E-Commerce/Shopping Cart

I have a client that would like an e-commerce site for her
business. I've searched various e-commerce web building sites and
have found that the templates used are not sufficient nor
attractive for me or the client.
I like to do a lot of my web building using Dreamweaver 8,
Frontpage, and Publisher. I would prefer to use Dreamweaver 8 and I
have been searching tutorials, manuals, forums, etc. trying to find
an answer.
I'm not the "best" person when it comes to web designing, so
therefore I would prefer an almost Step-by-Step Guide that I can
read. Money is very scarce so going out and purchasing books or
software really isn't an option as well.
Can someone knowledgeable in this PLEASE, PLEASE help. I have
been working on this for a week now. I need an answer ASAP as the
site needs to be built and ready to be uploaded in 3 days.

As time is of the essence, at this point, I would recommend
using a prebuilt
cart .. if there aren't too many products, you can use
something like the
PayPal shopping cart, which is free and there are
instructions on the paypal
site for getting started.
Also see if your host has a shopping cart included .. many
have a simple one
already included with your package.
Nancy Gill
Adobe Community Expert
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2003)
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>I have a client that would like an e-commerce site for
her business. I've
> searched various e-commerce web building sites and have
found that the
> templates used are not sufficient nor attractive for me
or the client.
>
> I like to do a lot of my web building using Dreamweaver
8, Frontpage, and
> Publisher. I would prefer to use Dreamweaver 8 and I
have been searching
> tutorials, manuals, forums, etc. trying to find an
answer.
>
> I'm not the "best" person when it comes to web
designing, so therefore I
> would
> prefer an almost Step-by-Step Guide that I can read.
Money is very scarce
> so
> going out and purchasing books or software really isn't
an option as well.
>
> Can someone knowledgeable in this PLEASE, PLEASE help. I
have been
> working on
> this for a week now. I need an answer ASAP as the site
needs to be built
> and
> ready to be uploaded in 3 days.
>

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