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Any ways to simplify my webstore?


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#1   woodworkprojects

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Posted 11 August 2005 - 08:09 PM

Can anyone help me with 2 questions? I've searched the fora but couldn't find anything relevant. I'm a newcomer to PHP and still struggling with the concepts.
What I want is:
1 . a way to cut my store down to a single page of items for sale, with no categories, specials, new items etc. I expect I'll eventually work out what to do by trial and error (or give up and buy Actinic or the like) but if any expert has a useful tip I'd be eternally grateful.
2 . a way to eliminate the register/login process completely. What I want to do is let customers fill their carts then go straight to PayPal to buy: I can't afford the banks' rates to accept payments myself and PayPal is the cheapest service I can find out there. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help out a newcomer.

#2   Vger

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Posted 11 August 2005 - 09:32 PM

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a single page of items for sale

All you need is an html page with some Pay Pal 'Buy Now' buttons.  osCommerce is overkill for what you're trying to do.

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#3   woodworkprojects

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 07:27 PM

Many thanks for taking the time to read my post. You're probably right about using the PayPal buttons, but I'd hoped to link to a stock database so that customers wouldn't order something I didn't have. On reflection that was naive of me since I wouldn't have known how many opted out before completing the PayPal transaction. Duh!
Thanks again, anyway