E-Commerce/E-Cart Solution

[ecsurfer]

I wish to build an e-commerce site with my standard HTML/Dreamweaver MX
knowledge. I?m looking into 3rd party Dreamweaver MX products but am not
educated in this genre. Can some one please recommend a product and helpful
info?

note- i've read all mm related articles

DATABASE SERVER LANGUAGE: (I?m not locked into webhost contract yet)
ASP
ASP.NET
ColdFusion
JSP
PHP


3RD PARTY DWMX PRODUCTS:
[url]http://www.shopsite.com[/url]
[url]http://www.netstores.com[/url]
[url]http://www.cartweaver.com/[/url]
[url]http://webgenie.com[/url]
[url]http://www.webassist.com[/url]

[Lawrence TMM]

Here is a good list of carts that are Dreamweaver compatible. All have a
pretty good reputation among the DW development community.

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/product_resources/ecommerce/ecomm_ext.html[/url]

I'm understandably a little partial to the first two listed :-)

--
Lawrence Cramer [TMM]
lawrence at cartweaver dot com

Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
[url]http://www.cartweaver.com[/url]





"ecsurfer" <pdefilippis@wjwb.com> wrote in message
news:d40h13$1ku$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>I wish to build an e-commerce site with my standard HTML/Dreamweaver MX
> knowledge. I?m looking into 3rd party Dreamweaver MX products but am not
> educated in this genre. Can some one please recommend a product and
> helpful
> info?
>
> note- i've read all mm related articles
>
> DATABASE SERVER LANGUAGE: (I?m not locked into webhost contract yet)
> ASP
> ASP.NET
> ColdFusion
> JSP
> PHP
>
>
> 3RD PARTY DWMX PRODUCTS:
> [url]http://www.shopsite.com[/url]
> [url]http://www.netstores.com[/url]
> [url]http://www.cartweaver.com/[/url]
> [url]http://webgenie.com[/url]
> [url]http://www.webassist.com[/url]
>

[ecsurfer]

Lawrence -
I have no CF experience (or any database programming knowledge) can a novice
back-ender use it? What server side environment can or cant CF run on?

I'm looking for a turnkey product with at least the following criteria:
Product may use a custom DW site
A familiar / intuitive interface (DW related)
Payment gateway for visa and paypal (security encription)
"Search" products by catagories etc.
"Register"
"Add to Basket"
"View Cart"
"Checkout"

if your product qualifies and you would like to pitch me your product? Please
email me directly: [email]pdefilippis@mywb17.com[/email]

[Bill]

In my opinion Cartweaver needs no pitch. I own it and can vouch for the fact
that you need not know CF to use the extension and it supports many payment
gateways including PayPal. If you're comfortable with DW you'll find using
Cartweaver very easy. Plus the Docs are very well detailed.


--
Bill

[url]http://www.datapacks.com[/url]
Real Estate Web Sites Made Easy
NOW Modules for Cartweaver

Skype Username: DataPacks.com



"ecsurfer" <pdefilippis@wjwb.com> wrote in message
news:d40p4i$f3c$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Lawrence -
> I have no CF experience (or any database programming knowledge) can a
> novice
> back-ender use it? What server side environment can or cant CF run on?
>
> I'm looking for a turnkey product with at least the following criteria:
> Product may use a custom DW site
> A familiar / intuitive interface (DW related)
> Payment gateway for visa and paypal (security encription)
> "Search" products by catagories etc.
> "Register"
> "Add to Basket"
> "View Cart"
> "Checkout"
>
> if your product qualifies and you would like to pitch me your product?
> Please
> email me directly: [email]pdefilippis@mywb17.com[/email]
>
>

[Dan Short - TMM]

Hi ec,

> I have no CF experience (or any database programming knowledge) can a
> novice
> back-ender use it? What server side environment can or cant CF run on?

ColdFusion can run on Windows or *NIX. More information is available here:
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/productinfo/systemreqs/[/url]

Regardless of the solution you go with, make sure that any host that you're
using supports the proper language. Before you sign any contracts with a
host ask them specifically which version of the particular server software
they're using. If you decide to go CF, make sure that they're running either
CFMX 6.1 or CFMX 7. I wouldn't use a host that's still on CF5 or hasn't yet
updated from CFMX 6 to CFMX 6.1.

