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matt_f -> creating an order form on a website (1/19/2008 16:40:34)

my goal: ive created a website for a local bar/grill - they now would like to be able to accept online carry out orders (very similar to the service outback steakhouse offers)

ive been googling this like crazy for the last few days and have a vague idea of how i would like to proceed but im curious as to how some of you would do it - in terms of programs to use, setup, payment options, security...etc

any input would be helpful

thanks

~Matt~



coreybryant -> RE: creating an order form on a website (1/19/2008 19:07:19)

This is a bit over FrontPage's realm unfortunately. Let's start off with some of the basics: Do you understand how to code (ASP, PHP, .NET)? Speaking of that, what server side language are you using? And then of course there is the database. You might check out hotscripts - I have seen a few off the shelf menu scripts that might come in handy

With the e-commerce, chances are they already accept credit cards, yes? Have them contact their merchant account provider to see what electronic payment gateway they are compatible with. You can usually get a test store at that point if needed. But let them handle that - they have one merchant account probably. How Does a Credit Card Transaction Get Processed will get you started on the basics. Once they are about ready to go, then tell them to set up the Internet merchant account.

I would not store the credit card numbers and then have them key in the transactions. That might create other problems with their merchant account provider plus storing the numbers leads you to security issues as well.



matt_f -> RE: creating an order form on a website (1/19/2008 19:37:22)


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ORIGINAL: coreybryant

This is a bit over FrontPage's realm unfortunately. Let's start off with some of the basics: Do you understand how to code (ASP, PHP, .NET)? Speaking of that, what server side language are you using? And then of course there is the database. You might check out hotscripts - I have seen a few off the shelf menu scripts that might come in handy



i figured i would have to use something other than frontpage to pull this off. i have very little knowledge of asp, php and .net coding (at the moment) and for the website i use html and some css (if thats what you mean by server side language).

ive spoken to the company my client uses to process credit cards and feel i have a pretty good grasp on that part.

i guess my roadblock is figuring out how to code the 'place an order' part of the site - do i need to setup a database? what would be the best programming language to use? what would be easiest to integrate into the current website?

im going to look into asp php and .net to see what i can learn and ill google hotscripts as well to see if i can answer some of my many questions.

thanks for all the help

~Matt~



coreybryant -> RE: creating an order form on a website (1/19/2008 20:00:18)

Basically, the server side language (ASP, .NET, PHP) will communicate to the database (MS Access, MSSQL, mysql). And basically PHP is ran on *NIX machines, while ASP and .NET is ran on Windows. PHP will run on Windows if installed and you can run some ASP on *NIX if ChiliASP, etc is installed - but better to keep those languages on their native machines

So you will create some code to communicate to a database. Take a look at FrontPage resources, specifically FrontPage Database Results Wizard (DBRW) and FrontPage Database Interface Wizard (DBIW). You can create a basic order form and have it submit to a database - heck, FP will even create a MS Access database for you.



matt_f -> RE: creating an order form on a website (1/19/2008 20:44:01)

ok....so im looking to use ASP or .NET

at least now i have a place to start...ill do some reading and come back to bother you with more questions later

thanks again

~Matt~



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