Re: [WebDNA] making a gift cert. (in effect) it's own lineitem/'product'
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 100709
interpreted = N
texte = Govinda wrote: > HI all, > > The last webdna work I did was 7 years ago when v.4 had just come out. > I want to ask those who have been fluent all along and who also are > current with v.6: > > I remember vaguely old discussion around the best way to handle gift- > certificate use in webdna shopping cart setups. I remember people > advocated making the gift cert. (in effect) a dynamic > lineitem/'product' to be added into the shopping cart file, and thus > affecting the GrandTotal via the gift cert's negative price. I don't > remember many of the arguments for doing it that way, and now as I > prepare to implement my first gift cert/ system I don't see many > reasons to do it that way. The carts we are working with for this > project will almost certainly have only one item in them at checkout > time... and the user may or may not have a gift cert to apply. > > Can anyone please give feedback here? What are the major pros and cons > for making the gift cert it's own 'product' to be dynamically rolled > into the cart's contents? > > Thanks for your thoughts and time. > > -Govinda Hi Govinda, I guess it would depend slightly on what you are starting with. If this is a SiteBuilder type of site, or a site that is using the Commerce tags of WebDNA (as it appears it maybe), yes, personally, I would probably use the negatively priced "Gift Certificate" lineitem method. You have to "watch out" that you don't give the ability of the users to add multiple negatively priced gift certs. ;-) This is done by reassessing the entire cart every time the cart is affected in any way.. removelineitem, deletelineitem, setlineitem etc... The "blank" Gift Cert product can be added to the cart at a price of $0.00. Let us know more of the details if you have further questions... There are lots of "busy" people here that will be able to help you through the process if needed. Cheers, Donovan -- Donovan D. Brooke PH/FAX: 1 (608) 291-2024 ---------------------------------------------- VP WebDNA Software Corporation 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958
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Govinda wrote: > HI all, > > The last webdna work I did was 7 years ago when v.4 had just come out. > I want to ask those who have been fluent all along and who also are > current with v.6: > > I remember vaguely old discussion around the best way to handle gift- > certificate use in webdna shopping cart setups. I remember people > advocated making the gift cert. (in effect) a dynamic > lineitem/'product' to be added into the shopping cart file, and thus > affecting the GrandTotal via the gift cert's negative price. I don't > remember many of the arguments for doing it that way, and now as I > prepare to implement my first gift cert/ system I don't see many > reasons to do it that way. The carts we are working with for this > project will almost certainly have only one item in them at checkout > time... and the user may or may not have a gift cert to apply. > > Can anyone please give feedback here? What are the major pros and cons > for making the gift cert it's own 'product' to be dynamically rolled > into the cart's contents? > > Thanks for your thoughts and time. > > -Govinda Hi Govinda, I guess it would depend slightly on what you are starting with. If this is a SiteBuilder type of site, or a site that is using the Commerce tags of WebDNA (as it appears it maybe), yes, personally, I would probably use the negatively priced "Gift Certificate" lineitem method. You have to "watch out" that you don't give the ability of the users to add multiple negatively priced gift certs. ;-) This is done by reassessing the entire cart every time the cart is affected in any way.. removelineitem, deletelineitem, setlineitem etc... The "blank" Gift Cert product can be added to the cart at a price of $0.00. Let us know more of the details if you have further questions... There are lots of "busy" people here that will be able to help you through the process if needed. Cheers, Donovan -- Donovan D. Brooke PH/FAX: 1 (608) 291-2024 ---------------------------------------------- VP WebDNA Software Corporation 16192 Coastal Highway Lewes, DE 19958
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