From Slide catalog to Actinic

[stonda]

Within some days I will add on my website a slide catalog similar to this
http://www.surcouf.com/html/OP/E-Catalogue/index.htm
In a first time, when we will click on a product, it will open the ecommerce site. We will keep this for some weeks, to check if everything is OK. Then, in a second step, we would like to have the possibility to add the product into the basket directly, by clicking in a specific zone, near the product (the same that when we actually click on "Add to basket" in Actinic). So a click will open Ecommerce, then add the product into the basket, and wait for confirmation for the quantity.
So I would like to know the process to do this automatically.
Best regards

[stonda]

Is there somebody to help me ?
Thanks

[los_design]

Hi

This is possible but as for putting the process on the forum I am afraid that would be a little long-winded.

A project of this type is best utlised outside of Actinic with a bespoke cart utilising mapping features.

This can be also achieved within Actinic but it would be a time consuming project.

HTH

[Bruce]

Didier,

You perhaps want to look at the Advanced Users Guide

Adding to Cart from Anywhere on the Internet


The following URL shows you the format to follow to add a product to the cart from anywhere on the Internet.
http://your.URL/cgi-bin/ca000001.pl?...=PRODUCT&Q_7=5


The SID parameter should be the section ID of the section where the product can be found. You can figure out the exact SID by inserting the 'SectionID' variable somewhere in your store pages and see what it becomes in the previewed page.


The Q_ parameter informs the script about the product reference and the quantity. The product reference is the (CGI encoded) string prefixed by Q_ while the quantity is the parameter value (prod ref is 7, qty is 5 in the above example).


If you are adding from outside the 'acatalog' folder, then ensure you add
ACTINIC_REFERRER=http://your.URL/acatalog/
onto the end of the URL.


Obviously this works only for products where components, attributes, date or other info prompts are not used. However these more complex products can also be added to the cart on similar way but more parameters are required (check the HTML source of your product page for hidden input parameters to see what else required in these cases).


The result of this script call may vary depending on the "Shopping mode" setting of the section where the product is located. E.g. if your product is located in a section where "Quantity on Product Page" shopping mode is used then using this link the product will be added to the cart and a bounce page will drop you back to the last used shop page, but if the shopping mode is "Quantity in Shopping Cart" then the cart will be displayed clicking on the link.


Note that this solution is not supported by Actinic Software therefore you should use this at your own risk.


Kind regards,

[stonda]

Thanks Bruce. I will check the advanced guide and give the information to the company who make the ecatalog. I will let you know.
Thanks again.

[stonda]

Just to show the result for the ecatalog.
My clients are very pleased with this way of checking the products.
http://www.supreme.fr/ clock on "Nouveau" at the bottom right.