I used the webmonkey tutorial to create a storefront business as well. It is very basic, but lets you see where you need to add the things you want.
Rich http://www.shoppalstores.com -----Original Message----- From: Development Team [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:22 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: E-commerce I'll second the motion on the web monkey tutorial. http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/49/index4a.html A couple of years ago, for our e-commerce site we had no choice but to build one. A standard out of the box shopping cart was nowhere near equipped for the extras that we were going to need.. That tutorial help us lay the ground work and learn the in's and outs of what we needed to do... Jeff > "Mike Tangorre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 023f01c14d4a$02873aa0$72a35495@tangormt">news:023f01c14d4a$02873aa0$72a35495@tangormt... > > Hi everyone. > > I am trying to elarn how to create a simple E-commerce site (for > > practice purposes). > > I have no experience with this yet and could use some pointers. > > > > What is the est way to store information when the user wants to add > > something to their basket? > > I was thinking about using a structure of arrays, or a structure of > > lists... or just arrays.. im not really sure what is easiest to work > > with for a novice? > > > > Does anyone know some online examples with code that I could study from? > > Should the cart be stored as a session var? > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > Mike > > > > =================================== > > Michael T. Tangorre > > Web Applications Developer > > > > Alfred University Webteam Slave :-) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AIM: CrazyFlash4=================================== > > "Friends don't let friends code before > coffee!"=================================== > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists