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Thu, 11/27/2008 - 16:27
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Hi,

I want to use Ubercart for a couple of reasons but I am a little confused how it integrates within Drupal. Can you do the following?

1. Put a random selection of items on a normal drupal page which links to the items within Ubercart (e.g. show 3 random items and their pics, description, price on the home page)..
2. Add the cart to a normal page (e.g. on every page even not in ubercart) or is Ubercart _everywhere_?
3. Does it share the user data with drupal? e.g. if a member buys something, does it pick up their address and can it work the other way so when someone buys something, they get joined to the main site automatically etc? and can you change a price or add a discount based on user roles?

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Paul.

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Fri, 11/28/2008 - 13:11
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Yes, Yes, & Yes

Hi Paul,

I'm fairly new to Uber and Drupal but I think I can answer your questions.

1. Take a look at this: http://www.ubercart.org/forum/support/5584/publish_catalog_with_thumbnai...
I suspect that this is the approach you are seeking but you can also define a home page and add images and link to the product page. I'm not certain of the randomness of the product display however.

2.http://www.ubercart.org/forum/general_discussion/6934/add_cart_link_node

3. Yes to all. One interesting benefit of having a robust CMS and a great shopping cart is that the control over user roles is more powerful than I've seen in pure carts. For example, when a buyer purchases a certain item or subscription, their user role can be set to change which enables them to view content which is specific to that role. This is just the tip of the iceberg but I'm sure you get the picture.

Perhaps others will provide more enlightened feedback but it appears, from my perspective, that Drupal/Uber will do what you're looking for.

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Fri, 11/28/2008 - 19:38
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Re: Yes, Yes, & Yes

Thank you for your help, much appreciated. It looks like ubercart should work well for me.

I mislead you on my q2. What I meant was is it possible to have a shopping cart on any page within drupal not an 'add to cart'. e.g. say I am on a product (after already adding items), I then click on a link from that product page and it takes me elsewhere on the site, can I still see a cart showing total etc or do I need to go back to a ubercart page for that to be visible?

Thanks,
Paul.

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Sat, 11/29/2008 - 11:19
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The cart shows up in a block which you can show on any or all nodes or sections you choose. This will show the quantity of products, $ total, and more with links to the cart or checkout pages. There is also a great deal of flexibility in where it can be placed.

Hope this helps.

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