Re[2]: Adding discount to cart
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 28869
interpreted = N
texte = The method I suggested (originally courtesy of Grant years ago) is much cleaner since WebCat deals with all of the totals for you. Why reinvent the commonly understood accounting concepts of SubTotal and TaxableTotal when WebCat will do it for you. You can even use this method for gift certificates quite easily, including the unusual case where the customer must pay tax on the entire amount, not the discounted amount (hint &Taxable=N).John Peacock ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: Adding discount to cart Author:
(WebCatalog Talk) Date: 3/10/00 3:35 PMyeah I ended up handling each of those elements with a new custom variable... each of which is generated on the fly every time (discSubTot, discTaxTot, etc.) -JohnRob Schmidt wrote:> I have to calculate tax on the subtotal so I think your method below would fall short on that account. The discount has to be incorporated in the standard [subtotal] or else figuring of taxtotal, grandtotal etc is going to get whacky. > > >If they user gets a discount I store that fact in a header in the cart file (and also their discount rate stored in a header). If so then on the shopping cart page I display another table row after the subtotal which shows yer discount is [math](totalDiscount=[subtotal]*[discountRate])[/math] then another table row with yer discounted subtotal is [math][subtotal]-[totalDiscount][/math]... (I hand tweak all the rest as well - [discGrand], etc.) > > > >-John > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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The method I suggested (originally courtesy of Grant years ago) is much cleaner since WebCat deals with all of the totals for you. Why reinvent the commonly understood accounting concepts of SubTotal and TaxableTotal when WebCat will do it for you. You can even use this method for gift certificates quite easily, including the unusual case where the customer must pay tax on the entire amount, not the discounted amount (hint &Taxable=N).John Peacock ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: Adding discount to cart Author: (WebCatalog Talk) Date: 3/10/00 3:35 PMyeah I ended up handling each of those elements with a new custom variable... each of which is generated on the fly every time (discSubTot, discTaxTot, etc.) -JohnRob Schmidt wrote:> I have to calculate tax on the subtotal so I think your method below would fall short on that account. The discount has to be incorporated in the standard [subtotal] or else figuring of taxtotal, grandtotal etc is going to get whacky. > > >If they user gets a discount I store that fact in a header in the cart file (and also their discount rate stored in a header). If so then on the shopping cart page I display another table row after the subtotal which shows yer discount is [math](totalDiscount=[subtotal]*[discountRate])[/math] then another table row with yer discounted subtotal is [math][subtotal]-[totalDiscount][/math]... (I hand tweak all the rest as well - [discGrand], etc.) > > > >-John > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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