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texte = >I can't find out how to use the [CART] tag. Isn't it supposed to generate a >unique number for a visitor and then stick to this visitor? No, [cart] generates a unique number, but it only sticks where you tell it to stick. You have to tell it to stick to your users, and the way you do that is to assign the cart value to a variable.On the page that generates the first cart value (this is the 'entry page' to your chat room), you have to put cart=[cart], because that lets you pass that cart value to the next page your users goes to. The cart value is stored in a variable named cart when you do this. >I want to create a chat and use the [CART] for tracking each visitor, but >every time a issue a [CART] a new number is generated. > >Must the [CART] value be stored in a .db with a special name or something? No, the cart value is stored in a variable, not a database ... and you don't want to generate a new one on each page, you only want to geterate a new one on your 'entry page'. From then on, you want to pass the original cart value from page to page. Just don't pass it to the entry page again, or you won't get a new cart value, you will simply be continuing to pass the same cart value that you created in the beginning.You can pass the cart value to any template simply by putting cart=[cart] inside every URL on the page, like this:Go to some templateIt doesn't matter if the URL is a showpage or append or delete or replace or search, all that matters is that cart=[cart] appears in the string - in the proper syntax, of course. If it's not the first set of parameters following the question mark, then it will have to have an ampersand (&) in front of it ...Make sure to put cart=[cart] into your forms, too, by using a hidden form input field like this: The key thing to remember is that you should put cart=[cart] into every URL or form where the user might need the cart value to continue using your chat. Because as soon as your user click a hyperlink or form button that doesn't have cart=[cart] in it, that user's cart value is gone, and a completely new cart value will be created when that user visits a new page with a [cart] tag on it.Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://usarea.net/home.html
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>I can't find out how to use the [cart] tag. Isn't it supposed to generate a >unique number for a visitor and then stick to this visitor? No, [cart] generates a unique number, but it only sticks where you tell it to stick. You have to tell it to stick to your users, and the way you do that is to assign the cart value to a variable.On the page that generates the first cart value (this is the 'entry page' to your chat room), you have to put cart=[cart], because that lets you pass that cart value to the next page your users goes to. The cart value is stored in a variable named cart when you do this. >I want to create a chat and use the [cart] for tracking each visitor, but >every time a issue a [cart] a new number is generated. > >Must the [cart] value be stored in a .db with a special name or something? No, the cart value is stored in a variable, not a database ... and you don't want to generate a new one on each page, you only want to geterate a new one on your 'entry page'. From then on, you want to pass the original cart value from page to page. Just don't pass it to the entry page again, or you won't get a new cart value, you will simply be continuing to pass the same cart value that you created in the beginning.You can pass the cart value to any template simply by putting cart=[cart] inside every URL on the page, like this:[cart]>Go to some templateIt doesn't matter if the URL is a showpage or append or delete or replace or search, all that matters is that cart=[cart] appears in the string - in the proper syntax, of course. If it's not the first set of parameters following the question mark, then it will have to have an ampersand (&) in front of it ...Make sure to put cart=[cart] into your forms, too, by using a hidden form input field like this:[cart]> The key thing to remember is that you should put cart=[cart] into every URL or form where the user might need the cart value to continue using your chat. Because as soon as your user click a hyperlink or form button that doesn't have cart=[cart] in it, that user's cart value is gone, and a completely new cart value will be created when that user visits a new page with a [cart] tag on it.Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://usarea.net/home.html
Kenneth Grome
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