Optionally show data based on numerous sites linking to my site

I just finished my first MODx site (www.midatlanticdocks.com).

I don’t know PHP yet.

We have 16 area dealers that may link to this site.

We have prices on items, for example (http://www.midatlanticdocks.com/accessories-all.html)

I would like to find a way to either:
- optionally show the prices based on a flag passed in by the linking site
- show prices based on an external file supplied by the linking site - i know the @file option exists but i don’t know how to implement it or if would be the proper mechanism

Can you point me in the general direction of how to do this?

Thanks,
Steve

I don’t think @FILE will help you because it will only pull the contents of a file from the local server.

One way to do what you want is to have the remote sites submit a form with data (probably a couple of yes/no variables and sometimes a comma-separated list of product ids and prices) in the $_POST variable (it wouldn’t have to be obvious on the remote site that a form was involved -- just a few radio buttons and a submit button).

On your site, you’d have a simple snippet that checked the $_POST data and created the appropriate output. The PHP part of it would be fairly simple.

Thank you BobRay!

If i had the price lists for each dealer on my server in a file, could i use the @file?

Steve

Quote from: signcarver at Feb 20, 2010, 06:57 AM

Thank you BobRay!

If i had the price lists for each dealer on my server in a file, could i use the @file?

Steve

Yes, although it might be easier to put each price list in a chunk and use @CHUNK. You could use permissions so your dealers could edit only their own price-list chunks in the Manager.

Thanks again, BobRay!