Re: Adding insurance to an order, round 2
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 50583
interpreted = N
texte = No, it's shipping insurance on the entire order, not individual items.Thus the problem...-W ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Robinson
To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Adding insurance to an order, round 2 > If you're saying that insurance is available on individual items as opposed > to the whole order, it would make sense to me to add it as a lineitem. It > would take a bit of fiddling, but I think that it would be much clearer for > your customer if, after adding an item to the cart, that they see something > like: > > Item Category Qty Unit Price > ================================================ > Product A Cat Name 1 $100 $100 > - insurance for Product A $5 > Product B Cat Name 1 $100 $100 > Product C Cat Name 1 $50 $50 > - insurance for Product C $5 > Product D Cat Name 1 $60 $60 > > > Regards, > Tim > -- > Tim Robinson > IDFK Web Developments > tim@idfk.com.au > 114a/40 Yeo Street > Neutral Bay 2089 > Australia > Phone +612 9908 2134 > Fax +612 9908 4837 > > > > > From: WJ Starck > > Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 17:45:27 > > To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Subject: Adding insurance to an order, round 2 > > > > I have a form that has a checkbox named insurance the value of which > > is T if it's checked. This is so customers can elect to insure a > > package (or not). > > > > The checkbox is submitted to another page that has the following code: > > > > [setheader cart=[GetCookie SessionID]header40=[insurance][/setheader] > > and below that an orderfile that displays the cart info. > > > > Formulas.db has a [showif] that calculates an insurance amount if the > > checkbox has been selected like so: > > > > Shipcost [showif [header40]=T]some code to add insurance to > > shipcost[/showif] > > > > (It was suggested by Jay yesterday to use shipcost to add insurance to > > an order as a whole, not as a lineitem.) > > > > Problem is, it seems like once items are added to the cart, the > > Shipcost formula from Formulas.db has been applied and cannot be > > changed - unless I remove all the items, remember what they were, check > > to see if the insurance checkbox was checked, and then readd them, so > > that the formula will be reapplied. > > > > Is there another way to do this I'm missing? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > > Will Starck > > NovaDerm Skincare Science > > http://www.novaderm.com > > wjs@novaderm.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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No, it's shipping insurance on the entire order, not individual items.Thus the problem...-W ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Robinson To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Adding insurance to an order, round 2 > If you're saying that insurance is available on individual items as opposed > to the whole order, it would make sense to me to add it as a lineitem. It > would take a bit of fiddling, but I think that it would be much clearer for > your customer if, after adding an item to the cart, that they see something > like: > > Item Category Qty Unit Price > ================================================ > Product A Cat Name 1 $100 $100 > - insurance for Product A $5 > Product B Cat Name 1 $100 $100 > Product C Cat Name 1 $50 $50 > - insurance for Product C $5 > Product D Cat Name 1 $60 $60 > > > Regards, > Tim > -- > Tim Robinson > IDFK Web Developments > tim@idfk.com.au > 114a/40 Yeo Street > Neutral Bay 2089 > Australia > Phone +612 9908 2134 > Fax +612 9908 4837 > > > > > From: WJ Starck > > Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 17:45:27 > > To: (WebDNA Talk) > > Subject: Adding insurance to an order, round 2 > > > > I have a form that has a checkbox named insurance the value of which > > is T if it's checked. This is so customers can elect to insure a > > package (or not). > > > > The checkbox is submitted to another page that has the following code: > > > > [setheader cart=[GetCookie SessionID]header40=[insurance][/setheader] > > and below that an orderfile that displays the cart info. > > > > formulas.db has a [showif] that calculates an insurance amount if the > > checkbox has been selected like so: > > > > Shipcost [showif [header40]=T]some code to add insurance to > > shipcost[/showif] > > > > (It was suggested by Jay yesterday to use shipcost to add insurance to > > an order as a whole, not as a lineitem.) > > > > Problem is, it seems like once items are added to the cart, the > > Shipcost formula from formulas.db has been applied and cannot be > > changed - unless I remove all the items, remember what they were, check > > to see if the insurance checkbox was checked, and then readd them, so > > that the formula will be reapplied. > > > > Is there another way to do this I'm missing? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > > Will Starck > > NovaDerm Skincare Science > > http://www.novaderm.com > > wjs@novaderm.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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