Mal's Add-To-Cart form questions

Hello,
When using the add-to-cart form, there are columns for five prime options and several additional options. I only want to use 3 prime options and no additional options or prices. What can I do to prevent the other options from appearing as drop down boxes with no content on the published form? I believe I have searched all the instructions and cannot find any reference to masking these options.

Along that same thread, If I only use three add-to-cart options in my first AD form, am I restricted to only three add-to-cart options for the rest of my Product Ads. Thanks

RE: Mal's Add-To-Cart form questions (2)

Hello Sam, Thanks for the clarification that Multiple Pricing is the operative phrase, that helped somewhat.

I understand what you said about only filling in the fields that I want different pricing options. I have three options, However, two other selection boxes keep showing up in the product AD. If you have time, check out the website in test case three. Select School Bus Models, Promotional Models and you will see the only AD I have been experimenting with. Everything seems fine except that there are two additional drop down boxes with no text that I cannot seem to explain.

Walt Stevens

RE: Mal's Add-To-Cart form questions (3)

Walt:

See the posting below: RE: Here is the form

Sam Raheb
XLEcom Program Developer

RE: Mal's Add-To-Cart form questions (1)

Walt:

First of all the XLEcom's Multiple Price Options Add-to-Cart Form Generator Utility within the program is for users who need to offer different price options for some of their products. If you do not need to offer different price options for all of your product, then use the Standard options available either via the Product Design or the Database sheets.

If you are using the the XLEcom's Multiple Price Options Add-to-Cart Form Generator Utility located on the Add-to-Cart sheet and only want a single drop down list box to display within your product ad showing the three (3) different price options, then only enter data into the "Item Name / Price Option Set" and "Price" fields. Do no enter values into the "Additional Options 1, Additional Options 2, and Additional Options 3" fields.

The XLEcom's Multiple Price Options Add-to-Cart Form Generator Utility places no restrictions for use on other product ad. Just enter data into a new row within the list for other product ads and select the item row for the data you want to utilize.

Sam Raheb
XLEcom Program Developer

Here is the form

Here is the form code:

<br><form action="http://ww7.aitsafe.com/cf/add.cfm" method="post" target="shopcart"><input type="hidden" name="userid" value="98103224"><input type="hidden" name="price" value=""><input type="hidden" name="product[]" value=""><input type="hidden" name="scode" value="1366"><input type="hidden" name="noqty" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="units" value="1.2"><input type="text" name="qty" size="3" value="1">&nbsp;<select name="productpr"><option value="Bluebird FE Plastic Model Bank:24.38">Bluebird FE Plastic Model Bank ($24.38)<option value="Bluebird FE with Sticker Lettering:24.55">Bluebird FE with Sticker Lettering ($24.55)<option value="Bluebird FE with DECAL Lettering:33.28">Bluebird FE with DECAL Lettering ($33.28)<option value=" :">  ($)<option value=" :">  ($)</option></select>&nbsp;<select name="product[]"><option value=" "> <option value=" "> </option></select>&nbsp;<select name="product[]"><option value=" "> <option value=" "> </option></select><br><br><input type="image" name="submit" src="../images/add-to-cart-09.gif" border="0" alt="Add to Cart" OnClick="window.open('','shopcart','scrollbars,resizable,status,width=600,height=400')"></form>

RE: Here is the form

Walt:

You are doing something wrong in the above example. Below is the correct method.

Using the "XLEcom's Multiple Price Options Add-to-Cart Form Generator Utility" on the Add-to-Cart sheet, I did the following to create the Add-to-Cart form shown below using the data from your previous form.

To create the Add-to-Cart form for the drop down list box containing only three (3) price options, I filled out the first three Item Name fields, the first three Price Option fields, the Quantity, Item Number, and Shipping Units (Mal's) fields within the list. The values are stated below:

Item Name 1: Bluebird FE Plastic Model Bank
Item Name 2: Bluebird FE with Sticker Lettering
Item Name 3: Bluebird FE with DECAL Lettering
Price Option 1: $24.38
Price Option 2: $24.55
Price Option 3: $33.28
Quantity: 1
Item Number: 1366
Shipping Units (Mal's): 1.2

Below is the both Add-to-Cart form code and the Add-to-Cart form result created by the Form Generator Utility:

<br><form action="http://ww7.aitsafe.com/cf/add.cfm" method="post" target="shopcart"><input type="hidden" name="userid" value="98103224"><input type="hidden" name="price" value=""><input type="hidden" name="product[]" value=""><input type="hidden" name="scode" value="1366"><input type="hidden" name="noqty" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="units" value="1.2"><input type="text" name="qty" size="3" value="1"> <select name="productpr"><option value="Bluebird FE Plastic Model Bank:24.38">Bluebird FE Plastic Model Bank ($24.38)<option value="Bluebird FE with Sticker Lettering:24.55">Bluebird FE with Sticker Lettering ($24.55)<option value="Bluebird FE with DECAL Lettering:33.28">Bluebird FE with DECAL Lettering ($33.28)</option></select> <br><br><input type="image" name="submit" src="../images/add-to-cart-01.gif" border="0" alt="Add to Cart" OnClick="window.open('','shopcart','scrollbars,resizable,status,width=600,height=400')"></form>





    Add to Cart

Note: The Add-to-Cart image button displayed above is non-functional because this forum web page does not include the support JavaScript for its functionality.

Final Product Ad (image):

Add to Cart

Sam Raheb
XLEcom Program Developer

Add to Cart form

Sam, thanks for your attempt to get me straight, unfortunately I am doing just as you described above and am getting the results with the extra pull downs. I even went back and cleared the database and tried again. Let me try to describe my actions.
On the product design form, I do not have anything in the Option 1-5 fields, I go to the "Custom add to form box, it is blank, I click on the little ruler,triange,pencil image and I'm taken to the Add-to-cart form. Once there, I enter just as you stated above and don't touch any other fields. IE:
Item Name 1: Bluebird FE Plastic Model Bank
Item Name 2: Bluebird FE with Sticker Lettering
Item Name 3: Bluebird FE with DECAL Lettering
Price Option 1: $24.38
Price Option 2: $24.55
Price Option 3: $33.28
Quantity: 1
Item Number: 1366
Shipping Units (Mal's): 1.2

Then I preview the add to cart form and the extra stuff is there. I'm at a loss other than I made a lot of false starts before I realized what the form was asking. Any suggestions on doing a major clear of the MAL's add to cart script? Thanks Walt Stevens

RE: Add to Cart form

Walt:

I don't know what is going on with your situation. I tested the custom Add-to-Cart form for your product ad in both Excel 2000 and 2003.

Therefore, I am emailing you the xlecom.xls Excel file (XLEcom-example.xls) with your example already loaded into the program. Your product ad is the first one in the database list.

I am sending it to the email address listed in your XLEcom's website user account.

Hopefully this will work for you.

Let me know,

Sam Raheb
XLEcom Program Developer

Ad to cart forms

Sam, it is FIXED!

An old bad habit of mine got me again. Long story short, I have a bad habit of highlighting something and using the backspace key as a delete key. It has burned me before and I just remembered it at 3 AM.

I reloaded all the fields in the form with characters and then went though and used the delete key. The form is working fine. Thanks for all your support. Onward!! Walt.

Add to Cart form

Sam, OK I'll be waiting for it. I'll let you know how it goes.

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