[ic] Setting up a tiny store...

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Steve Graham)]

Hey - Interesting web site.
A Klein Bottle Hat - for the zero volume head!
- Gotta Love it

Sorry I couldn't be more assistance.

I am moving my entire site over to interchange, very time consuming, but 
should be worth it in the end.

Best regards,
Steve




>From: Cliff Stoll <cliff@well.com>
>Reply-To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
>To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
>Subject: [ic] Setting up a tiny store...
>Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:05:26 -0800
>
>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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