Arpit Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 I was wondering if there was any way to add another box in the checkout process which would allow me to have a pop-up window where I can add extra information to that particular order. I know it would need to ID where in the database the comment was stored, it is at least in the "order_status_history" table. Then find the funtion that would save it. As far as the creation of the new box is concerned, I can do that, but then adding more fields to the order is something which would even give asterix nightmares. Please Help me... The late twentieth century has witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction ---------------------------------------------------- Arpit
Daemonj Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 What kind of information are you wanting to add to the order? An example would be helpful. This can have a big impact on how the solution is implemented. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein
Arpit Posted June 3, 2003 Author Posted June 3, 2003 I have in mind a "greetings and comment" information. I am testing out couple of open source greeting card apps and was wondering if I could hook one up with the osComm. This is where I am coming from, I run a non-profit organization which helps parents send gifts and greetings to their children at college, and our main commodity is where parents send birthday cake to their children, so i was hoping what would be more helpful to them then allowing them to send a greeting card to their children. So when the parent chooses those particular category of items, a new box is displayed which has the id for that product and is links a greeting card to it which is customizable. I hope this helps and thank you for your concern, Arpit The late twentieth century has witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction ---------------------------------------------------- Arpit
Daemonj Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 I have several ideas for you but they are not in the checkout process. The first is to make the greeting card an attribute for a cake. When the user selects a cake they can select the card they would like as well. Have the greetings cards as an Other Produts of Interest link on the cakes page. Either of those options would be much easier than trying to modify the checkout process. Since the checkout process is typically under SSL, it is slow by nature and you do not want to any extra steps to it than you have to. I am sure that other ideas are possible as well. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein
Arpit Posted June 3, 2003 Author Posted June 3, 2003 Thanks for the prompt and very important reply. I must say I like your "links of interest" idea. But I am still confused as to how would we link up the database as in say, how would we make sure that the greeting card "x" selected by customer "y" when he bought product "z". What I am trying to get is, how would we Id the card to go along with the product? Is there a way we can Id the greeting card along the the particular product bought by that particular customer? I am sincerly sorry to take away from your valuable time, and Thank you once again Arpit The late twentieth century has witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction ---------------------------------------------------- Arpit
Daemonj Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 I am not sure what you mean. Both items will be listed in the order for the customer. What other form of "linking" are you looking for? "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein
Arpit Posted June 3, 2003 Author Posted June 3, 2003 What i mean is, how would the system know that the card that the customer chooses goes with the product he bought. Right now what happens is, on the admin side, under the Orders menu, I can see that Say Customer "Joe" bought product the "cake", but if I now have the greeting card addon, there has to be a way the at the orders menu to show me that card # 12 was chosen from the 30 cards available. I hope this gives you an idea of what i mean Thanks arpit The late twentieth century has witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction ---------------------------------------------------- Arpit
Daemonj Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 Make a Greeting Card product that shows all of the cards. Give that product an attribute to select which card they want. Either that or you could create a separate product item for each card. This would be the better route to take. "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - A. Einstein
Arpit Posted June 3, 2003 Author Posted June 3, 2003 Thanks for the reply, I do understand that, but the greeting card only comes into picture only products from one particular category is choosen, for example please click on the url below, http://www.ubcampustees.com/catalog/defaul...a779f115fc675c0 So I want the greeting card option come up when the buyer chooses the product from the "greetings from home" category, and once he chooses that, a way to make sure that choosen product has some way to relate to the choosen card so we can print the card and give it to the their child. I hope this helps :) The late twentieth century has witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction ---------------------------------------------------- Arpit
edpierre Posted June 8, 2003 Posted June 8, 2003 Very interested about the idea of linking a gift with a greeting card. I am using yet an open source greeting card in my dev site and hope to be able to link it to the gift part of my online bookstore in 2 weeks or 3. As I'm not a php guru, any help will be appreciated. Ed
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