Making 'MyStore' ... 'YourStore'

Now for a few words about the SPECIAL field in the item line of a product database:
Beside the first two letters for specifying weight and tax, the third letter of this field allows a great deal of diversity for letting your customer select items requiring special information. For instance, if you sell shoes, you'll want to give customers a chance to select a size that fits or you may want to verify shipping from stock. And you'll want to do this without cluttering up the shopping pages with a lot of information that is not relevant to the purchase decision. So we use the third letter to call up an input form or information document associated with each item. The null value is "n" for no additional information.
  1. The first character is a number, 0 through 9 or the letter "w". It relates to the weight of the item and, if a number, is used in a formula with the quantity ordered to determine shipping cost.
  2. The second letter is "t" if you are specifying a tax rate for this particular item. The letter, "n", is used for the default tax rate.
  3. The third letter is the message file name used to open a pop up window with that message to assist your customer or have them enter information in a form. The associated message file is the letter followed by the .htm extension. The file is located in the Messages folder.
These are the weight codes. Select the highest applicable:
codeNot Exceeding codeNot Exceeding
010 pounds 575 pounds
130 pounds 680 pounds
240 pounds 790 pounds
350 pounds 8100 pounds
470 pounds 9over 100 pounds

These are the message names. Note that each letter corresponds to a file name in the Messages folder. Your default message window size is 270 pixels wide by 370 pixels high. Any message or form that you create should be saved using a lower case, and not already in use, letter.

nameMessage Content:
AShipping address form with text input area
Breserved
Creserved
Dreserved
EThe default message, ' Select Something Pleeese!'
Freserved
na null indicator, do not use this letter
sShoe detail form for input of size, width and color
yHumorous message about selecting rats
zGeneral form format with 4 select fields

Make your messages, but don't mess with the code
When creating an information input form, use the general format found in Messages/z.htm. The template for this message is:

z.me

You'll see that this template contains a few lines of JavaScript code at the top. Don't mess with this. It is used to assemble input from any number of form select fields in a way which is readable on the order you receive. This information shows up on the order following the word, 'DETAILS'.

You'll also notice that the name you give each element in the form is reflected back to the order. So .... use names that will make sense to you at some future date.

When you're finished creating an input form or a message, save the document to the MyStore/Messages folder as:

themessageletter.htm

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