Direct URL link to coupon discount

[Richard Gray]

I've set up some coupon discounts and am trying to give the direct URL for use them.

Using the 'copy URL to clipboard' feature on the discounts tab gives me the following link:

http://www.ucasbooks.co.uk/cgi-bin/r...N=UCASFFF00106

However, clicking on this gives an error as follows:

"The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers."

In the words of my customer: NAUGHTY CGI!

Any ideas what's wrong?

[wjcampbe]

Do you need to append strings for REFERRER and NOLOGIN? Is a coupon discount a page?

[Richard Gray]

hmmm, sorry, didn't seem to copy the complete URL. URL as generated is:

http://www.ucasbooks.co.uk/cgi-bin/r...N=UCASFFF00106

[Richard Gray]

OK, the board is truncating the URL, let me split it up!

http://www.ucasbooks.co.uk/cgi-bin/rs000001.pl?
DESTINATION=index%2ehtml&
BASEURL=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eucasbooks%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2f&
COUPON=UCASFFF00106

[wjcampbe]

I don't think the referrer script will do what you want, but if it would, that url is missing the SOURCE= string and the PATH= string. AUG page 70 refers.

You might be better making the call to http://your.URL/cgibin/
ca000001.pl?ACTION=SHOWCART&ACTINIC_REFERRER=http://your.URL/a
catalog/ and tagging the &COUPON= onto the end of that - again, I am not sure this will work, but it is more likely than the referrer script IMHO.

[Richard Gray]

Hmmm - so why is the Actinic system itself generating this link if it's not the right one?

Or is that a naive question??

[wjcampbe]

I can't find the "Copy URL to clipboard" option on the discounts tab of my products, so cannot check this.

[Richard Gray]

Bill

Go to 'view', 'Discounts and surcharge setiings' and click on the 'Order level' tab. The 'Copy URL to clipboard' button is in the 'general' section where you put in the coupon code.

Richard

[wjcampbe]

Thanks Richard.

Just tried it and the link it produces is exactly as you have posted. It works on my site
http://www.egyptianwonders.co.uk/cgi...UPON=ACTFORUM5

Could it be that your site needs to be live before it will work?

[Richard Gray]

Hmmm, intriguing. My site is live - it just has a blank front door. I wonder if it's because of the host I'm using.

[wjcampbe]

I tried to enter the front door. Course, then I sneaked in an open window...

Could be a corrupt script. Try copying the original referrer.pl script from C:\Program Files\Actinic v7\Original and refresh the website.

[CreativeNRG]

I've set up some coupon discounts and am trying to give the direct URL for use them.

Using the 'copy URL to clipboard' feature on the discounts tab gives me the following link:

http://www.ucasbooks.co.uk/cgi-bin/r...N=UCASFFF00106

However, clicking on this gives an error as follows:

"The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers."

Any ideas what's wrong?

Was this issue ever resolved as it used to work on my clients server and now all of a sudden it doesn't and as far as I am aware nothing has been changed in the hosting environment? The site is hosted on a Windows 2003 Server.