Re: [mv] Trouble with logging in users

["Snowcrest eCommerce Development" <minivend-dev@snowcrest.net>]

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It's not the pricing changes that are my woes.  I just can't figure out how
to set the government login and password in the userdb so they CAN login.
I've tried everything in the manual to setup a user with a password, but to
no avail.  I can handle the pricing change, I just can't make the userdb
contain a user that can login to make use of those changes.

Masahiro Knittel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed LaFrance" <newmedia@newmediaems.com>
To: <minivend-users@minivend.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [mv] Trouble with logging in users


> ******    message to minivend-users from Ed LaFrance
<newmedia@newmediaems.com>     ******
>
> Masahiro -
>
> Perhaps you could try a different approach.  How does your catalog
> distinguish a government purchasing agent from a regular user?  Do they
> both log in?  If not - in other words, if only government agents log in -
> you could do:
>
> [if session logged_in]
>          [discount ALL_ITEMS] $s * .8 [/discount]
> [/if]
>
> According to the 3.1x docs, this would give a 20% discount to all gov
> agents if you put in on their welcome page - no need for a special pricing
> field!
>
> If you allow all types of users to log in, you could have a column in
> userdb named is_gov, and set it to a non-blank value for government
> agents.  Then you could do something like:
>
> [if data userdb::is_gov::[data session username]]
>     [discount ENTIRE_ORDER] $s * .9 [/discount]
> [/if]
>
> ...to take 10% off of their order when you put this on the checkout page.
>
> These are just untested examples.  Read up on discounts in the docs.
>
> Good luck!
>
> - Ed L.
>
>
>
> At 10:17 AM 3/15/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >******    message to minivend-users from "Snowcrest eCommerce
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> >
> >Hi List users.
> >
> >I'm a web developer at a local ISP in northern CA and I am running into
some
> >problems using minivend for an eCommerce solution we are currently
> >developing.
> >
> >Here's what I'd like to do:
> >Set up a login area for buyers to login as a government agent to obtain
> >reduced prices.
> >Set up reduced prices for government agents in a pricefield in the
products
> >db via the Locale settings for government agents.
> >Have the fly page and results page display appropriate prices.
> >
> >Here's what I've gotten done:
> >Properly set up the products db to contain a price column for retail
buyers
> >and a serparate price column for government buyers.
> >Made the Locale for government agents switch pricefields to reflect the
> >reduced prices.
> >Using the switched pricefield, government agents will be able to view
> >reduced prices in the results and fly page if they login.
> >
> >Here's what I can't do:
> >Set up a secure login area that will log a user in as a government agent
and
> >then switch the locale setting, causing the prices to display the reduced
> >amounts.  I've bashed my head against the wall trying the figure this
out,
> >but no luck.  I have the code set up to log the user in, but I have no
> >flippin clue how to add the user in the userdb file with the appropriate
> >password encrypted.  I wouldn't mind scrapping the encryption algorithm
to
> >have the userdb.asc tab-delimited text change the userdb.db file, but I'm
> >lost as to how to do this.
> >
> >Help!
> >
> >Masahiro Knittel
> >
> >
> >
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