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Shopping Cart Plugin Beta 1 Available!

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Shopping Cart Plugin Beta 1 Available!
The GoCart plugin adds a shopping cart system to your Links SQL database, potentially making every link a sale item and every user a customer. All of GoCart's features are controlled from the "Administration" section in your Links SQL Plugins menu, which is divided into three sections: Process Orders (review and manage all orders submitted by your customers), Generate Reports (view your best customers and most popular items) and Control Panel (configure the plugin's settings).

This online demo shows a Links SQL directory being used to sell Gossamer Threads, Inc. products, services and support. Keep in mind that this is only a demo used to showcase GoCart, and that no products can actually be purchased from this demo.

GoCart classifies all links in your directory as one of three UnitTypes:

Product: If a user buys products with "Product" selected as their UnitType, they will be required to provide shipping location information after they have finished shopping. Appropriate shipping charges will automatically be added to the cost of all products with a UnitType of "Product".

Service: Products with "Service" selected as their UnitType do not have any shipping charges applied to them. If a user only buys products with UnitTypes of "Service", they will not be required to provide shipping location after they have finished shopping.

Unmerchandisable: Products with "Unmerchandisable" selected as their UnitType cannot be purchased, and are treated as regular links.


On the user side demo (username: guest / password: guest), four categories appear. All records in the "Products" category have Product UnitTypes; they can be bought by users and shipped by administrators. All records in the "Extended Support" and "Services" categories have Service UnitTypes; they can be bought without any shipping information being submitted by users. All records in the "Resources" category have Unmerchandisable UnitTypes; they cannot be bought and are treated just like regular links in any other Links SQL directory.

On the admin side demo (username: admin / password: admin), you can view the GoCart administration options available in the Plugins menu.

We've released the plugin for sale now on the order form: https://www.gossamer-threads.com/...s/register/order.htm Should you purchase the plugin at this stage, you will be able to download updates as they become available. If you have any questions, please address them to jack@gossamer-threads.com or aki@gossamer-threads.com.