MACROMEDIA DRUMBEAT 2000 ECOMMERCE EDITION User manual

Users Guide

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DRUMBEAT

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Writing: Natalie Calkins, Gayle Kidder, John Darwell, John Keller

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Developing an e-Commerce Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Paths to e-Commerce Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

A Typical e-Commerce Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Up and Running Fast with eStore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Secure Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

System Requirements for eStore Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Installing Drumbeat 2000 eStore Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Drumbeat Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

CHAPTER 1

Quick Store Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

What You Need to Complete Quick Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Getting Familiar with Quick Store Starting Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Step 1: Adding A Shopping Cart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Managing the Cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Step 2: Setting Up Login and Checkout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Checking Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Step 3: Conﬁrming the Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

CHAPTER 2

Setting Up Product Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Setting Site Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Setting Publishing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Setting up a Data Source Name to the Products Database. . . . . . . . . . .81

Creating a Query. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Creating Product Pages with DataForm Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

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CHAPTER 3

Adding and Updating the Shopping Cart . . . . . . . . 91

Conﬁguring the Shopping Cart’s Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Customizing the Data-Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Adding the Shopping Cart SmartElement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Adding an Add-to-Cart Button on the Shopping Page . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Displaying Shopping Cart Items on a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Updating the Shopping Cart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Testing and Trouble Shooting the Shopping Cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

CHAPTER 4

Creating Checkout Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Creating Login Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Creating New and Update User Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Creating the Check Out Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

CHAPTER 5

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Linking Using HTTPS Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Security and Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Authentication and Log In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

ASP Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Payment Processing SET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

CHAPTER 6

Payment Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Online Transactions with CyberCash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Setting up CyberCash Test Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Adding the CyberCash SmartElement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Passing the OrderID to the CyberCash Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Setting Customer Credit Card Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Submitting to CyberCash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Storing the Transaction Results in Session Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Storing the Transaction Results in the Orders Recordset . . . . . . . . . . .133

Setting Up Ofﬂine Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

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CHAPTER 7

Merchandising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Setting Up Shopping Cart Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Setting Up Adjustments for Total Weight, Quantity or Purchase. . . . .137

Ordering Page Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Adjustment Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

CHAPTER 8

Customizing Quick Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Customizing Templates and Media Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Customizing the Quick Store Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

CHAPTER 9

Shopping Cart Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Shopping Cart SmartElement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Shopping Cart Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Shopping Cart Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Conﬁguring Shopping Cart Content: The Data Map . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Modifying the Data Map Content Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Specifying Shopping Cart Column Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Shopping Cart Display SmartElement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Shopping Cart Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Shopping Cart Miscellaneous Interactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Shopping Cart Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Shopping Cart Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Inventory Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

CHAPTER 10

CyberCash SmartElement Reference . . . . . . . . . . 215

CyberCash Features Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Shipping Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Version 2.0 Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Version 1.0 Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Known Issues With Using UPS Shipping Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Sales Tax Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

INDEX

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INTRODUCTION

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Developing an e-Commerce Site

The development cycle for each e-Commerce project is unique. If your

e-Commerce site has been completely thought out and documented in

speciﬁcations, you will be applying those requirements and ﬁguring out how

you will meet them using Drumbeat

TM

. If you come with ideas and notions of an

e-Commerce site, you will, most likely, be investigating how the features of eStore

ﬁt in with your vision. No matter what your starting point is, one aspect of

developing a site, any site, holds true. This aspect is that the more work and

time you spend on the project, the more intricate your site will become. The

natural progression is to start simple and then add more complex functionality

and usability.

Studies found that the most signiﬁcant business goals in the decision to deploy e-

Commerce applications are to create or maintain a competitive edge, and to

improve customer satisfaction.

To create a competitive edge, the site must be functionally sophisticated, and to

improve customer satisfaction the site must be very user friendly. Luckily, these

two goals go hand and hand. As the complexity increases, the site developer, or

team, watches and carefully plans out the user experience.

