Yeah, that's pretty much where I would start. I approach using any library as something that I pick and choose from, and do whatever I have to do to make it work for my need(s), rather than allowing my need(s) to be shaped by the library.
So, if you start thinking of Satchmo as a library that can facilitate development of your current project, it gets pretty easy to just take a look at how one piece is implemented and, if it isn't right for your project, customize things from there in whatever way is most sensible and maintainable. Bob On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Steve Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 20/01/2010 13:29 PM, Bob Waycott wrote: > >> Having this done on Satchmo itself doesn't hit the list of high-priority >> features to be implemented by the next release. >> >> However, doing it for yourself really should require much hunting around >> for a solution. Just write your own views. Look at how Satchmo does it >> now, and make sure you provide the right information to certain parts of >> the workflow. You shouldn't have any trouble looking at the current cart >> and checkout views, seeing what is required in each, and what is >> optional, and breaking things out from there in your own code that is >> going to be a quicker solution to get the functionality you are looking >> for, and is going to be far easier to implement and maintain than trying >> to modify Satchmo's itself. >> >> Checkout is merely a series of views through which the store walks a >> user. Create your own views, and you have whatever checkout process you >> like. The same is true for the /cart/ view(s). Just write your own >> workflow where necessary. >> > > thanks bob for providing us with some direction in this. so if i > understand you correctly, we would use the replace_urlpattern utility to > substitute our own URL and associated views with those of satchmo, thus > allowing us to have more control over the checkout process. basically, we > copy the existing checkout process to our project area and augment it with > our own views. no? > > > >> This goes for every part of the store. >> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:02 PM, lzantal <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Jan 20, 8:41 am, Steve Kirk <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > On 19/01/2010 9:21 AM, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > On my Satchmo installation I see the discount code on the first >> > > checkout page. Are you using the most recent version of Satchmo? >> > >> > > On this same note, what would it take to put the discount code >> form >> > > field on say the View Cart page so that people can put in their >> > > discount code while viewing the cart and see that it's accepted >> before >> > > beginning the checkout process? This might increase conversion >> rates >> > > because customers will see that their discount code was >> accepted and >> > > that they're getting a good deal. >> > >> > i would like to know how to do this as well, since we want to put >> the >> > "notes" textarea on the cart page so folks can include specific >> > instructions about their order. i would imagine that it would >> entail >> > the same sort of customisation for including the discount count >> as for >> > including the "notes" field. >> > >> > any thoughts? >> >> I am also hunting for a solution to include a notes textarea in the >> checkout process. >> Please let me know if you find a solution. >> >> Thank you >> >> lzantal >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Satchmo users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> >> >> <mailto:satchmo-users%[email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> >> >. >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Satchmo users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<satchmo-users%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > > >--
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