Re: customers getting same cart

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60347
interpreted = N
texte = Hi I have this problem, basically from google, how do I remove the carts as per this comment cause its a nightmare at the moment I have carts being deleted right at purchase, plus any cart older than 6 hours gets wiped out too THanks Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Peacock" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:29 PM Subject: Re: customers getting same cart > 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 > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: customers getting same cart ( Phil Herring 2004)
  2. Re: customers getting same cart ( Jesse Proudman 2004)
  3. Re: customers getting same cart ( John Peacock 2004)
  4. Re: customers getting same cart ( Bob Minor 2004)
  5. Re: customers getting same cart ( "Paul Berman" 2004)
  6. Re: customers getting same cart ( Bob Minor 2004)
  7. Re: customers getting same cart ( John Peacock 2004)
  8. Re: customers getting same cart ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  9. customers getting same cart ( "Brian Boegershausen" 2004)
Hi I have this problem, basically from google, how do I remove the carts as per this comment cause its a nightmare at the moment I have carts being deleted right at purchase, plus any cart older than 6 hours gets wiped out too THanks Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Peacock" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:29 PM Subject: Re: customers getting same cart > 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 > > -- > John Peacock > Director of Information Research and Technology > Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group > 4501 Forbes Boulevard > Suite H > Lanham, MD 20706 > 301-459-3366 x.5010 > fax 301-429-5748 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ "Paul Berman"

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