Re: Shop from PDF

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59817
interpreted = N
texte = But how many shoppers do you think you lose who have cookies blocked or disabled via some 'helper' app like IE privacy settings, Norton, ZoneAlarm, etc., etc.? -Dan On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:30:32 -0400 Terry Wilson wrote: >Dan, > >Maybe not as much trouble as you think. When I went from carrying the cart tag from page to page >to using cookies, it was as easy as > >1) adding [settcookie] code when they first opened the cart > >2) setting a text variable at the top of my cart-related templates like so [text]cart=[getcookie >yourcartcookiename][/text] to feed into my old code > >There are other nuances I added that were simply not possible with the old method... like letting >them come back and continue if they lost continuity between pages. Then I started setting other >cookies so they could continue shopping where they left off, even if they mucked around in their >cart looking at other items' detail pages. Oh, and not having to carry the cart tag from page to >page is a nice bonus. > >Once I started using cookies, and for usernames and passwords too, I never looked back. > >I'm a cookie monster in more ways than one.. > >Terry > >>Rob, >> >>I appreciate the advice, but this particular project (which is now done and working nicely, btw) >>was for an existing store and changing the entire cart schema from URL-based to cookie-based >>would have been nearly impossible to implement in time for deadline, and would have also cost the >>client an arm and a leg since I would have had to basically rip the store apart and practically >>start over (sure I could do a global find and replace for "?cart=[cart]" and "&cart=[cart]", but >>that still wouldn't necessarily catch everything... luckily, client is fluent in WebDNA, so it's >>not like I sold them a bunk solution; we discussed our options and agreed on what I eventually >>did which was create a temp.db that acted like a server-side 'cookie'. We did discuss the IP/AOL >>proxy thing and decided that odds were in our favor for that prob not to happen, but that we >>would keep our eyes on it. >> >>My dislike of cookies comes from the fact that people block them, but I can definitely see their >>usefulness. I have a store to build from scratch for 2005 and I will consider cookies at that >>time. >> >>Thanks again for the advice. >> >>-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/ 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)
But how many shoppers do you think you lose who have cookies blocked or disabled via some 'helper' app like IE privacy settings, Norton, ZoneAlarm, etc., etc.? -Dan On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:30:32 -0400 Terry Wilson wrote: >Dan, > >Maybe not as much trouble as you think. When I went from carrying the cart tag from page to page >to using cookies, it was as easy as > >1) adding [settcookie] code when they first opened the cart > >2) setting a text variable at the top of my cart-related templates like so [text]cart=[getcookie >yourcartcookiename][/text] to feed into my old code > >There are other nuances I added that were simply not possible with the old method... like letting >them come back and continue if they lost continuity between pages. Then I started setting other >cookies so they could continue shopping where they left off, even if they mucked around in their >cart looking at other items' detail pages. Oh, and not having to carry the cart tag from page to >page is a nice bonus. > >Once I started using cookies, and for usernames and passwords too, I never looked back. > >I'm a cookie monster in more ways than one.. > >Terry > >>Rob, >> >>I appreciate the advice, but this particular project (which is now done and working nicely, btw) >>was for an existing store and changing the entire cart schema from URL-based to cookie-based >>would have been nearly impossible to implement in time for deadline, and would have also cost the >>client an arm and a leg since I would have had to basically rip the store apart and practically >>start over (sure I could do a global find and replace for "?cart=[cart]" and "&cart=[cart]", but >>that still wouldn't necessarily catch everything... luckily, client is fluent in WebDNA, so it's >>not like I sold them a bunk solution; we discussed our options and agreed on what I eventually >>did which was create a temp.db that acted like a server-side 'cookie'. We did discuss the IP/AOL >>proxy thing and decided that odds were in our favor for that prob not to happen, but that we >>would keep our eyes on it. >> >>My dislike of cookies comes from the fact that people block them, but I can definitely see their >>usefulness. I have a store to build from scratch for 2005 and I will consider cookies at that >>time. >> >>Thanks again for the advice. >> >>-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/ "Dan Strong"

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