Donation (product) amount user editable

[webparker]

I am working with a client who wants to use the shopping cart to collect donations. I have added a product and called it "Donation". Different price options have been created. Example, $20, $30, $40, all the way to $500. They have asked instead of having the drop down with the different amounts to have it so the user can enter the amount they want. Is there a way to do this in Actinic 8?

[pinbrook]

set the price of the donation to $10 for example and then ask the customer to use the quantitiy box so

buy quantity 2 of $10

or buy 10 of $10 and so on

just be clear whether the original price is $10 or $1 so people buy the correct quantity

[webparker]

Quantity to not show

That is a good idea except that the customer has also requested to not show a quantity. They wanted it removed all together. They want the user to be able to add in any amount.

Any other suggestions.

[wjcampbe]

Think a bit longer before rejecting the right answer.

If you create a layout just for this product and change the prompt on the quantity box for this one product to read 'Dollar amount you wish to donate', then the 'buyer' enters a quantity which is multiplied by the $1.00 unit price to give a total donation amount of ????

[TraceyHand]

can you not set the price at $1 then..but hide it on the website..then "disguise" the quantity box as a $ entry box so when a customer types, for example, 100 into the box, it comes up as $100 in the cart?

Not perfect but might work with some playing about

[TraceyHand]

hehe...my bloomin' computer struggles so much with this forum that, by the time my post actually got up, Bill had beaten me to it

[webparker]

i will try that and see if it works. thanks for the advice. i'll let you know if it works.