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HIP TIPS

Usability Tip:
RESET Button and Forms

No online form would be complete without a SUBMIT button. But what about that other button: the CLEAR or RESET button that erases the user's input? Does it help the user? Generally, the answer is no. Often a RESET button does more harm than good.

HTML Tip:
Renewed Importance Of META Tags

META tags are back — at least with some search engines. Depending on your site design and technology, good META tags may be one route to improved search engine rank.

CSS Tip:
You Are Here

One easy way to make your navigation menu more user-friendly is to disable the current page in the menu. We'll show you how to accomplish this using basic HTML and CSS: no JavaScript or PHP coding required!

Search Tips:
Search Tip Archive

eBusiness Schema

Consider the sequence of actions performed by typical Internet users:

New users arriving at an eCommerce site for the first time may create accounts. Existing users may authenticate themselves by providing their unique identifiers and passwords.
After successful authentication, users may add items they are interested in purchasing to their shopping carts and view the list of items in their carts. (Of course, users may also wish to simply browse the electronic store without purchasing items.)
When viewing shopping cart contents, users may wish to change the quantities of items they have selected.
Site visitors may then checkout by confirming they would like to purchase the items in their shopping carts. The items in customers' shopping carts are then entered into the database. Users may then continue shopping or logout.
Customers may also wish to return to the site at a later time to ascertain the shipping and delivery status of items they have purchased.

The flowchart below describes the typical interactions of site visitors with the shopping cart application.

The typical interactions of site visitors with the shopping cart application.


		Application Software		eCommerce Demo

eCommerce Demo

We have developed a demonstration eCommerce application for your perusal, and we encourage you to appraise the application to determine how a customized eCommerce solution may fulfill your business needs.

Online Store

Peruse our fictitious store to demonstrate how an eCommerce application might be integrated for you.

Please don't buy anything — the application is fully functional!

Store Administration

Review the administration control panel used to integrate products, review orders, manage stock, and so on.

To avoid database corruption and access problems, changes to administration controls will not be permanently saved, and the database will be reset every hour on the hour.