webstore updates
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:58 am
I need to do some tweaks to the webstore.
First update today will be to tweak the database so I can "Sort and group" similar items in the list under each section. At the moment items are listed per stock code number. Generally it groups similar items together which basically works fine initially, but when I need to add more similar items or options the same kit, they appear further down the list and people may not be aware actually sell variations etc. overall people may not actually notice these changes when they are completed.
This should be a easy update to do, but just as a forewarning, that if something goes mental over the next day or two then please let me know.. I'm going to try and do this without taking my web store off-line in order to save a lot of messing about..
There is another large update I need to do, as the shopping basket actually stores every item in my store with the quantity for each item. This creates a very long string to saving the cookie, and from what I understand the cookie has limitations to how long string can be. It also seems some browsers can work with longer strings than others. I'm not really sure at what point this will break my web store as I am normally adding a couple of different items each month. This will be a bit trickier my web store will likely have to be off-line for a few days why do the changes to all the scripts. This Isn't likely to get done for a few months yet anyway..
I will post here when changes are about to happen and actually get finished anyway..
EDIT:
The store has now been patched and seems to be working fine still. Now similar items will be grouped together under each section. I have also made some images smaller as they are not really needed to be larger in a lot of cases.
First update today will be to tweak the database so I can "Sort and group" similar items in the list under each section. At the moment items are listed per stock code number. Generally it groups similar items together which basically works fine initially, but when I need to add more similar items or options the same kit, they appear further down the list and people may not be aware actually sell variations etc. overall people may not actually notice these changes when they are completed.
This should be a easy update to do, but just as a forewarning, that if something goes mental over the next day or two then please let me know.. I'm going to try and do this without taking my web store off-line in order to save a lot of messing about..
There is another large update I need to do, as the shopping basket actually stores every item in my store with the quantity for each item. This creates a very long string to saving the cookie, and from what I understand the cookie has limitations to how long string can be. It also seems some browsers can work with longer strings than others. I'm not really sure at what point this will break my web store as I am normally adding a couple of different items each month. This will be a bit trickier my web store will likely have to be off-line for a few days why do the changes to all the scripts. This Isn't likely to get done for a few months yet anyway..
I will post here when changes are about to happen and actually get finished anyway..
EDIT:
The store has now been patched and seems to be working fine still. Now similar items will be grouped together under each section. I have also made some images smaller as they are not really needed to be larger in a lot of cases.