1. THE ORDER PROCESS
Interchange has a completely flexible order basket and checkout scheme. The foundation demo presents a common use of this process, in the directory pages/ord -- the files are:
basket.html The order basket displayed by default
checkout.html The form where the customer enters their billing
and shipping info
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and in the directory etc:
receipt.html The receipt displayed to the customer
report The order report mailed to you
mail_receipt The customer's email copy (if requested)
It is not strictly necessary to display an order basket when an item is ordered. If you specify a different page to be displayed that is fine, but most customers will be confused if you don't give them an indication that the order operation has succeeded.
Any order basket is an HTML FORM. It will have a number of variables on it. At the minimum it must have an [item-list] to loop through the items, and the quantity of each item must be set in some place on that form. Any valid Interchange tags may be used on the page, and you may use multiple item lists if necessary.