Re: different ship dates and shopping carts -- how to?
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functions with some special formulas to get the results I need, but >the more I got into it, the more I realized that I would probably be >better off creating all my own commerce functions from scratch in >WebDNA, rather than try to modify WebCat's built-in capabilities.>> > >Yikes, I don't want to have to re-invent any wheels here!Neither did I. In fact, those are the exact words I used when corresponging with Grant about this. Believe me, there are simpler ways to do this. Apparently I'm hard-headed enough to torture myself by doing things my own way. The main benefit I received from all this work is that I have gained a much better understanding of -- and appreciation for -- the kind of work that went into creating WebCat's eCommerce features. The eCommerce features hard-coded into WebCatalog are truly visionary.>In my head, >I'm planning to loop through the items in a cart. Any that have a >different ship-lead time would be deleted from that cart and added to >another. Then we'd get individual shipping charges and tax charges. >Finally, we'd get separate CC authorizations for each sub-cart.See? You already have a great concept for how to use WebCat's existing features in a very effective manner! :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
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><functions with some special formulas to get the results I need, but >the more I got into it, the more I realized that I would probably be >better off creating all my own commerce functions from scratch in >WebDNA, rather than try to modify WebCat's built-in capabilities.>> > >Yikes, I don't want to have to re-invent any wheels here!Neither did I. In fact, those are the exact words I used when corresponging with Grant about this. Believe me, there are simpler ways to do this. Apparently I'm hard-headed enough to torture myself by doing things my own way. The main benefit I received from all this work is that I have gained a much better understanding of -- and appreciation for -- the kind of work that went into creating WebCat's eCommerce features. The eCommerce features hard-coded into WebCatalog are truly visionary.>In my head, >I'm planning to loop through the items in a cart. Any that have a >different ship-lead time would be deleted from that cart and added to >another. Then we'd get individual shipping charges and tax charges. >Finally, we'd get separate CC authorizations for each sub-cart.See? You already have a great concept for how to use WebCat's existing features in a very effective manner! :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/.
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