Dynamic Product Catalog - catalogue.php
Products within the catalog may be accessed in a variety of ways. The dynamic shopping cart catalog is only one method. When catalogue.php is called directly, it gets the page layout from a page template, inserts the category tree and product listings within the page of the template, and serves the browser a complete HTML page. In this case, the dynamic catalog is nested within a web page. Within the catalog area of the page, the category tree is on the left side and the products are listed on the right.

Separate Category Tree and Product Listings
Another method is to include the category tree and the product listing area, as separate components in web pages. In this case, the category tree and the product listing area of the page can be included within either a PHP or an HTML file (if the server is configured to run PHP in HTML files). Using the separate category and product listing includes, the category tree and the product listings can be placed anywhere in a completely customized web page.

Individual Shopping Cart Components
Individual components of the shopping cart such as buttons, subtotal box, discount boxes, license agreements, attribute settings and other shopping cart options can be inserted into an unlimited number of custom web pages using OrderForm or Order-Link.

Order-Link is a simple method of inserting shopping cart functionality into HTML web pages and newsletters. Order-Link connects any site or email message to the AShop Deluxe program for ordering and checkout. This method does not support license agreements, or discounts.

Design custom shopping cart pages or insert shopping cart buttons into existing web pages. Use form buttons or substitute image buttons to match your web site. Order-Link code can be used anywhere, including remote servers and from within plain text email messages! It links to your AShop Deluxe shopping cart program for view cart and check out functions. No special skills are required.

When a customer clicks an Order-Link or pastes it into the address bar of a browser, the product is added to the cart and the customer. The link can either open the view cart page or go directly to the payment page.

See also: Order-Link Basics | Order-Link Help Topic

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