Direct Link Redirecting

[dgilbert]

Does anyone know how a customer can click a button on our website to go DIRECTLY to that products details (the page with the price and options that looks like a receipt) in the shopping cart instead of being directed to our list of products in the shopping cart?

 

For example

 

Clicking "buy now" button from our website: https://xxxxx.xxxxxx.com/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=1

 

Redirects to: https://xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.com/cart.php

 

We rather not have our list of products when you already decided what you wanted.

 

Anyone know?

[WHMCS John]

Yes, please review http://wiki.whmcs.com/Linking_to_WHMCS

[dgilbert]

Yes, please review http://wiki.whmcs.com/Linking_to_WHMCS

 

 

I already clicked there.

 

What's happening is it is REDIRECTING back to cart.php instead of staying on: /cart.php?a=confproduct&i=1

 

So I need an explanation on why it's redirecting.

[WHMCS John]

What's the exact URL you are using?

[dgilbert]

What's the exact URL you are using?

 

Thanks for replying. The 2 "buy now" buttons should stay where they are linked to but go to cart.php which causes problems.

 

http://www.lowpricedomains.com/ssl/alpha-ssl.php

[WHMCS John]

You should by using

 

Standard: https://billing.lowpricedomains.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=20

Wildcard: https://billing.lowpricedomains.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=34

 

You can see the PID in your browser's URL bar when editing the product in the admin area.

[dgilbert]

You should by using

 

Standard: https://billing.lowpricedomains.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=20

Wildcard: https://billing.lowpricedomains.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=34

 

You can see the PID in your browser's URL bar when editing the product in the admin area.

 

Thanks! That works for that product but why does: https://billing.lowpricedomains.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=20 redirect to https://billing.lowpricedomains.com/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=9

 

???

 

I'm having trouble figuring out the next links for the other 3 SSL certificates.

[WHMCS John]

What problem are you having creating the links for the other products?

[dgilbert]

Honestly if i can understand the point of the redirect, it might clarify everything.

 

https://billing.lowpricedomains.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=20

 

This REDIRECTS somewhere else. Do you see what I'm saying? Why does it move? Adding a new number to the end to get the next product up just sends me to cart.php (overview of products.)

[WHMCS John]

When you add an item to your cart it is assigned an ID, the first product you add will have a confproduct&i=0, the second will be confproduct&i=1, the first confproduct&i=2 and so on. This ID is unique to your shopping cart for this particular visit. If you leave the site and come back, the first product you add to the cart will have a confproduct&i=0 again.

 

The link you need to use contains the product's ID, this is an ID number unique to each product in your system. Think of &pid=20 like the permanent URL of that product, it will always refer to one specific product. While confproduct&i=0 is just a temporary URL of the first product to be added to the shopping cart by that particular client on that particular visit.