[ic] Setting up a tiny store...

[Jack Boling]

Does your ISP Support MySQL and php/apache?
Maybe phpshop would be easier for you.

-----Original Message-----
From: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com
[mailto:interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com] On Behalf Of
Cliff Stoll
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:05 PM
To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Subject: [ic] Setting up a tiny store...

Hi Gang,

  I hesitate to display my ignorance, but I'm trying to set up a tiny
store using a shared Interchange on an ISP.  I've bumped into several
problems.  Probably all these are easy for the experienced, but as a
small time user, I'm baffled.  I'm about 2 weeks into the documentation
and have set up & modified the Foundation store.

Background:

   - My business is tiny - I sell a few Klein bottles every week.  No
need for online inventory.  With less than a dozen products, I don't
want catagories, classes, or search engines.  And because it's so small,
I'm running on a shoestring budget.  Alas, I cannot afford expensive
consultants.

   - I'd like to keep the look and feel of my existing website.  Kludgy,
somewhat disorganized.  I wish to use the existing, mainly static html
which I upload from my home computer.  (ie, I don't want to log into
Interchange to make changes to my product descriptions, pictures, etc.)

Questions:

1) How do I use only the order section of Interchange?  That is, a user
sees a popup menu on my webpage (a form/post) which takes her directly
to the checkout page?  That is, I don't want to engage categories or
left/top menus.

2) How can the top navigation menu be entirely eliminated?  In the
foundation store, this says, "Home, Login, Your cart..."

3) How do you set a shared SSL for the checkout page?  I can't find a
way to set this using the Wizard.  The Administration part *lists* the
Secure URL, but I can't find a way to *set* it.

4) Can Interchange be set up and managed using ftp and the adminstrative
interface, but without shell/telnet access?  The Interchange
documentation assumes shell access, but my ISP doesn't support this.
(Aargh - I know, change ISP's ...)


Many thanks for your advice!  I'll happily reward significant help with
a Klein Bottle or two!

-Cliff Stoll  http://www.kleinbottle.com

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