If you are working with a corporate site, you most likely have guidelines that

include a corporate identity, conventions, and deployment systems. You are

probably working with a project team that includes a mix of people with different

talents. Together you complete the project using your knowledge and expertise,

ranging from Information Technology, writing, and graphic art skills.

On the other hand, you could be the cowboy out there all alone, trying to be

cross-functional and develop the site completely on your own. You might have

knowledge in some or all of the areas that are required to develop an e-Commerce

site, or you may want to out source the skills you lack.

No matter where you ﬁt into this spectrum, eStore will help you complete the

project rapidly.

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Paths to e-Commerce Development

For clarity’s sake, think of the development path as having four main aspects:

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Identity



Delivery



Development



Maintenance

Identity deﬁnes the theme, colors, and conventions. Delivery deﬁnes the target

browser, server platform, security requirements, and, speciﬁcally for e-Commerce,

the payment method. Maintenance is the upkeep of the site. Of course, never

forget your audience. These are the people you want to visit and use the site. The

target audience is a parameter which affects every aspect of the path.

How you satisfy each aspect varies depending on the environment in which you

are working. For example, if you are developing a site in a corporate environment,

you probably already have the Identity, Delivery, and Maintenance requirements

laid out for you. Plus, if you are really lucky, you might even have the necessary

resources in place. On the other side of the spectrum, if you are building a

storefront for a small mom-and-pop company, you might need to consult with

your clients and work out these issues.

The document “Navigating an e-Commerce Site” contains a discussion of the

delivery and maintenance aspects of developing an e-Commerce site, with a run-

down of questions you should answer before developing your site in Drumbeat.

The document is located in the Documents folder in the Drumbeat program ﬁles

directory. If you installed Drumbeat in the default location, you’ll ﬁnd it at:

C:\Program Files\Drumbeat 2000\eStore Builder\Navigating.doc

There is so much to think about and do but so little time. So we want to give

you some advice on how to get up and running quickly with Drumbeat 2000

eStore Builder.

If you have never built a site in Drumbeat before, we strongly recommend that

you go through the Quick Start tutorial to become familiar with Drumbeat itself

ﬁrst before attempting to build your e-Commerce site in Drumbeat.

Once you become familiar with Drumbeat, we recommend that you also go

through the Quick Store tutorial in the ﬁrst section of this book. (This tutorial is

much shorter than Quick Start).

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A Typical e-Commerce Flow

The Quick Store tutorial and eStore instructional media, such as DrumNotes and

Starting Points follow this very typical e-commerce ﬂow. However, you can create

any ﬂow you want. As e-commerce matures, there will be better ﬂows discovered

and planned. Bear in mind that eStore is as ﬂexible as you make it.

1

The site visitor enters the site and browses or searches for product items.

2

The shopper sees a desired product and adds the item to the shopping cart.

3

When ﬁnished browsing and shopping, the customer decides to proceed to the

check-out pages. The check-out pages are on a secure server that uses Secure

Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

4

On one of the check-out pages, the shopper is given the opportunity to change

the shopping cart contents and then conﬁrms the order.

5

Returning shoppers enter their user ID and password to retrieve their account

information: billing and shipping address, credit card numbers, email address,

etc. First-time customers are taken to a page where account information is

captured in an orders database.

6

The order is processed using an online or ofﬂine payment mechanism. The

order detail is entered into the database. At this point, the product items can be

deducted from inventory.

7

The customer is taken to a thank-you page which includes the order details and

delivery information.

Up and Running Fast with eStore

The easiest way to build an e-commerce site following this e-commerce ﬂow and

one that is advisable if you are starting a new site from scratch, is to base the site

on the QuickStoreComplete Starting Point (pre-built site ﬁle). You can read how

to do this in the User’s Guide section of this book under Customizing the Quick

Store Starting Point. When you follow the Quick Store tutorial from beginning to

end, it guides you through the mechanics of the site and the set up of secure

transactions and other functions tailored to your unique development. No matter

if you are building a site from scratch or adding e-commerce capability to an

existing site and integrating it with an existing database schema, we recommend

going through Chapter 2 Adding and Updating the Shopping Cart where you

learn how to customize the Data-Map.

