Check Box

[Steve]

Is there a way to add a checkbow that a customer can click to add an
different item. For instance, they can click on the order button to add the
product, but I want to have a check box there they can click to also include
the appropriate batteries. The batteries have a different SKU than the
original product. All of our add anywhere button send a form.

I could make an option with a drop down list to add batteries but I'd like
to do it with a check box if possible.

ShopSite 8

[Jim]

In the ShopSite help on page:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/ ... i-add.html
it gives an example of creating multi-product add to cart buttons.

This page (http://www.beeutahful.com/store/arachne2003_sale.html) is
using the templates from the help to allow shoppers to order multiple
items with a single click. You could use the templates from the Help as
a starting point but you would probably need to do some javascript and
special layout on your own to get things formatted the way you want.

Jim


Steve wrote:

Is there a way to add a checkbow that a customer can click to add an
different item. For instance, they can click on the order button to add the
product, but I want to have a check box there they can click to also include
the appropriate batteries. The batteries have a different SKU than the
original product. All of our add anywhere button send a form.

I could make an option with a drop down list to add batteries but I'd like
to do it with a check box if possible.

ShopSite 8

[tom0360]

Would it be possible to Create a Multi-Product [Add to Cart] Button for use on the More Info pages using something similar to the Shop Site help page shows. I Don't see where the help example would work as I am not sure that the more info page uses the page template that a product may be assigned to in anyway.



Thanks
Tom

[Jim]

You are correct that more info pages don't use a page template but there is a template section in the product template that defines the entire moreinfo page. So it should be possible to create a multi add to cart on the moreinfo page.

The page part of the template must have the main <form> and the product part (subproduct in the case of a moreinfo page) just has the check boxes (i.e. input values).

[tom0360]

Thanks Jim for the Reply,

I am still not totally sure how to make this work.

By trying to use the help sample code I get all sorts of template errors trying to include it in a product template.

Should I be trying to set up for the check boxes to be using the subproducts of a product?

Would it be possible for you to give a brief example of what my product template may look like?


Thanks
Tom

[tom0360]

To elaborate a little as to what I would like to accomplish:

On the More Info Page only I would like to have the main product listed with a check box, quantity, price

then all subproducts listed with check box, quantity, price with only one add to cart button for all items on page.



Thanks
Tom

[loren_d_c]

The ShopSite documentation page here shows how to make an add to cart form:
http://www.shopsite.com/templates/examp ... tions.html

Basically you would put this form in the DEFINE MORE_INFO_PAGE section of your product template, but change the hidden itemnum field to be a checkbox field instead, add a quantity text box, and insert your LOOP SUBPRODUCTS loop before the submit button and closing form tag, something like this:

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<form action="[-- SHOPPING_CART_URL Base --]/order.cgi" method="post">
  <input type="hidden" name="storeid" value="[-- STORE.ID --]">
  <input type="hidden" name="dbname" value="products">
  <input type="hidden" name="function" value="add">
 
  <input type=checkbox name="itemnum" value="[-- PRODUCT.RecordNumber --]">
  <input type=text size=2 name="[-- PRODUCT.RecordNumber --]:qnty" value="1">

[-- LOOP SUBPRODUCTS --]
<br>[-- SUBPRODUCTS --]
[-- END_LOOP SUBPRODUCTS --]

  <input type="submit" value="[-- PRODUCT.AddToCartButton --]">
  </form>


Then in your DEFINE SUBPRODUCT section, you would include the same type of itemnum and quantity box form fields as you did for the main product, so something like this:

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[-- DEFINE SUBPRODUCT --]
  <input type=checkbox name="itemnum" value="[-- PRODUCT.RecordNumber --]">
  <input type=text size=2 name="[-- PRODUCT.RecordNumber --]:qnty" value="1">
[-- END_DEFINE SUBPRODUCT --]


So now your subproducts will also have a checkbox and quantity field and will be within the same form as the main product on the More Info Page. Of course you would want to flesh out the above code with the product names, prices, and the layout/spacing you want for them, but this is the general idea.

-Loren

[tom0360]

Thanks Loren,

I will give that a try.



Tom