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Oops my bad. it’s because of that stupid thing WP does where it creates a separate page with the document link. Actual links work fine. Thanks….

That makes sense. Does it have to be ajax though? How about a php template tag that lets me pull in 200 entries at a go. Sure it would require page reload every once in a while, but it would suit my needs. Otoh, I don’t know if it’s worth anyone’s time doing that versus just writing your own database calls. Just a thought.

Thanks for your response, and your super-useful plugin, sir!

flickr press (not to be confused with “flickrpress” which is also out of date) doesn’t seem to have quite as many features, but plays well with wp 3.04 — better still, the interface is almost identical to tan tan’s plugin. if you’re looking for a close match, i don’t think you’ll find better than this.

included:

• see your sets in wp admin
• albums show up in almost exactly the same way

not included:

• no flickr groups
• no lightbox, though it would be easy to add
• no caching, which results in urls are very slightly different
• no flickr comments

at least that’s from first glance, i could be wrong about some of this. please let me know if i am!

http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/flickr-press/
(yeah, the plugin page could def have more info…)

WOW. it’s looking bleak. it doesn’t seem like it would be so very hard to make a plugin for WP E-commerce that changed the interaction like that….. basically, just check for the following at the point of “checkout confirmation”:

1. Are any of the items marked as “calculate shipping later”?
2. Is the buyer international?
3. Has the buyer specified special shipping requirements of their own?

If the answer is NO to ALL of these, then complete the transaction normally.
If the answer is YES to ANY of these, then do this:

1. mark the transaction as pending.
2. At this point, we calculate shipping and handling costs, add this amount to the total, and re-invoice.
3. An email is sent to the buyer with a new total & a link back to our site, where the buyer can finalize the transaction & pay.

I know it’s a ridiculous problem and horrible way to interact with one’s customers. But that’s just how it has to be this time. 🙁 It’s just not possible to calculate shipping for all products. Whenever it’s at all even close to possible, I’ll make sure it happens and all this can be avoided.

So. What I’m really looking for is a system that allows for an conditional (ie, for some but not all products) extra step or state between the customer making up his mind, and actually paying. I’d like to take the order total, add a new line to it with an arbitrary charge, then re-send an invoice, which has a link back to the same invoice on our webportal.