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    Planning Out A New Site

    in Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL

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    Hello HartleySan and Matt,

     

    Thank you for posting back to me. Sorry for not posting back sooner.

     

    I am sorry as I have not been sure I have been clear enough. Matt has hit the nail on the head. That is correct Matt, that is how I want the database.

     

    I think my inexperience has made this harder to explain, I think. All I want to do is be able to add a print item and add a design item for the corresponding print item. I think what Matt has said is correct and will read more on this.

     

    If anyone could suggest any ideas or another design I would very grateful.

     

    Thank you for helping me out,

     

    Ben :)

    Multi Currency Php For E-Commerce Site.

    in Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL

    Posted

    I notice many sites also use a visual map page that is shown when you first login, tied to a cookie so if later you come back you don't have to see the map again, that makes you select the location where you are in the world and based on that the correct version of the site is shown. This is used for language versions, prices and specific content.

     

     

    Hi Terry,

     

    Yes I have also seen this too! This is also a great idea. I think that I need to be more better at programming to do that sort of thing!

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Ben.

    Planning Out A New Site

    in Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL

    Posted

    Hi everyone,

     

    I am creating a print site with various printing items. I am planning out the site and I have a few issues that I need help with.

     

    With every product that I sell (be it business cards, flyers, posters etc) I need to have either a check box / tick box for an option to have a design made.

     

    Each of the designs varies in price according to item (business cards, flyers, posters etc).

     

    How would I go about planning this out in the database, so that they match the correct product?

     

    I hope this makes sense to someone?

     

    Thanks inadvance,

     

    Ben.

    Website Registration And Email To Admin?

    in PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition)

    Posted

    One thing to keep in mind is that information sent over email is harder to protect. It's easy to use SSL for Web activity, but to secure an email, the sender needs to use SSL, you need to use SSL to get the email, and the email really ought to be encrypted because it'll go through computers in between. That's assuming there's something sensitive in the email.

     

    As for two actions on one form, if I understand your question, you can't do that using HTML. You can use JavaScript to fake it, but it'd be better to create two different forms with two different actions.

     

     

    Hi Larry,

     

    Once again thank you for replying to me.

     

    Thank you for the advice regarding e-mail. The site will have SSL and will look into encrypting form to e-mail. I have redesigned the form and no longer need it to have two form actions as I just have one form.

     

    I love learning php very much and learn something new each day. Keeps me busy!

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Ben.

     

    P.S. You can close this thread if you want to?

    Multi Currency Php For E-Commerce Site.

    in Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL

    Posted

    Hey,

     

    Sorry I haven't been around to read these answers - I have been busy (like all of us!!)

     

    I think what I am going to do is set the prices in the database (as you said Larry) and have a Change Region at the top which will take the user to the correct location. I am going to read up on how to get a user location (say socks - item no 12345 - GBP) the user clicks the Change Region button and that takes them to socks - item no 12345 - USD.

     

    Hope you all followed!

     

    That way I have have both currencies in the database and not have to worry about it!

     

    Thanks,

     

    Ben.

    Website Registration And Email To Admin?

    in PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition)

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    I have a site where people can sign up for a service.

     

    I want to be able to create a form that registers a user in my database (so they can log in, pay a bill and then log out). In the form I want to be able to send myself a form saying that I have a new order with the relevent information.

     

    So to be clear,

     

    Part 1 of the form would be a user signing up (the details like email and password would be used to access their account)

     

    Part 2 would be information sent over to me via email

     

    Please someone help me!

     

    Thanks,

     

    Ben.

    Multi Currency Php For E-Commerce Site.

    in Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL

    Posted

    Thanks for the nice words on the books. As for this question, the first thing you'd want to decide is whether to base the prices of things on one price, and then convert to other prices based upon a flexible conversion rate, or to set the prices in multiple currencies at once. Then it's just a matter of having a button or link or form element that the user clicks to select a currency. Store that in a cookie or session, and use that to determine what prices to display.

     

     

    Hi Larry,

     

    Thank you for getting back to me. I have choosen to format the currency in USD and have a drop down at the top for GBP. I have a thought that I could design the first page with the US flag and UK flag the user would choose.

     

    In the database I would have tables for US and UK prices?

     

    Not sure this will work but I will give it a go!

     

    Thanks again,

     

    Ben. :)

    Multi Currency Php For E-Commerce Site.

    in Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL

    Posted

    Hello everyone,

     

    I am new to the forums but I have been reading the forums for a while now. I have a couple of Larrys books, I have really enjoyed them but now I have a little problem and I am not sure where to turn.

     

    I need a little help with multi currency for a e-commerce store. I want users to choose from either GBP or USD. I have a few books on on e-commerce and php but I have not found a solution - that is why I am here!

     

    If you could point me in the right direction I would be very happy!

     

    Nice to meet you all,

     

    Ben.

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