longer than a day or so. How long > do most people expect a cart to be kept for them? Amazon seems to > keep them for ages. > > Thanks, > Bill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ charles kline

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