Re: Shop from PDF

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59782
interpreted = N
texte = I guess that's essentially what I am doing with the temp.db. Client (and I) don't care much for cookies, so I guess I'll just press forward as planned. Thanks for the advice. -Dan On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:15:57 -0700 Sam Lewis wrote: > >Dan, > >You could use a cookie based cart id. When they add the first item to the cart just write a >cookie with their cart number. Then when they come back use the cookie to tie it to the first >cart item. > >Sam > > >>Hi all, >> >>I have a scenario in the works where a person will download a PDF catalog and all of the products >>have been hotlinked to the item in the online store. Once there they can add to cart like normal >>and all is fine except that if they 'shop' from the PDF again it clears the cart (as expected). I >>need to get around this. Dynamically populating the PDFs with unique cart #'s is not a viable >>option at this time. >> >>Right now, my thinking is to make a temp.db that basically has DATE TIME IP CART and then if they >>click another link from the PDF, there is some logic in the header of the store ([included] on >>all pages, of course), that checks the IP and if it is a 'fresh' IP (say, less than an hour old >>or something), then the cart associated with the IP is used, and, in theory, would repopulate the >>cart correctly with any existing items. >> >>Only prob I can see with this is that the .db would get pretty unwieldy as it would pretty much >>become a traffic counter and could get unwieldy quick, so now I would need to constantly roll >>this .db, which seems like overkill... any thoughts before I dive in? Is there anything obvious I >>am missing? >> >>Thanks in advance, >>-Dan >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: OT: P3P (was Re: Shop from PDF) ( John Peacock 2004)
  2. OT: P3P (was Re: Shop from PDF) ( devaulw@onebox.com 2004)
  3. Re: Shop from PDF ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
  4. Re: Shop from PDF ( John Peacock 2004)
  5. Re: Shop from PDF ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
  6. Re: Shop from PDF ( John Peacock 2004)
  7. Re: Shop from PDF ( Terry Wilson 2004)
  8. Re: Shop from PDF ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
  9. Re: Shop from PDF ( Robert Schmidt 2004)
  10. Re: Shop from PDF ( Joe D'Andrea 2004)
  11. Re: Shop from PDF ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
  12. Re: Shop from PDF ( Sam Lewis 2004)
  13. Shop from PDF ( "Dan Strong" 2004)
I guess that's essentially what I am doing with the temp.db. Client (and I) don't care much for cookies, so I guess I'll just press forward as planned. Thanks for the advice. -Dan On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:15:57 -0700 Sam Lewis wrote: > >Dan, > >You could use a cookie based cart id. When they add the first item to the cart just write a >cookie with their cart number. Then when they come back use the cookie to tie it to the first >cart item. > >Sam > > >>Hi all, >> >>I have a scenario in the works where a person will download a PDF catalog and all of the products >>have been hotlinked to the item in the online store. Once there they can add to cart like normal >>and all is fine except that if they 'shop' from the PDF again it clears the cart (as expected). I >>need to get around this. Dynamically populating the PDFs with unique cart #'s is not a viable >>option at this time. >> >>Right now, my thinking is to make a temp.db that basically has DATE TIME IP CART and then if they >>click another link from the PDF, there is some logic in the header of the store ([included] on >>all pages, of course), that checks the IP and if it is a 'fresh' IP (say, less than an hour old >>or something), then the cart associated with the IP is used, and, in theory, would repopulate the >>cart correctly with any existing items. >> >>Only prob I can see with this is that the .db would get pretty unwieldy as it would pretty much >>become a traffic counter and could get unwieldy quick, so now I would need to constantly roll >>this .db, which seems like overkill... any thoughts before I dive in? Is there anything obvious I >>am missing? >> >>Thanks in advance, >>-Dan >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>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/ "Dan Strong"

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