Re:Item options w/ price adjustment
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12879
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texte = >I have a project where catalog items may have up to five options which>change the item price. I've changed the preferences to allow price>changes in the shopping cart.>>The catalog page shows the results of an initial search. Clicking on>any item displays a detail page. The detail page includes a table which>appears and displays any item options, along with their pricing. Each>option has a radio button for selecting that particular option. I'm>getting these selections using a form layout.>>I want the shopping cart to include selected items with text for options>selected simply appended to the description, and the final price>adjusted accordingly. Options can be additions or deductions. I've>placed the text for the options into the texta, textb, ... texte fields>in the database, and created fields for the option costs.>>I want to allow the customer to place an item with any selected options>into the cart with a single click.>>Is this approach possible?Can be done, but you should probably use the [add ] context instead of theadd command -- so you basically make a showpage command go to some templatethat uses the incoming form variables to do the appropriate Add to thecart.... Not as simple as a add command, but tons more powerful andflexible....Jay Van Vark ******************************Pacific Coast Software | Commerce (WebCatalog)11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Hosting & DesignSuite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.comSan Diego, CA 92128 ******************************619.675.1106
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>I have a project where catalog items may have up to five options which>change the item price. I've changed the preferences to allow price>changes in the shopping cart.>>The catalog page shows the results of an initial search. Clicking on>any item displays a detail page. The detail page includes a table which>appears and displays any item options, along with their pricing. Each>option has a radio button for selecting that particular option. I'm>getting these selections using a form layout.>>I want the shopping cart to include selected items with text for options>selected simply appended to the description, and the final price>adjusted accordingly. Options can be additions or deductions. I've>placed the text for the options into the texta, textb, ... texte fields>in the database, and created fields for the option costs.>>I want to allow the customer to place an item with any selected options>into the cart with a single click.>>Is this approach possible?Can be done, but you should probably use the [add ] context instead of theadd command -- so you basically make a showpage command go to some templatethat uses the incoming form variables to do the appropriate Add to thecart.... Not as simple as a add command, but tons more powerful andflexible....Jay Van Vark ******************************Pacific Coast Software | Commerce (WebCatalog)11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | Hosting & DesignSuite 453 | http://www.smithmicro.comSan Diego, CA 92128 ******************************619.675.1106
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