Re: [mv] Netscape suckage and the history usertag

[Mike Heins <mikeh@minivend.com>]

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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.

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