by Zak Ruvalcaba IN THIS CHAPTER Welcome to the chapter that covers the heart of all dynamic Web applications: the shopping cart. Most dynamic Web applications are created for the sole purpose of making money on the Web. Let's face it, why go through all the work of creating a dynamic Web application if you don't plan to make money through it? Sure, companies employ dynamic intranet sites and granted, there are still some, although very few, free Web applications that you can use. In the real world, however, dynamic Web applications are created in an attempt to make money by selling merchandise on the Web. Providing the capability to add items to a virtual shopping cart as you browse through a Web site is still very much a business that commands good money. Companies such as VeriSign, PayPal, WebAssist, and LinkPoint charge to provide developers with the capability to add this virtual shopping cart functionality to their own Web sites. Fortunately for you, Dreamweaver again comes through with the UltraDev Shopping Cart behavior, providing you, the developer, with yet another simple solution that would otherwise cost a few hundred dollars. This chapter discusses creating an online shopping cart for the Web Store application. The topics covered in this chapter include A shopping cart definition An overview of the UltraDev Shopping Cart Installing the UltraDev Shopping Cart Building the Web Store shopping cart If you have not already done so, you can download all the files for this and other chapters from www.dreamweavermxunleashed.com. |