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henri
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Joined: 15 Jan 2008
Posts: 69
Location: France

Tell a friend

Hello,

[edit] sorry, this should perhaps be moved to Misc Agoracart [edit]

I'm going to set up a tell a friend link but I have a question: The feature will be sending a link to a database-generated page containing a single product. Before sending the email, I need to process the query string in order to take out the cart_id (that's trivial) but when the friend clicks the link to check out this awesome product, he/she won't have any cart_id:

eg. the page link is:

agora.cgi?cart_id=nnnnnnn.nnnnn&product=productCategory&ppinc=1a&p_id=00004

and I'll send this

agora.cgi?product=productCategory&ppinc=1a&p_id=00004

In the event that he/she clicks on the buy now button, will AgoraCart automatically assign a new cart_id to that customer?

Henri

Sun Aug 31, 08 2:07 am

scottcrew
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Joined: 13 Feb 2004
Posts: 7516
Location: The West Side of MI USA

Henri,
In v5.x AgoraCart automatically assigns new cart_ids when either a cart _id in a URL does not match the shopping_cart info in the store or there isn't a cookie already in the browser.

HTH!

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Tue Sep 02, 08 11:08 am

henri
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Joined: 15 Jan 2008
Posts: 69
Location: France

Thank you Bonnie

I did notice that while loading pages after having removed the cart_id bit from the query string.
I have still one step to complete. So I have this "tell a friend" page with a form and all hidden information I'll be needing. The from is posted via a submit button whose name is submit_tellafriend_button. Now, in agora.cgi, I've added an elseif statement that checks for it:

Code:

} elsif (&form_check('submit_tellafriend_button')) {
&tell_a_friend;
&redirect;
&call_exit;
}

Can I add both subroutines (ie tell_a_friend and redirect) to the agora.cgi file or should I create a new .pl file where I would be adding my own subroutines? In that case, what is the procedure to follow in order to make agora aware of the existance of those? I'll have to instruct agora to load the file; is calling require_supporting_libraries the proper way to do that?

Now, for the actual redirection. Is using something like the following ok?

Code:

$redirect= qq~$sc_doctype
<html><head><title></title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" CONTENT=\"0;url='$href'\">
</head><BODY>Redicting you to the product...</BODY></html>~;
}
print $redirect,"\n";

TIA

Henri

Wed Sep 03, 08 7:03 am

scottcrew
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Location: The West Side of MI USA

Henri,
You do NOT want to edit any of the core files, as they get overwritten when the file gets upgraded and you'd lose all of your edits.
It is best to create a .pl file and put it in the 'add-ons' directory.

HTH!

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Wed Sep 03, 08 2:33 pm

henri
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Joined: 15 Jan 2008
Posts: 69
Location: France

I understand that.
If I don't touch the agora.cgi script, that means I can't use agora as a dispatcher. I'll have to direct the form's action to add_ons/tell_a_friend.pl, am I right?

Code:

<form method="post" action="add_ons/tell_a_friend.pl">
<fieldset>

<div class="form-item">
   <label class="form-input-label">Addressee's Name:</label>
   <input type="text" name="Addressee_Name" size="28" maxlength="55" value="" />
   <div class="clearBoth"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-item">
   <label class="form-input-label">Addressee's E-mail:</label>
   <input type="text" name="Addressee_Email" size="28" maxlength="55" value="" />
   <div class="clearBoth"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-item">
   <label class="form-input-label">Your Message:</label>
   <textarea name="Addressee_Message" cols="52" rows="5"></textarea>
   <div class="clearBoth"></div>
</div>
</fieldset>
<div class="floatRight">
%%make_hidden_fields%%
<input type="submit" name="submit_tellafriend_button" value="Send" />
</div>
</form>

Wed Sep 03, 08 3:31 pm

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