Web-site Creating Programs?

Updated on March 14, 2008
K.S. asks from Olathe, KS
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HI - I am hoping there are some moms out there that have kept up with the times a bit better than me. The web-program I learned in college to create a web-site on is now so outdated.... I am putting together a web-site for my parents business. Ideally it would be able to allow people to place orders on line and R.S.V.P for events (some sort of data entry windows). Ok, any suggestions. The server place I am hooked up with allows Microsoft programs only. Something not to fancy and maybe not to costly, any ideas? I need help!

***updated I guess I should be more specific. I don't necessary need the customers to be able to pay on line - my parent's business is wholesale paint supplier to contractors. So, I need to be able to put a spreadsheet of so kind to list product and price then they can put in the qualiaty they need, have the e-mail or something to the warehouse for the order to be filled and figured, and shipped. Make since?

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A.R.

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I just used myevents.com. I found it to be easy to do. It isn't expensive either. I do not know if you can set it up for orders. Good luck.

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V.M.

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Hi K.,
Have you ever thought of putting together websites and making really great money at it, part-time around your schedule?
I have a home business and part of my business are web services that a few of my partners specialize in. The company has their own customer service center that maintains the website once it is sold and the customer can make any changes they choose, when they choose without calling on you. It's a business that I haven't personally explored, but I know many people in this business that make a great income doing this.
I just wanted to mention it to you after I read your request, sorry I can't help you with that, but maybe I can help you make a great part-time income.
thank you,
V.

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B.D.

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If you need a shopping cart system (I wasn't sure if that was part of the "place orders"), try foxycart.com It's really easy to use, which is not the norm for shopping carts!

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B.B.

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K.,

I know a lot of designers use Dream Weaver, but I don't know the details on it.

Paypal has tools that you can use to accept credit cards and pay pal payments with on your website and there is several that are free for setup. The one that supports html and is free except for percent of transaction charge sounds like the one you might want. The follow url will get you to a comparison table of their options.
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_profile-com...

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D.W.

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K.~ Try this site www.logicmaze.com this company was started by my cousins and they are great! Hope that helps.

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B.C.

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K. - when you say that the server space you're using allows Microsoft programs only, does that mean they are running ASP extensions on the server? If so, are they running PHP extensions too? Do you have access to setting up a database on their server? If so, there are several open source (free to use) applications available that are very easy to use after you have them installed that can do things like handling orders and events via a web interface. I can recommend a lot of them and give you some advice on how to configure them on your web space if you're able to use PHP. I haven't used any of the once built with ASP scripting in a while. But I have some ideas.

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