> I'm looking for a turnkey product with at least the following criteria:
> Product may use a custom DW site
> A familiar / intuitive interface (DW related)
> Payment gateway for visa and paypal (security encription)
> "Search" products by catagories etc.
> "Register"
> "Add to Basket"
> "View Cart"
> "Checkout"

You can find a full feature list for Cartweaver, as well as demos on our
site at [url]http://www.cartweaver.com[/url]
[url]http://www.cartweaver.com/features/[/url]
[url]http://www.cartweaver.com/demos/[/url]


--
Daniel Short
Lead Developer
Cartweaver

ColdFusion Shopping Cart: [url]http://www.cartweaver.com/[/url]
Extensions from DWfaq: [url]http://www.dwfaq.com/store/[/url]
TMM DW Volunteer: [url]http://www.macromedia.com/go/team[/url]
Design: [url]http://www.web-shorts.com[/url]
DW training at Lynda.com: [url]http://dansshorts.com/lynda.cfm[/url]

[ecsurfer]

That's the problem i'm learning now... For example Verio
[url]http://www.verio.com/virtual-private-server/[/url] will only host CF on a Virtual
Private $erver! CF is propritory unlike php. Can anyone suggest a CF host?

btw - i was also told CF is alot heavier then php? Is their any thruth to this
is is it exagerated?

[Lawrence TMM]

Hostmysite.com or crystaltech.com are excellent choices for large providers.
For a smaller more personalized host you could look at centricweb.com. They
have been very reliable and understand the platform very well.

--
Lawrence Cramer [TMM]
lawrence at cartweaver dot com

Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
[url]http://www.cartweaver.com[/url]




"ecsurfer" <pdefilippis@wjwb.com> wrote in message
news:d418cl$94t$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> That's the problem i'm learning now... For example Verio
> [url]http://www.verio.com/virtual-private-server/[/url] will only host CF on a
> Virtual
> Private $erver! CF is propritory unlike php. Can anyone suggest a CF host?
>
> btw - i was also told CF is alot heavier then php? Is their any thruth to
> this
> is is it exagerated?
>

[Kevin Marshall]

ASP.NET Shopping carts.

[url]http://www.charon.co.uk/content.aspx?categoryid=21[/url]

[url]http://www.webxel-dw.co.uk/extensions/Cart_details.html[/url]


--
Kevin Marshall
WebXeL.com Ltd
[url]http://www.webxel.com[/url]

ASP.NET Dreamweaver Extensions
[url]http://www.webxel-dw.co.uk[/url]
"ecsurfer" <pdefilippis@wjwb.com> wrote in message
news:d40h13$1ku$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>I wish to build an e-commerce site with my standard HTML/Dreamweaver MX
> knowledge. I?m looking into 3rd party Dreamweaver MX products but am not
> educated in this genre. Can some one please recommend a product and
> helpful
> info?
>
> note- i've read all mm related articles
>
> DATABASE SERVER LANGUAGE: (I?m not locked into webhost contract yet)
> ASP
> ASP.NET
> ColdFusion
> JSP
> PHP
>
>
> 3RD PARTY DWMX PRODUCTS:
> [url]http://www.shopsite.com[/url]
> [url]http://www.netstores.com[/url]
> [url]http://www.cartweaver.com/[/url]
> [url]http://webgenie.com[/url]
> [url]http://www.webassist.com[/url]
>

[Bill]

Take a look at both languages. I think you'll find you'll pick up CF much
faster. Besides the girls are prettier and prefer CF junkies. :-)


--
Bill

[url]http://www.datapacks.com[/url]
Real Estate Web Sites Made Easy
NOW Modules for Cartweaver

Skype Username: DataPacks.com



"ecsurfer" <pdefilippis@wjwb.com> wrote in message
news:d418cl$94t$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> That's the problem i'm learning now... For example Verio
> [url]http://www.verio.com/virtual-private-server/[/url] will only host CF on a
> Virtual
> Private $erver! CF is propritory unlike php. Can anyone suggest a CF host?
>
> btw - i was also told CF is alot heavier then php? Is their any thruth to
> this
> is is it exagerated?
>

[Dan Short - TMM]

> That's the problem i'm learning now... For example Verio

> [url]http://www.verio.com/virtual-private-server/[/url] will only host CF on a
> Virtual
> Private $erver! CF is propritory unlike php. Can anyone suggest a CF host?

