Re: calculating tax rates, mail order solutions and version 2
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >** I'd like to tell purchasers their tax amount and grand total including >tax before the final order (purchase). Is this possible to do with 1.6.2 >or the v2b.The WebCommerce version of WebCatalog 1.6.x will do this just fine. As long as you have set the [taxRate] and [shipCost] prior to displaying the invoice, you can simply display [grandTotal] and it will include all applicable charges.>** The boutique for which I'm constructing this store charges shipping >dependant on the price bracket that the dollar order amount of the order >falls into. e.g. > >$3.95 for orders up to $25 >$4.95 for orders $25 - $50 >$6.95 for orders $50 - $100 >$8.95 for orders $100 - $150 >$10.95 for orders over $150Again this is fine with 1.6.x : you'll need to use a hidden field called 'shipCost' to hold the value calculated by an embedded [AppleScript] that does the calculation for you. Put this calculation into the shopping cart page, so that when they click show final invoice, the shipCost will be set at that time.>** Is the version 2b plugin stable?? I might go ahead and just convert my >work to it if it won't crash my server.It's stable, but not guaranteed to be crash-proof. We have some servers getting 30,000 requests a day, all going thru the beta CGI>** The boutique is looking to upgrade their entire store system to not only >track in store sales but also handle large amounts of mail orders. I think >they're going with a five terminal Win95 version of Retail Pro. We really >haven't worked out how to integrate this with web sales. As many of the >boutique items are of limited stock it would be useful if there was some >way to integrate this with webcatalog so that items were marked out of >stock in real time. I note that a large mac catalog house uses webcatalog >and I was wondering what kind of system they're using for fullfillment. >Any suggestions on a good way to integrate all of this is much appreciated.Some of our customers update their Catalog.txt file twice per day. This near-realtime approach does not require heroic efforts to maintain an up-to-the-second inventory. If you want truly realtime inventories, we are available for custom integration work.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
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>** I'd like to tell purchasers their tax amount and grand total including >tax before the final order (purchase). Is this possible to do with 1.6.2 >or the v2b.The WebCommerce version of WebCatalog 1.6.x will do this just fine. As long as you have set the [taxRate] and [shipCost] prior to displaying the invoice, you can simply display [grandTotal] and it will include all applicable charges.>** The boutique for which I'm constructing this store charges shipping >dependant on the price bracket that the dollar order amount of the order >falls into. e.g. > >$3.95 for orders up to $25 >$4.95 for orders $25 - $50 >$6.95 for orders $50 - $100 >$8.95 for orders $100 - $150 >$10.95 for orders over $150Again this is fine with 1.6.x : you'll need to use a hidden field called 'shipCost' to hold the value calculated by an embedded [AppleScript] that does the calculation for you. Put this calculation into the shopping cart page, so that when they click show final invoice, the shipCost will be set at that time.>** Is the version 2b plugin stable?? I might go ahead and just convert my >work to it if it won't crash my server.It's stable, but not guaranteed to be crash-proof. We have some servers getting 30,000 requests a day, all going thru the beta CGI>** The boutique is looking to upgrade their entire store system to not only >track in store sales but also handle large amounts of mail orders. I think >they're going with a five terminal Win95 version of Retail Pro. We really >haven't worked out how to integrate this with web sales. As many of the >boutique items are of limited stock it would be useful if there was some >way to integrate this with webcatalog so that items were marked out of >stock in real time. I note that a large mac catalog house uses webcatalog >and I was wondering what kind of system they're using for fullfillment. >Any suggestions on a good way to integrate all of this is much appreciated.Some of our customers update their Catalog.txt file twice per day. This near-realtime approach does not require heroic efforts to maintain an up-to-the-second inventory. If you want truly realtime inventories, we are available for custom integration work.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
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