[ic] Checkout and Userdb

Jamie Neil jamie at versado.net
Mon Jul 19 10:09:52 EDT 2004


Dan Bergan wrote:
> Here's how I do it...
> 
> In /etc/log_transaction, before saving the auto-created user I changed 
> the email address to be the email address followed by the order number 
> (so it will always be unique).
> 
> [if scratch auto_create]
>    [comment]Change the email address so it doesn't mess up normal user 
> login[/comment]
>      [value name=email set="[value email]-[value mv_order_number]"]
>      [userdb save]
>    Logout auto-created user: [userdb function=logout clear=0 clear_cart=0]
> [/if]

Neat solution.

Do you do this for any user that it not logged in or just users that 
have expressed that they don't want to set up an account?

I'm looking to do something like this site:

http://www.novascotiancrystal.com/

(I don't have any affiliation with this site BTW, but I've been told 
that it was created by a company specialising in usability)

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Jamie Neil | <jamie at versado.net> | 0870 7777 454
Versado I.T. Services Ltd. | http://versado.net/ | 0845 450 1254


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