general question about adding shopping features to a site

[ssbeats]

Hi. A friend has asked me to help them out with their site for a few quid.
They are looking to sell computer hardware only thats is not their primary goal.

I am going to sugguest the idea of rebuilding the site using zen cart.

however im not sure if this is the best soloution for them. How easy/difficult is it to add shopping cart features to an already existing site?

Can someone give me a small break down of what i would have to go through in order to do this?


Thanks.

[Kim]

however im not sure if this is the best soloution for them. How easy/difficult is it to add shopping cart features to an already existing site?

Zen Cart is not meant to be "parted-out" into an existing site. You can incorporate the look and information from the original site into Zen Cart.

[ssbeats]

hi. Thanks Kim.

however, i wasnt actually refering to using zen cart as shopping cart. I was wandering how i would go about adding a shopping cart to an existing site without using zen cart.

This is not what i want to do, but i would like to know how it could be done.

Thanks.

[afo]

You could always build the Zen Cart in its own folder and link it to the main site. The other option is to build the entire site using Zen Cart.

[ssbeats]

Thanks.

However... i want to know how it is done without using zen cart!

By knowing how it is achieved without using zen cart i can make a better judgement.

Perhaps this is the wrong place to post this. I will try a dedicated web development forum.

Thanks again.

[swguy]

Thanks.

However... i want to know how it is done without using zen cart!

This forum is not the right place - you will need to investigate cart-less carts such as GoDaddy's Quick Shopping Cart. Typically you rent these by the month and pay a fee based on the size of your inventory.

Good luck,
Scott