Mark Newton
We have found many companies who are put off selling on the web, thinking that it is too complicated and expensive to get started. This certainly used to be the case a year ago but is no longer so. Here we will describe setting up a complete e-commerce site using off-the shelf components to handle […]
In a previous issue I wrote about the problems with the VAT on-line web application and the issue involved it getting it to print correctly, very important for something like a VAT return. John Pym who is a regular PcPro reader emailed me with a transcript of an email conversation about the same problem he […]
Bricks and mortar or TCP/IP and HTML? Walk down almost any high street today and you will see an alarming number of shops boarded up, not just the small independently run ones but even big anchor shops in precincts have gone. This has obviously been the result of the recession coupled with some over optimistic […]
Whilst we are on the subject of on-line shopping indulge me whilst I make an observation on the ‘Verified by Visa’ system. This is the credit card security system where after you have entered your credit card information with the shop or their internet payment provider another window pops up from either Visa or Master […]
Around this time of year the media is awash with reports of the increase in on-line shopping and how the traditional high street retail businesses are suffering. This may be true or not but one of the strongholds of traditional shops is when it comes to choosing and buying clothes, the ability to feel and […]
Whilst building an ASP .NET web site the other day we had a need to put a PayPal ‘pay now’ button, which is normally simple enough. The web site of the provider ( PayPal in this case ) provides a wizard that creates the HTML code for the button and the associated <FORM> tag that […]