Adding a Shopping Cart

[JuneBug]

I see that I can add a shopping cart to my site and have done so with the Zen Cart.

But now, how do I go about getting the site secure and proccessing credit cards on the site properly.

Anyone know where I can get good information on how to set this us. (I might want to use a different cart too)

Each time I try to search for this on the web, I get companies that will charge me to set it all up. I don't want that. I want to know how to set it all up myself. :)

Let me know :)

[stevel]

I would suggest starting with the Zen Cart documentation.

To "make the site secure", I assume you mean to use SSL for the screens where users enter personal information. You will have to edit your configuration to specify the correct https URL and cookie domain for your site. The URL is of the form "https://examplecom.secure.powweb.com" for a site at example.com and the HTTPS cookie domain would be "examplecom.powweb.com".

Processing credit cards is usually done through a payment gateway. Zen Cart offers a number of these as add-in modules. See their site for more info. The gateway providers always charge a fee for transactions.

[JuneBug]

Ok, thanks!