Cant you use the $this->Wizard->_currentStep to know where you are?? I use ajax just to load some autocomplete fields...
-- Renato de Freitas Freire [email protected] On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Ryan Snowden <[email protected]> wrote: > I modified it to be able to use AJAX but it's got a memory problem, that > is, you have to be sure which step you're in if you refresh the page :) > > On 1 March 2011 08:09, Renato de Freitas Freire <[email protected]>wrote: > >> One thing you have to be careful, is to save the data BEFORE redirecting >> to another domain. >> You have a serious risk to lose your data if you dont. >> >> The solution used by Krissy appears to be the better way to do it. >> >> The wizard component works very well, but it had some bugs. >> I had a working version with cake 1.2.8, but I didnt try to use it on 1.3 >> yet. >> I dont know if the actual version is ready to 1.3 or it is still on 1.2, >> but there is a lot of tutorials to help you to use it on 1.3. >> >> And there is some limitation too. You will have to hack the code to save >> checkbox fields. >> >> -- >> Renato de Freitas Freire >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Krissy Masters < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What I did in the same regards to cancelling payment: >>> >>> User fills out form -> save username / password / set up account basics >>> but >>> I have a field User.acct_locked which I mark auto as true send them to >>> paypal. >>> >>> If they register then cancel the payment / close window / drop computer >>> in >>> the tub / sure they can still login but all they can access is a payment >>> option screen since acct_locked is true (my own access function). >>> *********************************************************** >>> Thank you for registering Name / Welcome back / please complete your >>> order / >>> please select your subscription page: >>> >>> You could even pull original order if you saved what they wanted before >>> cancelling......... >>> ************************************************************ >>> >>> After making a payment the IPN function I added in the order what they >>> bought, update account subscription what not and acct_locked => false. So >>> once they pay they now have full access. >>> >>> You could easily delete all acct_locked => 1 after 1 week / day / month >>> flushing out all unused / never-paid registrations. You would need to >>> come >>> with a way there but should be easy enough. >>> >>> K >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Ryan Schmidt >>> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:32 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: A wizard did it >>> >>> I'm building a multi-page signup form, using the Wizard component, which >>> seems to be pretty cool: >>> >>> https://github.com/jaredhoyt/cakephp-wizard >>> >>> After entering their preferred username, password, blood type, and >>> mother's >>> maiden shoe size, I'm going to be directing users over to PayPal to pay >>> for >>> these services they're signing up with me for. When the PayPal >>> transaction >>> is complete, PayPal will redirect the user back to a "done" page on my >>> site. >>> Or, if the transaction is cancelled in PayPal land, I believe PayPal will >>> redirect the user to a "cancel" page on my site. On these pages I can >>> then >>> tell the user useful things, like "Thanks for giving me money" or "You >>> didn't give me any money". >>> >>> Ultimately, I will want to use the data the customer has provided to >>> create >>> several database records: users, services, etc. I'm trying to determine >>> what >>> I should be doing with the user's data between the time they've entered >>> it >>> and the time they've succeeded in paying me. >>> >>> I could keep the data in the session only, until the "done" page is >>> reached, >>> at which point I actually save() it into the appropriate models. This is >>> how >>> the provided Wizard example handles it. One worry I have here is: what if >>> the user picked a username, and I validated on page 1 of the wizard that >>> it >>> was unique, but by the time they came back from PayPal, someone else >>> created >>> that username. So the user paid me, but the save() into the database with >>> all the data about what they paid me for fails. Maybe this is a rare >>> enough >>> occasion that I can get away with just logging all the data and manually >>> fixing this later. >>> >>> I could create the e.g. User and Service records as soon as I have enough >>> data from the customer. What if the user cancels the PayPal transaction? >>> In >>> the "cancel" page, I could delete the records again. What if the user >>> just >>> closes the window when they see the PayPal screen? My "cancel" page will >>> never be reached and I'll have stale records lingering in the database. >>> What >>> if the user later comes back and tries again? Now the username they >>> wanted >>> to pick is already sitting around unused in my database and they can't >>> have >>> it anymore. >>> >>> To avoid stale or unfinished records in important tables like users and >>> services, I could have an entirely new table, orders, and fill it with >>> information about the order. After coming back from PayPal successfully, >>> I >>> could mark the order as ready to be filled. Then I'd need to transfer the >>> data from the orders table into corresponding users and services records. >>> >>> Does anyone here have experience doing this kind of signup form and could >>> share some recommendations? I'd love to hear what you did and whether it >>> worked well. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials >>> http://tv.cakephp.org >>> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help >>> others with their CakePHP related questions. >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] For more options, visit this group >>> at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php >>> >>> -- >>> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials >>> http://tv.cakephp.org >>> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help >>> others with their CakePHP related questions. >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] For more options, visit this group >>> at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php >>> >> >> -- >> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials >> http://tv.cakephp.org >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help >> others with their CakePHP related questions. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] For more options, visit this group >> at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php >> > > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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