Crystaltech is the biggie, but we also highly recommend Centricweb.com
(which is a very developer focused company, though they are a big pricier).

> btw - i was also told CF is alot heavier then php? Is their any thruth to
> this
> is is it exagerated?

What do you mean by heavier? If you know HTML, you'll pick up CF quickly.
PHP is a far harder language to learn.

Dan

[Dan Short - TMM]

> Take a look at both languages. I think you'll find you'll pick up CF much

> faster. Besides the girls are prettier and prefer CF junkies. :-)

You've been listening to Massimo haven't you? :). I can vouch for that one
for sure...

[url]http://www.dansshorts.com/?day=4/6/2005#blog318[/url]

Dan

[Bill]

LOL :-) I Love That line and use it every chance I get.

Bill


"Dan Short - TMM" <dan@wittyremark.web-shorts.com> wrote in message
news:d421su$cmh$1@forums.macromedia.com...

>> Take a look at both languages. I think you'll find you'll pick up CF much
>> faster. Besides the girls are prettier and prefer CF junkies. :-)

>
> You've been listening to Massimo haven't you? :). I can vouch for that one
> for sure...
>
> [url]http://www.dansshorts.com/?day=4/6/2005#blog318[/url]
>
> Dan
>

[ecsurfer]

Dan-
By "Heavier" I mean it's not as efficient as PHP... More code (heavy) = larger load times

[ecsurfer]

For all that already use Cartweaver... What is the procedure for having a Visa
& Paypal gateway (cost & programming wise)? I'm confused about MySQL... What is
it and what does it have to do with Catweaver?

[Lawrence TMM]

PayPal is a gateway to accept Visa and other credit cards on line. To set
this up in Cartweaver is literally a two step process, - choose your gateway
in the set up server behavior, and enter your PayPal account email in the
gateway file where indicated. That's it. MySQL is a database, Cartweaver
supports Access, MS SQL Server and MySQL which are the three most popular
databases on the web.

To clear up you general eCommerce questions I'd suggest you take a look at
the three part series I did for Macromedia Dev Net, it may be helpful.

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/ecommerce.html[/url]

If you have any more Cartweaver specific questions feel free to bring them
over to our support forum at

[url]news://support.cartweaver.com/coldfusion[/url]

Hope this helps...

--
Lawrence Cramer [TMM]
lawrence at cartweaver dot com

Cartweaver - ASP & ColdFusion Shopping Cart for Dreamweaver
[url]http://www.cartweaver.com[/url]





"ecsurfer" <pdefilippis@wjwb.com> wrote in message
news:d4371k$8sg$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> For all that already use Cartweaver... What is the procedure for having a
> Visa
> & Paypal gateway (cost & programming wise)? I'm confused about MySQL...
> What is
> it and what does it have to do with Catweaver?
>

[Dan Short - TMM]

I've not personally found this to be the case, but I don't have any
substantiating data to back it up... Too much honestly depends on the server
that's hosting your site, and not necessarily the language you're using.

> By "Heavier" I mean it's not as efficient as PHP... More code (heavy) =
> larger load times

[John Rosey]

A customer needs to evaluate the requirements of the application to choose what kind of hosting to use. Such considerations include database server software, scripting software, and operating system. Most hosting providers provide Linux-based web hosting which offers a wide range of different software. A typical configuration for a Linux server is the LAMP platform: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python. The web hosting client may want to have other services, such as email for their business domain, databases or multi-media services for streaming media.

[martyall]

A customer needs to evaluate the requirements of the application to choose what kind of hosting to use. Such considerations include database server software, scripting software, and operating system. Most hosting providers provide Linux-based web hosting which offers a wide range of different software. A typical configuration for a Linux server is the LAMP platform: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python. The web hosting client may want to have other services, such as email for their business domain, databases or multi-media services for streaming media.

I think it is good solution. Thanks for answering it. I like it. :D