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What's the best general approach for building a
storefront/shopping cart website with FrontPage?
There would be about 60 different products.
Most people use pre-packaged software applications for
this. Many such applications are available, but you can
find a representative list at
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/res/resource.aspx?
respage=devcomp#commerce
If you decide to buy such a package, you'll probably need
assistance from your host to get it working. That's
because e-commerce pages usually require databases,
communication features, and other special features that
aren't within your FrontPage Web site. And of course
you'll need to either:
o Buy a packages that runs on your existing host's server,
or
o Be willing to change hosts.
In many cases, the easiest solution is to use a public
storefront like eBay or Yahoo, or to use an
eCommerce/storefront package that your host already
supports. Either way, you start with an empty store, use
prewritten Web pages to enter your inventory and prices,
and customize the visitor pages with the look and feel you
want.
You may also need to get a "merchant" account form your
bank. This is an account that can receive credit card
payments. The alternative is for some other agent (such as
the storefront provider) to receive the payments in your
behalf and then, after a waiting period, send you the
funds by direct deposit, some other form of EFT, or the
classic check-in-the-mail.
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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