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Will virtualCART handle my site that uses frames?
Yes. virtualCART works very well with (or without) frames.
For instance, if you are in a small frame on your site
where you have a "view cart" button, you can set the
code to make the viewed cart display appear in the "large"
frame.
Change this tag:
<form action=http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi method=post>
To:
<form target="your frame name here" action=http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi method=post>
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I use MicroSoft Front Page to develop my site. Can
virtualCART work with this?
Yes. There is a separate section in the FAQ for this
topic.Please see the Microsoft FrontPage FAQ.
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Can we have our logo on the shopping cart display?
Yes. There are several layout and appearance options
in the cart configuration form. Using these, you can
achieve any look you want.
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My site uses a search engine to search a database and
return products for sale. Will virtualCART work with
this?
virtualCART is particularly suited to this application.
Just modify the engine to return the cart tags in addition
to the product information. Several of our clients
are having great success with this.
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I want to use a regular "text" submit button instead of a graphic
for my "add to cart" function. Can I?
Yes, it can be done. There are some page caching issues to avoid
the second time the shopper clicks a text form submit button. Avoid that by
adding javascript which generates a random value to trick the shopper
browser into always sending the page to cartserver.
So, instead of the usual graphical submit tag:
<input type=image name=add src="addtocart.gif">
Use:
<SCRIPT language="javascript">
var n = Math.random() + "";
document.write('<input type=hidden name=n value=' + n + '>');
</SCRIPT>
<input type=submit value="Add to Cart">
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I'd like to use a plain text link or a simple
graphic link as an "add to cart" button. Can I?
Yes. Simple text links can be used to add a product
that has no options to the shopping cart.
<SCRIPT language="javascript">
document.write('<a href="http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi?item=b-2400^123^prod+desc^5.11^1&add.x='+Math.random()+'">add');
</SCRIPT>
<NOSCRIPT><a href="http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi?item=b-2400^123^prod+desc^5.11^1">add</a></NOSCRIPT>
Note 1: We use the random function to avoid browser cache issues. It still takes
up the same layout space; just a simple "add" link which can even be part of a sentence.
Note 2: Use the + char for spaces. If you use any of the special
part number tags like =SF=, you must replace the = with %3D.
So =SF= would be %3DSF%3D
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I want to have my "view cart" and "checkout now" functions
built-in to an image map or as simple text links. Is this possible?
Yes. We support both of those functions via image map, graphical button,
or simple text link. Set up your image map in the usual way, and have the
particular section link as follows:
For View:
<area shape=rect coords="541,4,589,58"
HREF="http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi?item=b-2400&view.x=1">
For Checkout:
<area shape=rect coords="540,58,606,123"
HREF="http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi?item=b-2400&checkout.x=1">
For simple text links:
<a href="http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi?item=b-2400&view.x=1">
<a href="http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi?item=b-2400&checkout.x=1">
Be sure to put in your own cart-id and coordinates(image map).
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