Re: Multiple Newcarts

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1996


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10040
interpreted = N
texte = > Scenario - Home Page issues a newcartsearch command and a navigation bar on >the search page allows a return to home page, and another click for a Search >issues another newcartsearch command which leaves the first cart hanging. > Does one need pre- and post- newcart versions of the home page?1) Your solution sounds like a good one, and there are some possible others:2) Make an Enter our Store page with the newcart link in it leading to another page, and never go back to the entry page3) (not preferable) Make your users manually create a cart by saying Please pull out a shopping cart for yourself by clicking this link once.4) (not preferable) Ask the user to type their name or some other unique value, and that will become their cart -- thus never using newcart at all, but rather making the user create their own.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMill San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Multiple Newcarts (Grant Hulbert 1996)
  2. Re: Multiple Newcarts (mserulneck@typehouse.com (mike) 1996)
  3. Re: Multiple Newcarts (mserulneck@typehouse.com (mike) 1996)
  4. Re: Multiple Newcarts (Johann Weber 1996)
  5. Multiple Newcarts (Jim Shaughnessy 1996)
> Scenario - Home Page issues a newcartsearch command and a navigation bar on >the search page allows a return to home page, and another click for a Search >issues another newcartsearch command which leaves the first cart hanging. > Does one need pre- and post- newcart versions of the home page?1) Your solution sounds like a good one, and there are some possible others:2) Make an Enter our Store page with the newcart link in it leading to another page, and never go back to the entry page3) (not preferable) Make your users manually create a cart by saying Please pull out a shopping cart for yourself by clicking this link once.4) (not preferable) Ask the user to type their name or some other unique value, and that will become their cart -- thus never using newcart at all, but rather making the user create their own.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMill San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Grant Hulbert

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