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-->When you’re all done learning as much as I know (and I’m learning more all the time and will be sure to include it here as time permits) and can teach you about implementing Mals cart, please come back and take a minute to email me and let me how I can improve this site to better meet your needs.
On these pages we will “attempt” to explain and present examples of the usage of the various tags and fields necessary to successfully accomplish adding e-commerce to your website with Mals cart. If information is needed about something I haven’t covered here, please visit the forum. I do not have the time nor resources to answer your questions by email. Additional topics will be added as time becomes available and I learn a bit more about them. |
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Due to the great flexibility Mal has built into the cart program, there are many ways to accomplish the results you need to see in the cart. The examples presented here are not the only way nor the final solution for each tag. They are simply those that work for me and give me the results I’m after. |
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Very basic Basics |
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Use any of these links for checkout by changing the wording (“Review Cart” to “Checkout”) or i.e. …4567″>Checkout</A> |
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| <A HREF=”http://www.aitsafe.com/cf/review.cfm?userid=1234567″> Review Cart </A><A HREF=”http://www.aitsafe.com/cf/review.cfm?userid=1234567″> Checkout </A>
NO SPACES are allowed within the hyperlink !! |
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| <A HREF=”http://ww3.aitsafe.com/cf/review.cfm?userid=1234567″> <img src=”images/ReviewBasketani.gif” width=”130″ height=”24″ border=”0″ alt=”Review Basket”</a> Change the userid and the path & attributes to fit your image parameters |
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| “Review Basket” with a form*Note: all field values should be lowercase to be recognized with the many server OS’s & applications used on the internet when using forms. This is directly traceable to the unix operating system where “VALUE” and “value” can be interpreted as having two different meanings. It is not as critical now-a-days, but, it’s safer to do it this way. Popular convention is to have FIELDS in uppercase and “values” in lowercase. Makes it easier to read also. | |||||||||||||||
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<FORM METHOD=”post” ACTION=”http://www.aitsafe.com/cf/review.cfm”> Spaces are permitted within form fields (html view), but not within hyperlinks within the form fields |
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“Review Basket” form with image button |
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| <FORM METHOD=”post” action=”http://www.aitsafe.com/cf/review.cfm”> <INPUT TYPE=”hidden” NAME=”userid” VALUE=”1234567″> <INPUT TYPE=”image” src=”images/ReviewBasketani.gif” width=”130″ height=”24″ border=”0″ alt=”Review Basket” value=”submit”> </FORM> Change the userid and the path & attributes to fit your image parameters |
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| OK now.! We all want our customers to come back & do some more shopping after they’ve put one of your indispensable products in the cart, Sooo…… we have to provide a link to return from the shopping cart to where they were which is called a “Continue Shopping” button located in the cart. DO NOT USE http:// in the link, and remember; No Spaces. The link can return to the same page, your home page or any other page on your site or even somebody else’s website.. If you do not have a return link, you WILL NOT have a continue shopping button in the cart!!, and Remember, NO http:// | |||||||||||||||
| Note: Every product or form must have a return link associated with it to enable a continue shopping button to show up in the cart. | |||||||||||||||
| It looks like this &return=www.yoursite.com/yourpage.htm | |||||||||||||||
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and the full link looks like this |
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| <A HREF=”http://www.aitsafe.com/cf/review.cfm?userid=1234567&return= www.yoursite.com/yourpage.htm”>Review Cart</A> |
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and for Forms |
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| <FORM METHOD=”post” action=”http://www.aitsafe.com/cf/review.cfm”> <INPUT TYPE=”hidden” NAME=”userid” VALUE=”1234567″> <INPUT TYPE=”hidden” NAME=”return” VALUE=”www.yoursite.com/yourpage.htm”> <INPUT TYPE=”submit” VALUE=”Review Cart”> </FORM> |
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IMAGE BUTTONSBy default the cart uses ordinary HTML form buttons for navigation. You can use your own images instead. Simply upload your buttons to the same directory on your website as your header logo and call them button1.gif, button2.gif, etc. The table below describes each one and where it is used.
You can find more information in your admin>cart setup>Button Styles & Behavior Note that you have to use images of the correct size and they must be .gif file format. The “Recalculate | Go to Payments” is really two buttons combined into a single image. The cart uses an image map to identify which one is clicked on. |
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| Now that you know all you need to know about the Review Cart, Checkout and return links, and a bit about using image buttons in the cart (if you’ve been paying attention), continue on to the Buy Now Link page to learn how to get your products into Mals cart and become an expert in online commerce. |

