Help!

[ericthedog]

hi guys

i'm new to all this so please go easy as i don't even know if i'm in the right place

if anyone can help me figure out the link construction for the 'add to basket' button for this particular item i'd be forever grateful

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Art_A...set=0&PageNo=1

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Art_Prints.asp?ID=998001

cheers

[Jim Davis]

Welcome to the forum.

Yeah, you are in the wrong place But i can help you because i fun with css a long ago.

<input type="button" class='Button_Cart' name="btnAddToCart" value="ADD TO BASKET" onClick="document.form1.submit();">

Its a plain button of a html form that stuffed with some CSS, to change its look.

Here is the CSS that is passed.

.Button_Cart		{background:#B4B4B4;
					color:#000000;
					cursor:pointer;
					font-family:"Courier New", Courier, monospace;
					font-size:10px;
					height:20px;
					width:100px;}

Here is the link to whole css that is used to stuff the things on that page:
http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Includes/Style.css

You can post your non-vb6 questions in these forums:
http://www.vbforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23

[Hack]

Moved

[Jim Davis]

It doesnt matter what is the input, in php there are a tons of ways to input a data, the only difference is, that the values are not arrives to the $_POST[''] but these values will arrive to the $_GET[''] array. Thats all.

Basicly, you can call an url like this:

http://mysite.com/cart.php?userid=12345&sessiondata=f44FnfaQn4468Gg&buyitem=10492

.. the following values are filled:

$_GET['userid'] // will be '12345'
$_GET['sessiondata'] // will be 'f44FnfaQn4468Gg'
$_GET['buyitem'] // will be '10492'

You just have to extend your cart to accept $_GET's and $_POST's (which one is filled).

Just take care about the session (and login) system, to not avoid the user session, otherwise your cart extension will be invalid, or just wont work. Walk thru the whole code to find out how it is identifies the user each time the code will run.

thanks for the guidance mate

i had found that css myself but i'm wondering if there's a way of constructing a link to automatically add a product to your basket

e.g.

http://www.blackratpress.co.uk/produ...hp?gallery=yes

you can either click 'buy' on the above page or use the link below to directly add the product to your basket

http://www.blackratpress.co.uk/view-...voiceless-(red)

cheers

[ericthedog]

to be honest, that's like trying to read hieroglyphics, that's how new to this i am

if anyone can construct the direct link for this product:

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Art_Prints.asp?ID=998001

to be automatically added to the basket:

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Basket.asp

i'd really appreciate it

[Jim Davis]

OOOps my fault, but your PM just mislead me, that you are about to use PHP code. But you are in the ASP scripting, i dont know much about it...

Ask your questions here, this is the forum built for ASP scripting:
http://www.vbforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4

But, technically it should be the same just like in php. In ASP there are some lines in your code, where you can get the input fields from the html form. You just have to extend the code, to be able to retrieve the query strings, then you can compare which one contains the item id, that you can use to add an item to the basket.

So, this way you will get only one ASP script that does the two job, based on which method you call.

If you call the asp without any html form post, or query string, it will display the basket.

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Basket.asp

But, if you call the same ASP but specified some query string, the appropirate method will be fired

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Basket.asp?do=addbasket&itemid=12345

or

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Basket.asp?do=delbasket&index=3

and so on..

Or, you can handle it simply, by using the html forms.

<input type="button" class='Button_Cart' name="btnAddToCart" value="ADD TO BASKET" onClick="document.form1.submit();">
<input type="button" class='Button_Cart' name="btnDelFromCart" value="REMOVE FROM BASKET" onClick="document.form1.submit();">

[dclamp]

@Jim_Davis: can you post the original PM to this thread? it would help me understand more.

Also, please dont ask technical questions through pm, it helps if it is available for the whole forum to see

[Jim Davis]

@dclamp the only PM i received is the above quote i posted up there!

[penagate]

That form uses the POST method (as it well should). You can't construct a direct link to submit a POST request.

That isn't your site, is it? Why do you need to do this?