Online order form software

[actionsnaps]

Anyone know of some online order form software? I would like to make a basic order form for my website. I do not know(and don't want to know)html. I have found exceleverywhere.com which is pretty close to what I am looking for. I don't need people to be able to pay as I use Paypal or mailed in checks for payment.

[SimCoWeb]

If you use PayPal then just use their PayPal button creator in your account. Copy and paste the code next to your product and it's all taken care of :)

[actionsnaps]

I use the paypal button on my web site, but I need to create an order page with box's and totals for tax and shipping and such.

[tbonekkt]

It may be too much, but have a look at osCommerce. PowWeb has made it easier for us to use by including an install option in OPS. It is MySQL-based and runs via php scripts. It's pretty robust and has PayPal as a payment option out-of-the-box.

[actionsnaps]

I think they may be a little over my head. What is "oscommerce" will I need to know any programing?

[tbonekkt]

osCommerce is an online store solution. To use the default install, there's not really any programming involved. Just editing the config info (database, password, etc). If you're looking for something that's easily customizable without knowing php or programming, I don't think osCommerce is for you.

[SimCoWeb]

How many products do you have? And, what kind of products?

[actionsnaps]

I do photography and sell pics. The pics will change often. I need a form that people can enter the image number and then chose the size which would have a corresponding price to it. At the end I want it to total the order then add sales tax and shipping. Seems simple enough huh?

[tbonekkt]

osCommerce can definitely do what you want. You should probably check out their website at www.oscommerce.org - a demo is available here (http://www.oscommerce.com/osCommerce22ms2/)

[SimCoWeb]

You'd be much better served to have a full shopping cart. Otherwise you will be endlessly modifying and recreating your order forms. A shopping cart is designed to do exactly as you've described. If you tried to do this with a simple form then you'd have to keep in mind that the form would have to have a database it could pull the shipping from based on UPS or USPS, weight, destination, departure, etc. etc.

Instead of reinventing the wheel you should set up a shopping cart that lets you:


add your products as needed
delete products when sold or sold out
add your product pictures in multiple sizes
calculate shipping based on real time rates
calculate tax based on which state they live in
allow you to offer specials, discounts, coupons
send an order confirmation to both you and the customer
interface with paypal or other merchant providers easily
and be customizable to look like the rest of your site


There's only one cart that does all that and more:

www.upowershop.com

OSCommerce is nice since it's free but it's rather bulky and very difficult to modify the appearance if you don't know HTML and PHP.

[actionsnaps]

I understand about the shopping cart, but I don't think I am being clear. Once I set up my order page, I won't have to change it. The sales tax will only be applicable to 1 state and the shipping charge is always the same, $3.00. I just need some kind of page that will orginize my orders for me instead of getting them via email and having to write them down.

[YvetteKuhns]

I have a shopping cart that does all that. See Fountains, Decor and More (http://www.fountainsdecorandmore.com) that accepts PayPal and Echo payments. This cart can have the shipping be different for every product or can be customized. If interested, contact me.

The only problem we encountered is with AOL users, but with all my research, I see that is common for many shopping sites and forums. But I used it many times, yet it is no longer available for download by the original author due to lack of support. I have customized it many times for people after getting it working.