Re: Shopping Carts

At 9:17 PM -0500 2/22/08, Kista Tucker wrote:

Oh my gosh! I'm scared to death to create a shopping, but was recently referred to some free shopping cart software. Though I am trying to learn code on my own ( X-HTML, HTML, CSS, PHP, etc.) I'm not yet very good and am extremely nervous (originally became acquainted with PHP from a designers perspective-Thanks David Powers. I have one page on my website). I have a potential client and he needs a shopping cart. I'm thinking about installing Zen-Cart. Is this a good idea? Does this mean that I should also download XAMPP for Mac OS X? My system is OS 10.4.11. (I haven't yet installed MySQL and I think the version of PHP that I installed last year needs to be updated.) I know someone is going to bite my head off for seeking the above information, but I don't know where else to start. I don't think I can learn enough PHP and MySQL in one week on my own. I don't want to lose this client. Kista

Kista: No way would I write a shopping cart. I might steal one and rewrite for myself, but even then it would take me more than a week. You might want to check out some commercial shopping carts and present them to your client. At least they usually have support to help you install. I think that would be the way I would take -- I have done that before. Try not to be the guru here, but rather the person who can guide your client to get what they want -- if you know what I mean. Good luck, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com