Secure Transactions

Security is very important to e-business. There are several ways you can ensure a

secure application.

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Encryption: Save the check-out pages on a secure server using Secure Sockets

Layer (SSL).



Database: Make sure the database is not saved in the wwwroot directory on the

server. Add a user name and password to the database.



Authentication: Protect individual ﬁles and folders on Windows NT servers

using the Challenge Response authentication.



ASP Security: Learn about the difference between server-side and client-side

code.

To learn about each of these points, see “Security” on page 121.

How to Use This Book

The Quick Store Tutorial (Chapter 1) is designed to be a basic starter guide for

new users of Drumbeat and eStore. Users who have never built a site in Drumbeat

before are strongly advised to complete the Drumbeat Quick Start tutorial ﬁrst to

familiarize themselves with Drumbeat before starting this tutorial and attempting

to build an eStore site.

Chapters 2 through 8 assume you are already familiar with Drumbeat and the

basics of database-driven site design. It is assumed that you have completed the

tutorial or already built a simple eStore site on your own. These chapters include

goal-oriented instructions for using and adapting each eStore feature to your

particular project.

Chapters 9 and 10 are both a technical reference for experienced users or

programmers, and a quick reference for all users to the components in eStore.

These chapters explain how the components and contracts work together to create

e-Commerce functionality.

System Requirements for eStore Builder

The recommended system for eStore development machines:



200MHz Pentium

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60MB free disk space

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64MB RAM



Microsoft Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0

The recommended system for deploying eStore applications:



Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 for Windows NT, or Chili!ASP

by Chili!Soft or other ASP interpretive software for other servers to deploy

applications. IIS is included in Windows NT Server.

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

Minimum: 166Mhz; 128 Megs RAM



ASP Enabled



SA or MS PostingAcceptor Installed



ODBC DSN Creation/Update Methodology

Installing Drumbeat 2000 eStore Builder

To install StoreBuilder from the CD:

1

Insert the Drumbeat 2000 with eStore Builder, or the eStore Builder CD. The

installation program starts automatically, and you will see the eStore Builder

Installation screen.

2

From the selections available, choose Install eStore Builder.

Note:

If you are not installing a bundled licensed copy of eStore, you will need to

complete the licensing procedure before installing the package.

3

Follow the instructions on the Installation screen.

To install eStore Builder from the Drumbeat Web Site:

1

Download the eStore Builder self-extracting ﬁle from the Drumbeat web site.

In the WinZip Self Extractor, select a folder in which to unzip the eStore

Builder installation ﬁle. Click Unzip.

2

Click OK. Then close the WinZip Self-Extractor.

3

In Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder you extracted the installation ﬁle

to. Double click the Setup.exe.

4

Follow the instructions on the Installation screen.

The installer will add the eStore Builder ﬁles to your copy of Drumbeat, including

the Starting Point for Quick Store and the sample database. The DSN for the

database will automatically be created on your system. You will need to set up the

database and the DSN on the IIS server to which you will be publishing.

Drumbeat Support Center

The Drumbeat Support Center Web site is updated regularly with the latest

information on Drumbeat, plus advice from expert users, advanced topics,

examples, tips, and updates. Check the Web site often for the latest news on

Drumbeat and how to get the most out of the program at www.macromedia.com/

support/drumbeat.

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CHAPTER 1

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Quick Store Tutorial

The Quick Store tutorial walks you through the process of building an online

store using the eStore Builder components. In this tutorial, you will be building a

sample eStore site for an online computer book warehouse using the basic eStore

components. You will learn how to set up a shopping cart, capture customer

details, and calculate tax and shipping costs from tables in a database.

