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drgnbear
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 Posted: Jul 13, 2009 10:57am Post subject: A few questions |
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There are a few things that we need to be able to do. We need to capture user registration info either on your site or on ours and have the data transmitted back and forth.
we also would like to be able to re-direct a user after the sale is complete to a thank you page with links to our product newsletter and or forum.
Are either of these possible?
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| Posted: Jul 13, 2009 11:49am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | We need to capture user registration info either on your site or on ours |
A customer account is automatically created for the customer during the store's checkout process. Outside of the checkout process, a user's information can still be captured in the storefront (and thus creating a customer account in the store records) by submitting a form to any storefront page. At a minimum, the form must include the following values:
1. A hidden field named "force_register". This will force the registration of the customer account in the store records.
2. A form field for each item in the customer account to be captured. The absolute minimum is the customer's email address.
Below is an example of a form that could be located either within the storefront or on a remote website. This form submits its data to a page in the storefront, creating a customer account.
| Code: | <form action="http://www.my-store.com/store-page.php" method="post" name="create_form" id="create_form">
Email: <input name="email" type="text" size="50" id="email" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="force_register" id="force_register" value="Y" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Create an Account" />
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| Quote: | | ...and have the data transmitted back and forth. |
The method by which data is transmitted back and forth will be determined by the API your web developers create. The amount of customer data transmitted and whether the data is transmitted on a regular schedule or when a specific event happens can be controlled by the custom API created.
| Quote: | | we also would like to be able to re-direct a user after the sale is complete to a thank you page with links to our product newsletter and or forum. |
This can be achieved by simply adding a redirect to the store's receipt page template. A couple of examples include:
An example of a JavaScript redirect would be something like:
| Code: | | <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://www.website-to-redirect-to.com"> |
An example of a PHP redirect would be something like:
| Code: | <?php
session_write_close();
header('location: http://www.website-to-redirect-to.com');
exit();
?> |
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2009 09:48am Post subject: more... |
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| I am the Web Developer. I am not familiar with PHP or how your systems are set up. As far as redirect it's pretty straight forward. I am curious though if you can get access to the SN and user info so that when you re-direct you can submit it. |
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2009 03:39pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I am curious though if you can get access to the SN and user info so that when you re-direct you can submit it. |
I'd assume that a custom API that submits user info to a third-party could pull data either from the database, or from the PHP variables that contain the order data.
Hosting accounts add access to the store's database, which would allow desired customer and order information to be retrieved for use in a custom API.
There is also a Developer's Guide available, which lists the structure of both the database and the PHP variables mentioned above that are used in the customer's shopping session. The Developer's Guide is designed to be an overview, a starting point for developers familiar with database and PHP concepts.
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