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8/9/2010 7:31 AM
 

We are utilizing the cart a bit differently than you would imagine. We are using it more so as an ordering system shortcut in that we are not accepting payment for the purchase. Instead it kicks off an ordering process where my accounting department bills the customer directly. That said I have a few questions about the configuration.

Payment:

Can you default to "Bill me later" and either auto select it or just skip the payment screen altogether.

Shipping:

Can you do the same with Shipping? Default to a single type of shipping and not ask the user to choose?

Payment screens:

I know the module development will allow segregation of the modules one day but for now is there any way to add content to the check out screens? Such as special instructions or notifications?

 
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8/9/2010 11:54 AM
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If you set the price of your product to zero dollars it will skip the payment screen.

If you have configured one of the shipping options that displays shipping methods to the user on the cart page then you could jsut configure one ship method and the cart will default to that ship method so the user doesnt have to select it. Addionally, if you configure one of the shipping options that dont display shipping methods to the user like shipping by order amount, product level ship costs or free shipping then the user will not be required to select a ship method during checkout.

To add static text to any of the checkout screens just open the ascx page you want to modify in your favorite editor and add the text to the page and save.

-Scott


Scott Kelly
Project Manager
DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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8/12/2010 7:27 AM
 

Hmm, I can't set the prices to 0 because even though we are not using the cart to collect money we are using it as kind of a pseudo quote system so I need the prices else the customer will think it's free. Any other way you can think of to accomplish this?

Thanks,

Tom

 
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8/12/2010 8:00 AM
 

Scott,

Here is what I ended up doing. It works but I wanted to run it by you in case this could bite me later.

For the billing dilema:

I edited the step2.aspx.

  • Set the asp:DropDownList ddlPaymentMethod visible="false"
  • Set the asp:RadioButton rdbLater checked="true"

That allowed me to only show the Bill Me Later in the payment selection screen. So all the customer needs to do is click next.

For the shipping dilema:

I did exactly as you suggested and it worked great!

Thanks,

Tom

 
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