So once again we reach the end of the week and today I have gone back to working on the branded sites. I have spent most of the day working with one of the other developers here at HelloTurtle to ensure that the code I wrote for the New Look site would integrate correctly with the template and skin that he had already been working on for B&Q, so that we could finish working on the B&Q demo by mid-afternoon.
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Showing posts with label Hello Turtle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hello Turtle. Show all posts
Friday, 9 September 2011
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Alex @ HelloTurtle
Continued trouble with that login system!!
Think I have cracked it for real this time though. Done some testing and it threw nothing unexpected - so that should be live very soon. So what changed? I hear you all ask.. Well you can log in from any part of the card system without it throwing you into "my account" or printing garbage to the screen and you can login straight after logging out!
I have also been working on the Payment History page - I had it working yesterday - but it was hurt my eyes to look at... so I have been busy with the CSS and its looking good - a bit of testing and that could be live soon also!
Other than that - in the process of adding in links (waiting on graphics) to YouTube and this Blog. - And i fixed a couple of pesky spelling mistakes. I think there should be some sort of prize for spotting them - I know there are a few still lurking in the pages.
Think I have cracked it for real this time though. Done some testing and it threw nothing unexpected - so that should be live very soon. So what changed? I hear you all ask.. Well you can log in from any part of the card system without it throwing you into "my account" or printing garbage to the screen and you can login straight after logging out!
I have also been working on the Payment History page - I had it working yesterday - but it was hurt my eyes to look at... so I have been busy with the CSS and its looking good - a bit of testing and that could be live soon also!
Other than that - in the process of adding in links (waiting on graphics) to YouTube and this Blog. - And i fixed a couple of pesky spelling mistakes. I think there should be some sort of prize for spotting them - I know there are a few still lurking in the pages.
Development Blog - Update
So today I've taking time out from working on the branded sites, and have started looking in in to expanding the functionality of our payment systems, in order to be prepared for future developments of HelloTurtle, and for proper implementation of any branded sites we were to work on.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Development Blog - Branded Sites
Today I have been working on completing the last sections of code update for the basket to include the value of the gift cards/gift vouchers in the order total. the first section of code that required changing was the pre-basket preparation code that is run after the customer selects a method of postage and where to send the card.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Development Blog - New Look Update 2
So today I've been recoding part of the checkout basket on the rebranded version of the site to factor in the value of the purchased gift card. I was initially planning to call the gift card details (amount and gift card reference code) from the session variable where it gets stored at the beginning of the process, however, as soon as I started working on the code, I realised that that method would only work on single line purchases (i.e. customer adds one card to basket, and then completes the checkout proceedure) as the variable would only store the most recently selected gift card.
Instead I opted for modifying the order table to include the amount and reference as additional fields attached to a specific card in the basket.
Instead I opted for modifying the order table to include the amount and reference as additional fields attached to a specific card in the basket.
Monday, 5 September 2011
Development Blog - New Look Update
So today I have been continuing work on the branded site for New Look, and have now finished re-skinning the main pages, and have updated the CSS from our main site to factor in a different colour palette (black and white instead of varying shades of green).
Friday, 2 September 2011
Development Blog - New Look
Apart from HelloTurtle.com itself, we are also working on branded versions of our system for various department stores that offer their own gift cards. The intention is that a custoemr will be able to buy a gift card for someone, and at the same time purchase one of our greetings cards to send that gift card in.
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Development Blog - PayPoint
So today I've been looking further into the workings of the PayPoint.net Payment Gateway, and modifying some of the HelloTurtle code to allow for what should hopefully be the correct integration of the payment gateway.
Unfortunately at the moment we are still waiting on confirmation of account creation, and until that is received there is only so much work I can do for the gateway, as without the account I can't test the gateway is functioning properly or correctly design the payment page template.
The gateway system itself is actually reasonably simple (with the integration guide being detailed but not too long) and the page template fairly flexible (at least as far as skinning it goes).
Unfortunately at the moment we are still waiting on confirmation of account creation, and until that is received there is only so much work I can do for the gateway, as without the account I can't test the gateway is functioning properly or correctly design the payment page template.
The gateway system itself is actually reasonably simple (with the integration guide being detailed but not too long) and the page template fairly flexible (at least as far as skinning it goes).
Development Blog Update
Since starting work on this blog yesterday I have been messing around with the skinning options and additional gadgets that could be included in the page, with the intent of providing useful functionality to our users (including post archives, a link to HelloTurtle itself, and a search field to search this blog and any site we link to within the blog), and a visual appearance that is similar to our main site.
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Hello Turtle Development Blog
Yesterday it was decided that each of the staff here at HelloTurtle would contribute a small amount to this blog every day or so, blogging about something related to their work with the company.
As one of the programmers at HelloTurtle, it was suggested that I blog about some of the things I have been working on recently for HelloTurtle, as well as things I planned to work on in the future.
So here is the first of my development blog posts, which given that it will be covering several of the things I have worked on since starting at HelloTurtle might be a little long, so for that I apologise, but please keep reading.
As one of the programmers at HelloTurtle, it was suggested that I blog about some of the things I have been working on recently for HelloTurtle, as well as things I planned to work on in the future.
So here is the first of my development blog posts, which given that it will be covering several of the things I have worked on since starting at HelloTurtle might be a little long, so for that I apologise, but please keep reading.
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