After an item has been added to the shopping cart, the contents of the shopping cart may be viewed on this page. The shopping cart is divided into 3 sections:

Section 1

Previous order items for delivery now. These are from previous orders where the items were back ordered, and are now available for delivery. Note, if the supplier ends up despatching the back orders to you during the short period that you have them in your shopping cart, the program is designed to cancel those items when you submit them in your order. This prevents the items being supplied twice.

Section 2

This order items for delivery now. These are items that are on this order which are currently in stock.

Section 3

Back order items for future delivery. These are items that are on this order which are not in stock, and are therefore being back ordered for future delivery.

The quantities ordered and any comments relating to specific items may be modified by clicking the "MODIFY" button next to the appropriate item. If you then wish to remove the item from the shopping cart, click the "REMOVE ITEM" box. With any other changes, click the "SAVE CHANGES" box to confirm the modification.

Delete all Error Messages

This only applies to an upload of a pre-formatted order file.
After a pre-formatted order file has been uploaded, there may be error messages generated by the program. These should be read, and any necessary action taken. For example, an ISBN or supplier code may not have been found due to a typing error. You should add the correct item now. After all error messages have been checked, you can delete all of them at once by clicking on this button.
Add Special Comments
Any special message lines that you wish to send to the supplier may be entered by clicking here.
Delete all items from the Shopping Cart
Clicking this button will, as expected, remove all items from the shopping cart, so use with care. The program will ask once only for a confirmation. Press "OK" to delete all the items. Press "CANCEL" to leave the items there.
Process Order
This option, (or the option "ORDER NOW"), will transfer the contents of the shopping cart to the order file. After this has occurred, no more changes to the order may be made.
Firstly, a delivery address is requested. Normally, this is the same as your address, but it may be altered.
A customer reference is also requested.
If you have second thoughts about sending the order, you may click on the "GO BACK" button. Otherwise, click on the "FINISH ORDER" button.

The program then prompts you to print the finished order, though you may cancel the printing. Note that cancelling the printing (if you choose it), cannot now cancel the order.

An email is then sent to your email address to confirm the placement of the order.

Finally, the order is downloaded to the supplier's computer for processing.

PLEASE NOTE - If you leave the shopping cart by exiting the program before you transfer the contents in the shopping cart to the order file, then what you have entered will not be lost. The items in the shopping cart will still be there the next time you log in.

Product Search Results

The first 20 items that meet the conditions of the search are displayed. Each item's status is as follows:

1. A tick to show that the item is in stock (but no more than 4 copies).
2. Two ticks to show that good quantities of the item are in stock (at least 5 copies).
3. "TOS" to show the item is temporarily out of stock.
4. "NLA" to show the item is no longer available.
5. "S/O" to show that the item is currently out of stock, and will only be brought in for you if a special order is received. These orders are a firm sale and may not be cancelled.

Click on the product descriptions for more information about an individual product, including product images if applicable.

If you wish to add the item to your shopping cart, click on the "ORDER" box. You have the option of
(1) Altering the quantity to order (the default quantity is one item)
(2) Adding a comment relating to the item (up to 40 characters)
Click on the "ADD ITEM TO SHOPPING CART" box to add the order to your shopping cart. You can then return to the search result.

If there are more than 20 items in the search results, click the "NEXT" box at the bottom of the page to go to the next page. If there are more than 2 pages (i.e. 40 items), you may click on a specific page number. Clicking on the "PREV" box takes you back to a previous page of the search result.