Downloadable items

[mrbrian]

You mentioned a couple of posts back that the cart does NOT support virtual/downloadable products such as ZIP files, e-books, etc.

Is there any plan to do this in the near future or am I wasting my time waiting for this feature?

Is there a "hook" where I can "notice" that a real-time billing has gone through (succeeded) and I can then redirect the user to a download page, or do some other actions?

If neither of theses 2 options work, you mentioned you had looked for carts a while back, but didn't see what you wanted so you build this one. Can you recommend a GOOD cart that has this download feature? There are so many to choose from...

thanks,brian

[Rich]

Is there any plan to do this in the near future or am I wasting my time waiting for this feature?We do have plans to complete this for release in the near future. An exact ETA has not been set.


Is there a "hook" where I can "notice" that a real-time billing has gone through (succeeded) and I can then redirect the user to a download page, or do some other actions?This would (partially) depend on the payment processor that you use. Not all of them report back upon a successful transaction, so for those it would not work. For the processors that do report back to the cart, you could modify the cart's thank you page with information on how/where to download from. The thank you page is only displayed upon a successful transaction.


If neither of theses 2 options work, you mentioned you had looked for carts a while back, but didn't see what you wanted so you build this one. Can you recommend a GOOD cart that has this download feature? There are so many to choose from...When development for Squirrelcart first began there were only a couple of viable shopping cart solutions. Because of this, we have not tried the majority of the carts that are now available and we wouldn't be able to make a recommendation.

[mrbrian]

If I modify the thank you page, can I do more than just put a link there? Could I actually create a link, write to a DB, etc?

thanks again.

[Jamie]

The thank you page is controlled by 1 of 2 files, depending on whether you are accepting credit cards or not. If you are, the file used is the "cc_accepted.php" template file. If not, then the file used is "thanks_for_order.php". You could certainly put any PHP or HTML code you like in either one.

Thanks,
Jamie