RE: Shopping Cart w/o Cookies

Hi Eric and all,
After trying unsuccessfully for three hours (!) to get an AOL account set
up, I finally asked my fellow developers on the womensdesigners list if
someone would test the cart via their AOL account. One person tried the
cart a couple of times and had no problems with the store, but the script
did not recognize her on her subsequent log in into AOL and return to the
store several hours later. I expected this (it would be true of most folks
out there, I presume, who don't have static IPs) and we can live with it.
It would be quite a different matter if the customer would lose their
'basket' as they moved about the store or if they re-called the main script
(as sometimes occurs with some of the cookie based scripts).

Best regards,
Donna T

>Maybe I'm missing something here...but if you go completely cookieless, how
>does the cart maintain state?  You can't rely on IP address as AOL users and
>several other very large ISPs have a new IP address darn near every new page
>request.  Something I'm missing?
>
>Eric
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-hwg-business(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-business(at)hwg.org]On
>Behalf Of Michael Ricker
>Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 6:35 PM
>To: hwg-business(at)hwg.org
>Subject: Re: Shopping Cart w/o Cookies
>
>
>Thank you for your suggestion,
>
>I have 6 sites using both Pro and Manager versions of ShopSite. I've been
>very happy with it. However I cannot find any documentation to *disable*
>cookie usage. It does appear to work with cookies off however my client
>does not want the program to use cookies *at all*. They do not want users
>to have to "turn off" cookies. I have checked their site, docs and
>knowledge base and there are no references I can find regarding cookie
>useage. Maybe I'm missing them but I don't think it is covered from the end
>user side. It may be in the installation docs however the installs are
>handled by the hosting company that I'm a reseller for. I have of course
>sent email to support seeking an answer regarding this.
>
>Thank you!
>
>
>At 06:25 PM 4/13/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>A quality product is available from Open Market called ShopSite.  Read
>>all about it at
>>http://www.openmarket.com
>>
>>ShopSite is available in several versions depending on the size of store
>>you are building.
>>All ShopSite programs DO NOT REQUIRE COOKIES.
><edit>
>>jssnoddy
>
>Michael Ricker
>Webmaster
>Management Specialties
>"The Web Site Specialist"
>http://www.managementspecialties.com
>
>

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