Building an Online Shopping Cart

with:

Lawrence Cramer

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.

Released on: 11/14/2006

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Table of contents

1. Introduction
	Welcome	1:51	1.9 MB
2. E-Commerce Basics
	The elements of e-commerce	6:21	4.8 MB
	SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate essentials	5:06	6.1 MB
	Acquiring and installing an SSL certificate	7:00	6.9 MB
3. Accepting Payments Online
	Accepting credit cards online	3:47	3.0 MB
	Payment methods	5:40	5.3 MB
	Choosing between a payment gateway and a processor	7:02	6.2 MB
	Merchant accounts	5:29	4.8 MB
4. Static vs. Dynamic Sites
	''Static'' e-commerce sites	3:53	3.4 MB
	Dynamic e-commerce sites	3:06	2.7 MB
	Static vs. dynamic sites	4:58	4.3 MB
	Which application language to use	7:40	8.5 MB
	SQL (Structured Query Language)	3:02	2.5 MB
	Hosted vs. stand-alone sites	1:19	1.1 MB
5. Databases
	Database overview	7:37	6.6 MB
	Choosing a database	8:35	7.1 MB
6. Security
	Securing the database	4:56	4.2 MB
	Securing the website	2:38	2.3 MB
7. Shopping Carts
	Building a custom cart vs. buying off the shelf	1:05	1.0 MB
	How to choose a shopping cart	6:56	5.7 MB
8. Basic Elements of a Shopping Cart
	E-commerce essentials	1:32	1.2 MB
	The store and the catalog	4:19	5.4 MB
	The cart	2:23	3.0 MB
	Checking out	4:40	6.6 MB
	Online store administration	3:55	4.2 MB
9. Case Study: Using ColdFusion and Cartweaver
	Setting up the development environment	6:48	10.2 MB
	Installing the Cartweaver Extension Suite into Dreamweaver	3:18	5.9 MB
	Setting up the site	4:04	5.3 MB
	Installing the Cartweaver application into a new site	10:49	14.7 MB
	Setting up the DSN (Data Source Name)	4:22	6.8 MB
	Testing the installation	2:30	4.5 MB
	Code structure	7:35	14.7 MB
	A word about design	4:37	8.1 MB
10. Deploying the Shopping Cart
	Choosing and preparing the host	4:48	3.9 MB
	Uploading the site	4:22	6.2 MB
	Setting up the host DSN	3:17	3.7 MB
	Testing and troubleshooting	8:00	15.2 MB
	Setting up the payment gateway or processor	9:08	15.3 MB
11. Setting Up the Store
	Admin walk-through	6:07	8.9 MB
	Changing the store password	3:25	3.3 MB
	Global store settings	6:02	11.4 MB
	Product options	3:08	4.1 MB
	Categorizing products	4:01	5.7 MB
	Shipping cost setup	6:30	8.8 MB
	Adding products	9:59	16.3 MB
	Customers and orders	6:24	9.5 MB
12. Customer Satisfaction
	Customer service and policies	10:41	17.7 MB
Conclusion
	Goodbye	0:22	0.5 MB