Once you build your online store you can customize it with additional features

available in the eStore package. The eStore User’s Guide following the tutorial

includes documentation for the features available for customizing your eStore.

On the Drumbeat web site you can ﬁnd DrumNotes demonstrating how to add

various features to your eStore, such as order fulﬁllment and Store Manager

features. References to DrumNotes are found throughout this guide. To ﬁnd these

samples, go to drumnotes.drumbeat.com. eStore speciﬁc DrumNotes are in the

500 series.

If you have never used Drumbeat before, it is strongly recommended that you go

through the Quick Start tutorial ﬁrst to familiarize yourself with Drumbeat and

its many features for building database-driven web sites.

To preview the application built in the Quick Store tutorial, go to

quickstore.drumbeat.com.

What You Need to Complete Quick Store

To complete the Quick Store tutorial, you must have access to an ASP

compatible server.

Access Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0 or above for Windows NT, or

Chili!ASP by Chili!Soft or other ASP compatible software on your network.

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Getting Familiar with Quick Store

Starting Point

A Drumbeat Starting Point is a project ﬁle that has all or part of a site already

developed. The Quick Store Starting Point has all the pages for the storefront as

well as most of the functionality set up. You will add the Shopping Cart and set up

the Login and Checkout areas.

Open the Quick Store Starting Point

To base a new site on the Quick Store Starting Point:

1

Launch Drumbeat from the Start menu.

2

From the Drumbeat Start-up dialog, select Create a New Site.

Uncheck the Use Wizard checkbox. Then, click OK.

3

In the New Site dialog, name the site QuickStore.

4

In the Site Origin ﬁeld, select the Based on Starting Point radio button.

From the dropdown list, scroll down and select the QuickStoreStart ﬁle. Then

click OK.

Drumbeat will open with a new site based on the Quick Store Starting Point.

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Site Structure

In the Site tab you can see the site organization. Expand the site tree to expose all

the pages in the site.

The Home page is designed to present visitors with rotating book specials. If

a special catches their eye, they can order it immediately by clicking an order

button. Otherwise, visitors can choose to go to one of the three main areas of

the site.

The three links at the top of the page correspond to the three areas of the site as

shown by the main pages in the site tree:



Search and Browse Books: Initiate a search by various criteria, including

keyword, title, author and category. The Search For Books page in the site tree

is the main page in this section.



Checkout: Enter billing and shipping information and get an order summary.

The CheckoutArea page in the site tree is the main page in this section.



View Shopping Cart: Check the current contents of their shopping cart, to see

the books they have ordered already and the total. The Shopping Cart page in

the site tree is the main page in this section.

For information about the Site tab in Site Management Center, check the index of

the Drumbeat User’s Guide or Help for the words in bold.

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Templates

Templates speed up the development time by reducing repetitive design tasks.

Click the Templates tab and you’ll see that the site has three templates: a Master

Template and two section templates:



Master Template: This template contains only the link style information for the

site. (Select the Master Template in the site tree and then click the Attributes

tab to see the names of the assigned link styles.) All pages in the site inherit

these styles.



Books Template: This template is used for the pages that display book search

and detail information. The template contains a background, a logo, and four

linked images for navigation. All of the pages shown under this template in the

Templates tab site tree inherit these elements.

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

Commerce Template: This template is used for the shopping cart and checkout

pages. It contains a background, logo and two linked images for navigation. All

of the pages shown under this template in the Templates tab site tree inherit

these elements.

For more information about templates check the index of the Drumbeat User’s

Guide or Help for the words in bold.

Content Tables

Content Tables organize media as well as give you a visual representation of

databases. Expose the Content Center (click the Content Center button). Click

the dropdown arrow and you’ll see that a number of Content Tables have already

been set up in the site.

All of these Content Tables, with one exception, are ODBC-driven, with the

content coming from queries to the database that drives the site. The exception is

the Shopping Cart Data-Map. This table, whose initial content comes from a

CSV ﬁle, provides a bridge to the database so that user selections can be retrieved

from and passed to the server-side shopping cart.

