Quantity on Product Page - straight to check out

[timslatter]

I have just changed our catalog settings to "Quantity on Product Page" which, very usefully, compiles all the required order information next to the product.
My problem is that when customers click "Buy", their order is dropped into the shopping trolly and they are bounced back to continure shopping. Is there any fix that could send them straight to check out after they have clicked "Buy".

Selling Birthday Cakes is rather like a florist......one order at a time....I wish I could disable the shopping trolley all together as our customers VERY rarely want more than one product. Our "Newbie" shoppers get a bit confused with the trolley.
Any advice or direction would be well appreciated.
Thanks
Tim Slatter
www.thecakestore.com

[Nadeem]

Hi Tim

Is there any fix that could send them straight to check out after they have clicked "Buy".

Download the Advance User Guide (v7) and check page 45 - Going Straight to the Checkout after Adding to Cart. This advises on how to take customer from the product page to the checkout. The only limitation to this, is within the shopping mode, you have to set "Single Add to Cart" per page.

Kind Regards

[BeerHunter]

I have used this solution to take my customers straight to the checkout page but....
Is it possible to clear (delete) the shopping cart contents if they click "Back" or "Cancel" from the checkout page?

Thanks

[DaveT]

Hello Beerhunter

I have successfully added a clear function when they press Cancel.

Try this code:

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
if (days)
{
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
}
else var expires = "";
document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function CancelOrder()
{
if (confirm('This will clear your order and address details completely.\nClick "View Cart" to change your order.\nDo you wish to proceed?') == true)
{
createCookie("ACTINIC_CART","",-2);
createCookie("CART_CONTENT","",-2);
createCookie("CART_COUNT","",-2);
createCookie("CART_TOTAL","",-2);
createCookie("ACTINIC_BUSINESS","",-2);
createCookie("ACTINIC_REFERRER","",-2);
window.location.href = 'http://www.YOURSITE.com/RETURN-PAGE';
}
}

And then on the cancel button in Act_order01.html (or on any the 'Cancel' or 'Back' button templates):

<input type="button" name="ACTION" value="NETQUOTEVAR:CANCELBUTTON" class="input" onclick="CancelOrder();" />

This clears the cookies relating to the order and bounces you to wherever you have set in RETURN PAGE.

[BeerHunter]

Hey David,

Thanks for the speedy reply. I'm off to test your code as suggested.

Thanks again!

[Nadeem]

Hi David

Thank you for posting the code. Looks really good

Kind Regards