Building an Online Shopping Cart

By 2007, 77% of internet users over the age of 13 -- about 131.3 million people -- will shop online. In these tutorials, instructor Lawrence Cramer helps give business owners the tools to harness this market effectively. Using an in-depth case study and other varied examples, Lawrence demonstrates how to seamlessly create and incorporate a shopping cart and back end to support online customers. Building an Online Shopping Cart covers everything from the general concepts of e-commerce to the nitty-gritty of setting up and customizing credit card and order processing features. The training also covers security, customer privacy, building a store, and developing and integrating customer service and policies.

Table of contents

1. Introduction

• Welcome
  

2. E-Commerce Basics

• The elements of e-commerce
  
• SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate essentials
  
• Acquiring and installing an SSL certificate

3. Accepting Payments Online

• Accepting credit cards online
  
• Payment methods
  
• Choosing between a payment gateway and a processor
• Merchant accounts
  

4. Static vs. Dynamic Sites

• ''Static'' e-commerce sites
  
• Dynamic e-commerce sites
  
• Static vs. dynamic sites
  
• Which application language to use
  
• SQL (Structured Query Language)
  
• Hosted vs. stand-alone sites
  

5. Databases

• Database overview
  
• Choosing a database
  

6. Security

• Securing the database
  
• Securing the website
  

7. Shopping Carts

• Building a custom cart vs. buying off the shelf
  
• How to choose a shopping cart

8. Basic Elements of a Shopping Cart

• E-commerce essentials
  
• The store and the catalog
  
• The cart
  
• Checking out
  
• Online store administration
  

9. Case Study: Using ColdFusion and Cartweaver

• Setting up the development environment
  
• Installing the Cartweaver Extension Suite into Dreamweaver
  
• Setting up the site
  
• Installing the Cartweaver application into a new site
  
• Setting up the DSN (Data Source Name)
  
• Testing the installation
  
• Code structure
  
• A word about design

10. Deploying the Shopping Cart

• Choosing and preparing the host
  
• Uploading the site
  
• Setting up the host DSN
  
• Testing and troubleshooting
  
• Setting up the payment gateway or processor
  

11. Setting Up the Store

• Admin walk-through
  
• Changing the store password
  
• Global store settings
  
• Product options
  
• Categorizing products
  
• Shipping cost setup
• Adding products
  
• Customers and orders
  

12. Customer Satisfaction

• Customer service and policies
  

Conclusion

• Goodbye

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