E-commerce solution

Help,

I am a print designer who has been building websites for several years. Mostly
site based around the theme of an online brochure. These sites contain little
more than information and a form and some flash. I have built an e-commerce
site using 2checkout.com's interface and manipulated the form tags to get the
desired results. Here is the problem. I have accepted a job < no more freelance
design > to build several e-commerce websites for a small company (online print
and apparel company). One site is going to contain a least 5000 items with each
item containing several different variables. This is a lot of data to
manipulate and I am hoping there is some e-commerce program that can eliminate
a lot of the basic repetitiveness that I can image one would have to do. I have
been researching the issue but there are so many people building software that
it is easy to get confused. The server we are using is PHP MySQL compatible
<Yahoo's Professional Merchant Accounts, their e-commerce panel is akin to
Mickey Mouse>. I am not afraid to dive into code and price is really not a
consideration.

Here are my choices:

A. Quit my job and make my wife go back to full time work.
B. Quit my job and find another one.
C. Take a sledge hammer to all of my Mac's.
D. Work 24/7 for the next 6 months and learn to write code efficiently.
E. Leave my wife, pack up my truck, take my dog and head to mountains and
spend the rest of my life climbing rocks and paddling rivers!



Thanks

~b

I'd suggest E. It's what I did. Although, you may find a suitable e-comm
solution for PHP.

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http://www.charon.co.uk/charoncart
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Shopping Cart Extension for Dreamweaver MX/MX 2004

A dash of "C" wouldn't hurt, either! 8)

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"Julian Roberts" <newsg (AT) charon (DOT) co.uk> wrote

I'd suggest E. It's what I did. Although, you may find a suitable e-comm
solution for PHP.

--
Jules
http://www.charon.co.uk/charoncart
Charon Cart 3
Shopping Cart Extension for Dreamweaver MX/MX 2004

E. is a great way of life that I lived for 10 years!

~b

The following link is for a PHP cart that integrates well into DW.

http://www.interaktonline.com/products/MXKart/

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Regards

Paul Whitham
Macromedia Certified Professional for Dreamweaver MX2004
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net

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"bwaye" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Help,

I am a print designer who has been building websites for several years.
Mostly
site based around the theme of an online brochure. These sites contain
little
more than information and a form and some flash. I have built an
e-commerce
site using 2checkout.com's interface and manipulated the form tags to get
the
desired results. Here is the problem. I have accepted a job < no more
freelance
design > to build several e-commerce websites for a small company (online
print
and apparel company). One site is going to contain a least 5000 items with
each
item containing several different variables. This is a lot of data to
manipulate and I am hoping there is some e-commerce program that can
eliminate
a lot of the basic repetitiveness that I can image one would have to do. I
have
been researching the issue but there are so many people building software
that
it is easy to get confused. The server we are using is PHP MySQL
compatible
Yahoo's Professional Merchant Accounts, their e-commerce panel is akin to
Mickey Mouse>. I am not afraid to dive into code and price is really not a
consideration.

Here are my choices:

A. Quit my job and make my wife go back to full time work.
B. Quit my job and find another one.
C. Take a sledge hammer to all of my Mac's.
D. Work 24/7 for the next 6 months and learn to write code efficiently.
E. Leave my wife, pack up my truck, take my dog and head to mountains and
spend the rest of my life climbing rocks and paddling rivers!



Thanks

~b

In news:macromedia.dreamweaver, "Paul Whitham TMM" <paul (AT) valleybiz (DOT) net>
posted on Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:24:53 +1200:

The following link is for a PHP cart that integrates well into DW.

http://www.interaktonline.com/products/MXKart/

I like the looks of that program, but I'm wondering -- Suppose I want to
build an e-commerce site for a client and set up their inventory for them.
How would the customer go in and update their inventory without having to
call on me all the time? Does that program provide a special interface
that might work well for the comparatively computer illiterate folks out
there?

Damaeus

While I can comment specifically on the MXKart, in most ecommerce solutions
the products are stored in a database, and maitenance takes place via
webbased forms, which is done by the client. The pages links to the database
and display the relevant information so there is no need for you to get
involved.

--
Regards

Paul Whitham
Macromedia Certified Professional for Dreamweaver MX2004
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net

Team Macromedia Volunteer for Ultradev/Dreamweaver MX
www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia

"Damaeus" <no-mail (AT) hotmail (DOT) invalid.net> wrote

In news:macromedia.dreamweaver, "Paul Whitham TMM" <paul (AT) valleybiz (DOT) net
posted on Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:24:53 +1200:

The following link is for a PHP cart that integrates well into DW.

http://www.interaktonline.com/products/MXKart/

I like the looks of that program, but I'm wondering -- Suppose I want to
build an e-commerce site for a client and set up their inventory for them.
How would the customer go in and update their inventory without having to
call on me all the time? Does that program provide a special interface
that might work well for the comparatively computer illiterate folks out
there?

Damaeus