I just recently came across this somewhat old post titled Top 100 E-commerce Tips from WebmasterWorld. Despite the fact that the article was published over four years ago, and it’s based upon a slightly older forum thread, there’s still a lot of material in the article worth reading if you do any e-commerce. Even though there are a full 100 tips here, they’re short—most are just a single sentence—and quite valid. Admittedly, I disagree with a couple, and feel like a few could be tossed out, but there are many good points made, and many reminders of things that perhaps you’ve forgotten to emphasize on your most recent e-commerce. project.
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When I was writing my [intlink id=”1578″ type=”page”]Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL[/intlink] book, I naturally did a bunch of research, particularly with regards to the various laws that apply. Understanding the programming behind an e-commerce site is relatively simple; understanding all the applicable laws and implications of doing e-commerce is complex. One of the sites I found to be quite useful was the U.S. Better Business Bureau (BBB).
I’m currently going through some items in my “to read” folder, and am reading, or perhaps re-reading, the Better Business Bureau’s PDF titled “Security & Privacy – Made Simpler“. If you do any e-commerce, or even just Web development, it’s worth reading. It’s a 22-page document that discusses almost every facet of e-commerce, such as:
- Developing a security and privacy plan
- Creating and communicating your security and privacy policies
- Good employee screening and policies
- Common hack/theft strategies
- General Internet security
- Proper handling of customer data
- Payment processing
- What to do in the event of a data breach
- A preview of international e-commerce considerations
The document also has many resources listed in these and other categories. You can download the PDF from that page, but there are also related FAQs and more on the BBB’s site.
In this edition…
- About This Newsletter
- What Were You Thinking? => The JavaScript Book
- On the Web => Flash Builder 4.5/Flex 4.5 for Mobile Apps
- On the Blog => Cookies and Sessions in Yii
- On the Forum => FALSE Comparisons in PHP
- Q&A => Could You Say More About Stored Procedures?
- What is Larry Thinking => Doing What I Do: Web Development
- Larry Ullman’s Book News => “PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites” (4th Edition) and “Modern JavaScript: Develop and Design”
In this edition…
- About This Newsletter
- What Were You Thinking? => “PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites” (4th Edition)
- On the Web => Five Critical E-Commerce Security Tips in Five Days
- On the Web =>More E-Commerce Articles Published Online
- On the Web => New Support Forum
- On the Blog => My JavaScript Book: Table of Contents
- Q&A => Why Shouldn’t I Use require_once()?
- What is Larry Thinking => Building a Career
- Book Giveaway => “PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition)”
- Larry Ullman’s Book News => “PHP for the Web”, “PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites”, and More!
Peachpit Press has just published online another article I wrote titled “Ajax-ifying a Shopping Cart.” The article can be used to expand some of the content in my “Effortless E-Commerce with PHP and MySQL” book. This is the fourth and final article I wrote for Peachpit Press in support of this book (plus the five blog postings).
