Implementing a Simplified E-Commerce Solution in Java

Creation ANSI/AIM Code 128 in Java Implementing a Simplified E-Commerce Solution

Accept The Terms at the bottom of the screen Be sure to write down the user ID and password you choose on a slip of paper and keep it handy; you need this information to set up your shopping cart The New Account Created screen you see in Figure 2-4 appears When you create a new account with CCNow, you automatically receive an e-mail containing the latest detailed instructions on setting up your shopping cart

Figure 2-2: The signup page gives you one more chance to read the client agreement before signing up

To log onto your newly created CCNow account, follow these steps:

the user ID and password you chose in Step 4 of the previous list Note the s after http Typing the s is important because it sends you to a secure site

Accept The Terms, shown in Figure 2-5 The Account Summary for your newly created account appears (Check out Figure 2-6 to see an example)

After you establish an account with an e-commerce provider, you need to specify the way you want your shopping cart to look To customers, shopping cart means the list of items they ve selected to purchase But to you, the e-commerce site developer, shopping cart has a slightly broader definition: It refers to all the software features features such as a product list and shipping calculations that allow customers to view and purchase your products

Figure 2-6: From this screen, you can set up your shopping cart, change your contact information, and much more

Here are some considerations when configuring your shopping cart: Descriptions of the products you want to sell The shipping you intend to charge for each product What image (if any) you want to display on the shopping cart The following sections show you how to set up a shopping cart for a newly created CCNow account In this chapter, I demonstrate setting up a bare-bones shopping cart CCNow offers many additional ways you can customize the way your shopping cart looks and behaves as do most other simplified e-commerce solution providers

A shopping cart is software that allows your customers to choose which of your products they want to buy and how many of each Shopping carts usually include a description and pricing information for each available product Follow these steps to add products to your CCNow shopping cart:

4 Provide a description of the product (refer to Figure 2-7)

Make sure that you include values for the Product ID Number (choose any identifier you like), Product Name, Price, and Weight

You can add additional products to your shopping cart by clicking the Add Another Product link, which you can find near the bottom of the Product Added screen

You likely want to charge your customers for shipping and handling To set shipping and handling charges in your shopping cart, follow these steps:

in the list that appears, specify whether you want to ship products to customers in the United States, United States and Canada, or anywhere in the world

You can customize your CCNow shopping cart by adding an image for example, your company logo to the top of the shopping cart Here s how:

on your Web server For tips on creating an image, check out Book V, 1; for help in uploading an image from your computer to a Web server, see Book I, 1

For best results, choose a logo in either GIF or JPG format Your image dimensions should be 500 pixels wide by 36 pixels high or smaller (For an overview of image formats and dimensions, check out Book V, 1)

Logo On Customer Ordering Screens, as shown in Figure 2-9

your image, as shown in Figure 2-9