When using database content in Drumbeat, you must ﬁrst create a query to the

database (using the Query Manager). Then you create an ODBC Content Table

based on that query. The ODBC Content Table provides a visual representation of

the database content so it can be used in design. To use the data on a page, a

Recordset is added to the page, which is then bound to the appropriate Content

Table. If you are new to Drumbeat, you can ﬁnd an explanation of the process of

creating queries and ODBC Content Tables and using recordsets in Chapter 15 of

the Drumbeat User’s Guide.

Note:

Not all of the databases have content, such as the Customers and Orders databases.

They are used to provide ﬁeld references that are used when adding customer information

and placing orders when the site is deployed.

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The Recordsets used in the Quick Store tutorial have also been created for you.

You can view them by querying the Asset Center for site-level elements. Click the

Locate Assets button and choose Site Elements > Show all site-level elements.

The site-level elements on this site also include the DataForm and Cookies that

are used. Notice that each Recordset matches a Content Table in the Content

Center (although the names of the Recordsets may differ slightly from the

Content Table names).

You will see the recordsets used in the basement of the data-driven pages in the

Quick Store Starting Point.

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The description and purpose of each recordset is explained in the following table.

For answers about database-related questions, check the index of the Drumbeat

User’s Guide or Help for the words in bold.

eStore Builder SmartElements

In Drumbeat, a SmartElement is any type of element you put on a page, such as

text, images, video, etc. They include Applets, ActiveX objects, COM objects,

Scriptlets and a variety of custom elements. You drag and drop SmartElements

from the toolbar and/or Asset Center.

The eStore Builder package includes three custom eStore SmartElements, two

of which you will be using in this tutorial. The eStore SmartElements were

added to your Element Library collection when you installed eStore. They should

also appear on your SmartElements Toolbar. The CyberCash SmartElement,

which is not used in this tutorial, is discussed in the User’s Guide and Reference

Guide following.

Recordset Name Content Table Description

BookQuery BookQuery Used in the search, results, and details

product pages. From the detail page, the

product items are inserted into the Orders

table and then carried by the Orders detail

and Orders recordsets to the CheckOut pages.

CardTypes CreditCardTypes Used on the NewUser and Update User pages

to populate the Credit Cards supported.

Customers Customers Used to capture customer details.

CustOrderDetails CustOrderDetails Used to capture the order details and

customer ID. The customer ID links the

CustOrderDetails table to the Customer details

table.

Keywords Keywords Used for keyword search functionality.

OrderDetails OrderDetails Used for capturing shipping and freight

details.

Orders Orders Used for capturing customer-ordering

information.

OrderTotals OrderTotals Use for displaying order totals on the

Checkout page.

SalesTax SalesTax Used for adding the different sales tax

percentages to total cost.

Specials Specials Used for searching on books by publisher.

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The custom eStore SmartElements are:



Shopping Cart: This component is a server-side object which holds user

selections as they shop the store. It manages the data in an online shopping

session until they are ready for checkout.



Shopping Cart Display: This component is used to display the data contained

in the shopping cart, so that users can check the contents of their cart.

If the Shopping Cart and Shopping Cart Display elements are not on your

SmartElements toolbar, you should add them for this exercise. Click the Element

Library icon on the SmartElements toolbar and select the Custom tab. Place a

check next to each element, then close the Element Library and they will appear

on the toolbar.

Technical documentation on these Custom SmartElements can be found in the

Shopping Cart section of the Reference guide in this book, or see the following

documents in the Drumbeat 2000/eStore Builder directory:

 ShoppingCartV2.doc

 ShoppingCartAPIV2.doc

 ShoppingCartDisplayV2.doc

For information about SmartElements, check the index of the Drumbeat User’s

Guide or Help for the words in bold.

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