eCommerce Tycoon

**blink359** · 04-04-2010, 10:20 AM

Hi i am currently helping out a friend by making him a website for his canvas printing but i do not know how to make an online order section for the website i was hoping someone would know how to do this or to point me to a guide or program to make this.
I already have a rough idea on the layout of this and i have my website template already.
First they will upload a picture. Then they chose size from a drop down box e.g

HTML Code:

<form>
A3 Approx. 10" x 14" £21.99 <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="size" value="A3" /><br />
A2 Approx. 16" x 20" £25.99<input type="radio" name="size" value="A2" /><br />
A1 Approx. 20" x 30" £29.99<input type="radio" name="size" value="A1" /><br />
A0 Approx. 30" x 45" £69.99<input type="radio" name="size" value="A0" /><br />
</form>

they will then enter contact info including name phone number adress... etc
then they will chose payment type (For now i just want to add paypal)
then they will submit. i want it to submit the information to an email account.

If anyone can help even in a small area of this it would be much appriciated!
Thanks,

Blink359

**Chianti** · 06:04 AM

You can't do it just in html.
Go to hotscripts and look for a mailer php script that accepts attachments.
The script readme should also tell you what form parameters your html needs to provide.

Here's one that I probably try first:
http://phpmailer.worxware.com/index.php?pg=phpmailer

By the way, why aren't you using a CMS? Eg cmsMadeSimple, wordpress, Drupal, etc
Most have this sort of thing built-in, that you can then use without any scripting knowledge.
That would let you concentrate on the design of the site.