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237152 2004-05-17 08:19:00 Evening all
I am revamping my website & I want to ad a shopping cart.
I currently use dreamweaver 3.
I know a little bit of code, but think shopping cart would be out of my league.
Any ideas?
Cheers Ron
Oh heres my my current site.
www.ronsseacorner.co.nz
Ron Bakker (356)
237153 2004-05-17 08:33:00 this is getting into E-commerce and it is a very hard thing to do right.

i assume you will have a shopping cart and then credit card payment?

the shopping cart is most likely not that hard to do with a bit of CGI but when you get to the credit card part you need help to make sure that it is secure.
robsonde (120)
237154 2004-05-17 09:12:00 As mentioned, this can get pretty complex and often requires database setups etc.

If you do want online purchasing you'll also need to secure it.

There are plenty of basic cart designs available in PHP, CGI etc - find out what your hosting supports and have a search round on the net, chances are there is a complete script available for download that will do it for you.
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
237155 2004-05-17 09:18:00 secure is the key word.

making a shopping cart system that cant be hacked is way above what this site can help you with. ( no dis-respect to any users that can help :-) )


a number of ISPs have a e-commerce section of there opperation and will be able to do a lot of the credit card part of it.
robsonde (120)
237156 2004-05-17 09:23:00 > making a shopping cart system that cant be hacked is
> way above what this site can help you with.

You can have a shopping cart system without online Credit Card purchasing. It's no different to a complicated submission form.

There is nothing to stop anyone setting up a basic shopping cart, with no secure system and then arranging payment separately via Bank Deposit, Credit Card over the phone etc.
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438)
237157 2004-05-17 09:31:00 my fault...... core dumped :-)

you are right....

i assumed that he wanted to do the full credit card thing and got stuck on the security thing and ran with it.......

if you only need a shopping cart system the as WTF say have a look for script that someone else has done the work on, it will make you life easy.
robsonde (120)
237158 2004-05-17 09:48:00 Why the shopping cart. I never use them. If I want to bur I do so by e-mail. No valid reason, I just don't trust them.
Jack.
JJJJJ (528)
237159 2004-05-17 10:03:00 Diving, and I'm seriously thinking of learning how to dive as well ... Picton, next year sometime. Err ... okay I had nothing important to add! aNtzy (4070)
237160 2004-05-17 10:07:00 Hmm
Many valid points.
Not to sound like a chicken, but I think my venture needs to mature a bit more.
I wanted it so potential customers could order more easy.
But thanks for your words guys, it has put a few things in prespective.
Ron Bakker (356)
237161 2004-05-17 13:02:00 If you like I can give you a copy of ultradev shopping cart addin for dreamweaver, it use to be available for free. I can send it via e-mail or one floppy disk. It makes things really easy.

Rob ;)
Rob99 (151)
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