RE: OK, here goes...

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11777
interpreted = N
texte = >>>Except when they reload the home page, which will of course cause a new >>>cart to be generated. No getting around that one. >> >>Wouldn't the [cart] value be lost no matter what page they reload? > >No, because every subsequent page after the home page is generated by a >URL that contains an explicit cart value.But that's only true when you put &cart=[cart] into all your URLs(and into all your forms, right?I have understood that technique for a long time ... but I didn't see anyone mention that in this thread, so maybe that's what confused me. To make this a whole lot clearer, please let me know if the following conclusion is correct ... If you need a unique [cart] value created for each visitor, and if you want that unique cart value to stick to that visitor and be available to WebCat2 during the entire visit:1- Put &cart=[cart] into every link on your site ...2- Put into every form on your site ...3- Pray that your visitor does not reload the page he/she came in on ... because that's the ONLY page that will reload *without* using the original cart value ...Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://usarea.net/home.html Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. RE: OK, here goes... (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. RE: OK, here goes... (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: OK, here goes... (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. RE: OK, here goes... (Marc Eagle 1997)
  5. Re: OK, here goes... (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  6. Re: OK, here goes... (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  7. RE: OK, here goes... (Marc Eagle 1997)
  8. Re: OK, here goes... (John Hill 1997)
  9. Re: OK, here goes... (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  10. Re: OK, here goes... (Gil Poulsen 1997)
  11. Re: OK, here goes... (Gil Poulsen 1997)
>>>Except when they reload the home page, which will of course cause a new >>>cart to be generated. No getting around that one. >> >>Wouldn't the [cart] value be lost no matter what page they reload? > >No, because every subsequent page after the home page is generated by a >URL that contains an explicit cart value.But that's only true when you put &cart=[cart] into all your URLs(and [cart]> into all your forms, right?I have understood that technique for a long time ... but I didn't see anyone mention that in this thread, so maybe that's what confused me. To make this a whole lot clearer, please let me know if the following conclusion is correct ... If you need a unique [cart] value created for each visitor, and if you want that unique cart value to stick to that visitor and be available to WebCat2 during the entire visit:1- Put &cart=[cart] into every link on your site ...2- Put [cart]> into every form on your site ...3- Pray that your visitor does not reload the page he/she came in on ... because that's the ONLY page that will reload *without* using the original cart value ...Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.com http://usarea.net/home.html Kenneth Grome

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