Shopping Cart Software - Ordering Methods
Three Methods To View And Order Products
The shopping cart program includes three methods for customers to view
and order products. Any or all of the ordering methods can be used simultaneously.
- Dynamically Generated Product Catalogue
- OrderForm - Shopping Cart Code
Inserted Into Local Web Pages
- OrderLink - Shopping Cart Links
For Local And Remote Web Pages And e-Mail Messages
Dynamically Generated Product Catalogue
A
shopping cart catalogue is automatically generated by the software from
product information that is stored in the database. This is the easiest
method to create and maintain. Product catalogue pages are displayed within
customizable web page templates, which can be created and updated using
Dreamweaver, FrontPage, or just about any other HTML editing program.
Fonts, colors, and table borders within the catalogue can be modified
within the AShop Administration Panel. Everything is managed through a
browser and no special skills are required.
OrderForm - Shopping Cart Code Inserted
Into Local Web Pages
Complete
shopping cart functionality can be extended throughout your entire web
site* by using OrderForm. Any web page within the same site can include
add to cart buttons, view cart buttons, check out buttons, and a shopping
cart subtotal box, which can be placed anywhere on the pages. This method
supports pop-up add to cart confirmation windows, product attribute selection,
customer comment fields per product, license or terms of sale agreement
requirements, and product discount coupon codes. The OrderForm method
can be used exclusively or in conjunction with the dynamically generated
product catalogue.
*OrderForm pages must be located within or below the same
directory that the shopping cart program files are installed in. The shopping
cart program files can typically be installed in the public root directory
so that any or all web pages within the site can use this method. The
shopping cart program files cannot be installed in the public root directory
on sites that have FrontPage extensions installed.
OrderLink - Shopping Cart Links For
Local And Remote Web Pages And e-Mail Messages
OrderLink
is a simple method of including one click buy links, add to cart links,
view cart links, and check out links within web pages and e-mail messages.
This method can be as simple as a URL with some parameters or HTML forms
may be used to create buttons and quantity selection boxes on web pages.
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