Re: customers getting same cart
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60346
interpreted = N
texte = I have this happen when someone hard links to me without my knowledge, so I do some checking to see if the referrer is from another site and if it contains a formvariable called cart if it does then I redirect to a new page and I do not pass the cart variable. I write some info about the link to a log file and go check things out manually. On Dec 7, 2004, at 2:29 PM, John Peacock wrote: > Brian Boegershausen wrote: > >> The cart is not hard coded somewhere. But there are tens-of-thousands >> of people coming to the site each day. > > ...but it is probably bookmarked as part of a search engine... > >> I have carts being deleted right at purchase, plus any cart older >> than 6 hours gets wiped out too. > > Deleting the carts isn't the issue (really), it is that the same > [cart] number is being used by multiple clients. What you need to do > is track the cart numbers which have been assigned (like in an order > file) and at the top of each page where the cart is displayed, make > sure that this cart hasn't been used before. If it has, redirect to > the same page minus the cart (so you create a new one). > > If you stored your cart in a cookie, it would'nt be an issue at all > (since most search engines won't store cookies). > > John Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.com Providing Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, *nix, and AS/400. Complete ddos proof hosting solutions and network services. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I have this happen when someone hard links to me without my knowledge, so I do some checking to see if the referrer is from another site and if it contains a formvariable called cart if it does then I redirect to a new page and I do not pass the cart variable. I write some info about the link to a log file and go check things out manually. On Dec 7, 2004, at 2:29 PM, John Peacock wrote: > Brian Boegershausen wrote: > >> The cart is not hard coded somewhere. But there are tens-of-thousands >> of people coming to the site each day. > > ...but it is probably bookmarked as part of a search engine... > >> I have carts being deleted right at purchase, plus any cart older >> than 6 hours gets wiped out too. > > Deleting the carts isn't the issue (really), it is that the same > [cart] number is being used by multiple clients. What you need to do > is track the cart numbers which have been assigned (like in an order > file) and at the top of each page where the cart is displayed, make > sure that this cart hasn't been used before. If it has, redirect to > the same page minus the cart (so you create a new one). > > If you stored your cart in a cookie, it would'nt be an issue at all > (since most search engines won't store cookies). > > John Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.com Providing Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, *nix, and AS/400. Complete ddos proof hosting solutions and network services. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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