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why does everyone insist on making 4 page storefronts in the forums, is this a rule i'm just missing or are people doing it for the RP effect because I've thought of an idea that would eliminate at least the 4 page storefronts... and leave room to RP the store.

What I'm doing is taking a e-commerce system, removing all payment and shipping modules from it, and pretty much what it does is make a shopping cart for these items. It then emails me, and the user of the products 'sold'.

What i'm thinking of this is someone who wishes to buy something from this system goes to the site, puts together their order and recieves the email. It provides an accurate total, and an easy to copy and paste invoice to then put in the storefront thread in International Incidents forum. Then the store owner responds with shipping information and order confirmation similar to a few other store owners.

idea's thoughts flames welcome.

If you want to write this as an unofficial resource, go ahead. I would be incredibly shocked if NS incorporated anything like this in an official manner.

I tried writing a php script like that, but the complexity overwhelmed me, so I just gave up on it.

If you can write something like that, kudos to you.

I tried writing a php script like that, but the complexity overwhelmed me, so I just gave up on it.

If you can write something like that, kudos to you.
well, php is a pain to write. Try a HTML code instead. It's a lot more user friendly, trust me.
Anyway, can you send me a copy of the PHP coding? My email is here (mailto:gameskid_4000@yahoo.com). I would like to see it just for fun, if you don't mind.

well, php is a pain to write. Try a HTML code instead. It's a lot more user friendly, trust me.
Anyway, can you send me a copy of the PHP coding? My email is here (mailto:gameskid_4000@yahoo.com). I would like to see it just for fun, if you don't mind.


It's.... not like that... you use php to do stuff server side, count, add stuff to databases, etc.. html is just a markup... Any time you are using php, you are going to have to use html to display something to the user... if you are using html, then it's not dynamic (ruling out cgi, etc). PHP is used to make it more "dynamic"... changing...

what I'm using is osCommerce a free open source shopping cart. it's included in fantastico which almost all paid hosts include in your account.

I'm pretty much spending all my time finding all the information we'd like to sell. And building the catalog.

If you'd like to take a look check out


http://www.bigcountryhosting.com/naviblah/

I'll help anyone that wants to build a similar project.