Shop from PDF
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numero = 59780
interpreted = N
texte = Hi all, I have a scenario in the works where a person will download a PDF catalog and all of the products have been hotlinked to the item in the online store. Once there they can add to cart like normal and all is fine except that if they 'shop' from the PDF again it clears the cart (as expected). I need to get around this. Dynamically populating the PDFs with unique cart #'s is not a viable option at this time. Right now, my thinking is to make a temp.db that basically has DATE TIME IP CART and then if they click another link from the PDF, there is some logic in the header of the store ([included] on all pages, of course), that checks the IP and if it is a 'fresh' IP (say, less than an hour old or something), then the cart associated with the IP is used, and, in theory, would repopulate the cart correctly with any existing items. Only prob I can see with this is that the .db would get pretty unwieldy as it would pretty much become a traffic counter and could get unwieldy quick, so now I would need to constantly roll this ..db, which seems like overkill... any thoughts before I dive in? Is there anything obvious I am missing? Thanks in advance, -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Hi all, I have a scenario in the works where a person will download a PDF catalog and all of the products have been hotlinked to the item in the online store. Once there they can add to cart like normal and all is fine except that if they 'shop' from the PDF again it clears the cart (as expected). I need to get around this. Dynamically populating the PDFs with unique cart #'s is not a viable option at this time. Right now, my thinking is to make a temp.db that basically has DATE TIME IP CART and then if they click another link from the PDF, there is some logic in the header of the store ([included] on all pages, of course), that checks the IP and if it is a 'fresh' IP (say, less than an hour old or something), then the cart associated with the IP is used, and, in theory, would repopulate the cart correctly with any existing items. Only prob I can see with this is that the .db would get pretty unwieldy as it would pretty much become a traffic counter and could get unwieldy quick, so now I would need to constantly roll this ..db, which seems like overkill... any thoughts before I dive in? Is there anything obvious I am missing? Thanks in advance, -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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