ecommerce newbie

[limejudo]

Question.

I want to set up a site where people can purchase items.(Friend of mine ask me to design the site but also wants me to set up the ecommerce side of it.)

I know I'll need to get a ssl cert from Thawte or Verisign but what will I need to set up the ecommerce?

thx

Eric - A+, Net+, INet+ CCNA next week.
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[oppcos]

You will need to concentrate most of your efforts on the server side scripting such as PHP, Perl, or ASP.NET. Never trust client side data or scripting or your site may receive bad info that will end up compromising its security.

You could also always outsource the e-commerce portion of your site to a company such as Nexternal (

http://www.nexternal.com/)

which is what I have done in the past so I didn't have to worry as much about security and legal problems (or even lower tech just set up a paypal account, etc).

 

[limejudo]

Sounds like a winner. I will try the outsource method because I not even going t try the scripting. Thanks oppcos I appreciate the link and info.

Eric - A+, Net+, INet+ CCNA next week.
Network Admin/Helpdesk II

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[Foamcow]

There are a number of open source ecommerce applications available.

Take a look at

http://www.zencart.co.uk

as a starting point.

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