Add additional information to the shopping basket and customer's email

[mash]

Hi guys,

I have been trying to add extra information against each product and ideally make it available in the customer order email as well.

I have set up a Product Variable called DeliveryPeriodName which is available under each product's properties and can be selected from a list. I have allocated the delivery period to the product and add the the following code into the 'Cart Product Details' layout, between <Actinic:XMLTEMPLATE NAME="ProductLine"> and its equivalent closing XML tag: </Actinic:XMLTEMPLATE>:

<td width="60" align="right">
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22DeliveryPeriodName%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22" >
<actinic:variable name="DeliveryPeriodName" />
</actinic:block>
</td>

In the shopping chart the delivery period does show up against the product but it is always January , how can I get it pull the correct delivery period from the product, it is set to March in this case?

It would also be useful to make this available in the email as well, I was going to look at 'extra fields into customer email' (Page 148 AUG) but have tried that yet, thought it would be a similar process.

Test is found at this URL Test site, best products are March and April, have not gone through all of them yet.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks

[leehack]

Why not use the standard 'prompt' option on each product where needed?

[NormanRouxel]

You need to do some Perl patching to make user variables accessible in the Cart. See http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=28914 or try searching.

[mash]

Hi, just added a prompt, I am guess this is what you mean see Cabbage Duchy on this page Prompt test, that requires the customer to enter something if this is what you mean.

I have standard delivery periods, just great if setting up a product, you go to the properties, select the correct delivery and straight through the various stages it is available.

Anyway have a look at what I have done to see if it is what you mean, apologise if it isn't thanks M

[mash]

Thanks Norman, I will look through that link, thought it would require some sort of perl changes.

I have been looking at this for the past month, doing lots of searches before asking the question this afternoon. I would have a go, research and then try again, something more urgent would come up and I will put this on hold.

I have been trying to tired up the way we calculate shipping costs as we have a very odd delivery model, the category fixed cost has been working well (see this thread about that Calculating shipping using Category just would like to link it togther.

Anyway I will carry on my quest, thanks M

[mash]

Adding a delivery month in the form of text in the basket and subsequent screens plus trying to make it available in the customer's email too I have given up.

Sadly I have to hang my head in defeat and leave the proverbial field of play, researched it and tested various attempts but never managed to get a variable into the basket.

However, I did find loose work about, not the most pretty option but I used the thumbnail image in the basket (information from the KB) to put in a colour coded gif for each month. This enables people to by plants in different months and identify them in the basket.

Not pretty but it does work - Test sitel.

Thanks