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Re: [mv] Netscape suckage and the history usertag
****** message to minivend-users from Ed LaFrance <edl@newmediaems.com> ******
What a thread this has become!
Clients simply want what they want. my $.02 - I have a client who wants
the fast-order, stay on same page, but give visual confirmation
scenario. What I ended up doing was a combination of Mike H.' suggestion:
using the [tag op=header ..] with Status: 204 No Change on an anti-basket
page; and using an Javascript rollover tied to an 'onClick' for the order
button, to display a little 'in cart' image next to the ordered item. It
actually works very well, and even in conjunction with an "order status"
frame which was later added to display summary info about the current
order. I still use [if ordered [item-code]]..[/if] to display the same 'in
cart' image for ordered when subsequent searches are done.
To my client's credit, it is a surprisingly pleasing experience to be able
to quickly add items from a (results) list to an order, with instant visual
confirmation, without having to bounce back and forth between the cart and
search results! I recommend that anyone try it.
- Ed L.
At 11:04 AM 11/30/00 -0500, you wrote:
>****** message to minivend-users from Mike Heins
><mikeh@minivend.com> ******
>
>Quoting Chris Rapier (rapier@psc.edu):
> > cfm@maine.com wrote:
> >
> > > I must have missed something in this thread. Seems to me there is a lot
> > > assumed. Reloading, page caching, and putting orders into the basket
> > > without visiting the basket page stikes me as a wild mix. I'd be curious
> > > to see a short statement of the result you want.
> >
> > My clients have a site where they sell groceries. They want to allow
> > people to order something without having to side track to the basket
> > page. The theory is that if they don't have to bounce back and forth
> > they'll end up purchasing more and quantity is the key for this site.
> > Now, since they aren't going to the basket page some indication of what
> > is in their current cart is needed. So at the top of the page a small
> > bar is displayed with the number of item and the current total. In order
> > for this to be updated the page has to be refreshed as the designer
> > isn't going to use popup windows or frames.
> >
> > You can see the site at www.windfallfoods.com. If you are using netscape
> > add something to the cart, hit the reload button, and then try to add
> > something else. You'll end up at the basket.html page but if you look at
> > the URL you'll see it says 'expired'. I ended up making a link between
> > the basket.html page and one called expired.html so people wouldn't see
> > an error. If you go back to the results page you'll see the subcategory
> > heading is also truncated. If you do the same thing under IE you'll see
> > no problems at all. :\
> >
>
>Why not just save the whole display in a scratch variable and recall
>it if it is set? Then go to the just the page with mv_nextpage.
>
>[if cgi mv_order_item]
>[and scratch yourstuff]
> [scratch yourstuff]
>[else]
> [seti yourstuff]
> [search-region]
> etc. etc.
> [/search-region]
> [/seti]
> [scratch yourstuff]
>[/else]
>[/if]
>
>This thing about wanting to order and stay on the same page
>drives me crazy.
>
>--
>Akopia, Inc., 131 Willow Lane, Floor 2, Oxford, OH 45056
>phone +1.513.523.7621 fax 7501 <heins@akopia.com>
>
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