Re: Pithy questions on webcommerce & siteedit

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10643
interpreted = N
texte = >1) Is there a way to have a white background on the error reporting page >for when the users don't input all the necessary required fields >specified in one of the tmpl pages? Or is this dependent on how the user >has defaulted things in the browser?If you use RequiredFields then it's not easy to do that. But if you 'roll your own' required fields WebDNA code, you can make it look like anything you want. [showif [name]=]Sorry, you must enter a Name[/showif]>2) In the formulas.db is all the example formulas required? For example >we wish to calculate our shipcost to be dependent on the sum of the >weight of the products purchased by the customer. Can we eliminate the >unitshipcost stuff altogether?None of the formulas are required. They are just examples to get you started. I think you may want to create a unitShipCost formula that calculates the cost of shipping one item of that weight, so then all the other calculations are automatic (quantity*unitShipCost is automatically totalled).>3) Is there a way to test the email responses on a successful card >confirmation without actually having macauthorize do its thing?Already answered yesterday.>1) Bug? When I tried to upload a file remotely to our server, and if the >file is large (100k or more), my netscape issues repeated clicking >sounds from my mac. This problem doesn't seem to occur when you do it >from the server machine. The file does get uploaded just fine, but >Netscape keeps doing its clicking thing until I quit it. Small files >(under 30k) seem to work fine without the clicking!Netscape 3.0 has a bug that causes it to beep during large uploads. It will complete the upload just fine. Netscape 2.0 does not have this bug.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com ------------------------------------ To leave this talk list send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Pithy questions on webcommerce & siteedit (Gil Poulsen 1997)
  2. Re: Pithy questions on webcommerce & siteedit (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  3. Re: Pithy questions on webcommerce & siteedit (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  4. Pithy questions on webcommerce & siteedit (w curt eggemeyer 1997)
>1) Is there a way to have a white background on the error reporting page >for when the users don't input all the necessary required fields >specified in one of the tmpl pages? Or is this dependent on how the user >has defaulted things in the browser?If you use RequiredFields then it's not easy to do that. But if you 'roll your own' required fields WebDNA code, you can make it look like anything you want. [showif [name]=]Sorry, you must enter a Name[/showif]>2) In the formulas.db is all the example formulas required? For example >we wish to calculate our shipcost to be dependent on the sum of the >weight of the products purchased by the customer. Can we eliminate the >unitshipcost stuff altogether?None of the formulas are required. They are just examples to get you started. I think you may want to create a unitShipCost formula that calculates the cost of shipping one item of that weight, so then all the other calculations are automatic (quantity*unitShipCost is automatically totalled).>3) Is there a way to test the email responses on a successful card >confirmation without actually having macauthorize do its thing?Already answered yesterday.>1) Bug? When I tried to upload a file remotely to our server, and if the >file is large (100k or more), my netscape issues repeated clicking >sounds from my mac. This problem doesn't seem to occur when you do it >from the server machine. The file does get uploaded just fine, but >Netscape keeps doing its clicking thing until I quit it. Small files >(under 30k) seem to work fine without the clicking!Netscape 3.0 has a bug that causes it to beep during large uploads. It will complete the upload just fine. Netscape 2.0 does not have this bug.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com ------------------------------------ To leave this Talk List send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------ Grant Hulbert

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