[ic] Setting up a tiny store...

Dan McCullough interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Jan 25 16:11:01 2002


If you have mysql and php I have a tiny (4 scripts) app that will fit in perfectly, no need to
change anything to do with already build html pages, you just plug in the cart make a call/link to
it and your gone.

let me know

dan
--- Jack Boling <buddha@cgfx.net> wrote:
> Does your ISP Support MySQL and php/apache?
> Maybe phpshop would be easier for you.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com
> [mailto:interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> Cliff Stoll
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:05 PM
> To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
> Subject: [ic] Setting up a tiny store...
> 
> Hi Gang,
> 
>   I hesitate to display my ignorance, but I'm trying to set up a tiny
> store using a shared Interchange on an ISP.  I've bumped into several
> problems.  Probably all these are easy for the experienced, but as a
> small time user, I'm baffled.  I'm about 2 weeks into the documentation
> and have set up & modified the Foundation store.
> 
> Background:
> 
>    - My business is tiny - I sell a few Klein bottles every week.  No
> need for online inventory.  With less than a dozen products, I don't
> want catagories, classes, or search engines.  And because it's so small,
> I'm running on a shoestring budget.  Alas, I cannot afford expensive
> consultants.
> 
>    - I'd like to keep the look and feel of my existing website.  Kludgy,
> somewhat disorganized.  I wish to use the existing, mainly static html
> which I upload from my home computer.  (ie, I don't want to log into
> Interchange to make changes to my product descriptions, pictures, etc.)
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1) How do I use only the order section of Interchange?  That is, a user
> sees a popup menu on my webpage (a form/post) which takes her directly
> to the checkout page?  That is, I don't want to engage categories or
> left/top menus.
> 
> 2) How can the top navigation menu be entirely eliminated?  In the
> foundation store, this says, "Home, Login, Your cart..."
> 
> 3) How do you set a shared SSL for the checkout page?  I can't find a
> way to set this using the Wizard.  The Administration part *lists* the
> Secure URL, but I can't find a way to *set* it.
> 
> 4) Can Interchange be set up and managed using ftp and the adminstrative
> interface, but without shell/telnet access?  The Interchange
> documentation assumes shell access, but my ISP doesn't support this.
> (Aargh - I know, change ISP's ...)
> 
> 
> Many thanks for your advice!  I'll happily reward significant help with
> a Klein Bottle or two!
> 
> -Cliff Stoll  http://www.kleinbottle.com
> 
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