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# THE ORDER PROCESS

MiniVend has a completely flexible order basket and checkout scheme. The simple demo presents a common use of this process, in the directory pages/ord -- the files are:

        basket.html      The order basket displayed by default
        checkout.html    The form where the customer enters their billing
                         and shipping info
        receipt.html     The receipt displayed to the customer
        report.html      The order report mailed to you

It is not strictly necessary to display an order basket when an item is ordered. If you specify a different page to be displayed that is fine, but most customers will be confused if you don't give them an indication that the order operation has succeeded.

Any order basket is an HTML `FORM`. It will have a number of variables on it. At the minimum it must have an `[item-list]` to loop through the items, and the quantity of each item must be set in some place on that form. Any valid MiniVend tags may be used on the page, and you may use multiple item lists if necessary.

- How to set up an order link
- How to set up an order button
- How to set up an on-the-fly item
- Order Groups
- Basket display
- Multiple Shopping Carts
- Advanced Multi-level Order Pages
- Simple Order Report File
- Fully-configurable Order Reports
- Order Receipts
- The Order Counter
- Customer Input Fields

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