Re: FLASH: shopping cart interfaces

[Lord Shaolin Phoenix]

This website displays a flash database demo for products and purchasing.

Maybe this is what you are talking about? http://www.jelve.com/DbDemo/


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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 3:18 PM

Subject: FLASH: shopping cart interfaces



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>

> >as far as the shopping cart goes I think there is a tutorial on that In

the

> >Flash Magic 4 book.  Slightly out of date, but I bet the techniques would

> >work the same.

>

>

> Thanx for the tip, I'd like to find the info without $trings attached..

but

> if worse

> comes to worst, that will be very valuable.

>

> The whole reason I need something like this is to put the inventory of my

> friends record store onto their webpage, and since I don't want to learn

> perl script or API stuff I figured flash would be the easiest bet.. but

> probably

> the least versitile.

>

> just some add note questions about this subject:

>

> 1) is flash 4 very suited for this, or should I upgrade to flash 5 before

> starting

> into this (I'm not sure if the new version has any added features that

would

> make the interface better.. does it?).

>

> 2) Can somebody point me towards a site that utilizes flash for this

> purpose...

> I'd like to see it in action before I choose this for the best direction.

>

> 3) a very obvious problem hit me while in the shower earlier today, what

> about

> the database? Is it a realistic possibility to make a flash site with a

> user side searchable (and administrator updatable) database of

information?

>

> for the site I'm outlining I need to have the customers

>

> a) be able to search for their product by artist/title/label

> b) be able to update this information weekly

>

> [and]

>

> c) have an interface with a shopping cart and checkout function

>

> if flash isn't capable of doing this, what programs would I need to

realise

> this? I know only basic javascript, but am willing to learn what I need to

> complete this assignment (mainly to learn it.. the pay isn't that great

;)..

>

> if this isn't the best forum for this question, could you please tell me

of

> another that might be.

>

> (:: me.

>

>

>

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