Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 490 pages
- Published by: Trafford Publishing April 20, 2006
- ISBN 10 Number: 1412087597
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1412087599
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 7 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Description
Got an idea for starting an online business? You can start an online business without knowing any programming, because with free CRE Loaded it's all done in your web browser. Just point and click to create your own shop, click to change templates, accept secure online credit card payments, click to set your shipping costs and publish your Internet shop. You don't need to know a thing about e-commerce.
Fill in a form, and you have a gorgeous home page with welcome text, in full-color html with pictures. Same to send a newsletter or emails to customers. It's easy and fun to run a full-service ecommerce website - NOT just an online shopping cart.
This book is a complete step-by-step guide to using the 75+ powerful add-on contributions that are pre-installed and tested for you in CRE Loaded 6.2 Version of osCommerce. You could start with basic osCommerce for free, work a year adding and testing contributions, and have maybe half of a CRE Loaded store. Or, you could get free CRE Loaded and this book, and make money right away.
Who is this book for? * Non-technical readers with little or no web experience who are interested in starting an easy-to-run online store to sell their merchandise or even start an online, home based business, or
* Programmers or webmasters who want to turn out easy to use ecommerce stores quickly and smartly, so your non-technical clients can easily take over their own online business without a hassle.
About this Manual: Completely revised and expanded since the 6.1 Version, with over 350 NEW PAGES, including
* Both the CRE Loaded Users Manual and the osCommerce Users Manual combined into one book
* Covers FREE CRE Loaded Standard Edition, as well as PRO and PRO B2B EDITIONS (for large online business)
* New, easy-to-use format with dozens of checklists
* 200 new, crystal-clear screenshots
* Each task is rated for ease of use, experience, and time required
* New chapter: Using Dreamweaver with CRE Loaded
* New chapter: Taking good product photographs and improving them with Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop
* New chapter: Using Power Tools: FTP Programs, WinZip, and more.
About CRE Loaded: CRE Loaded is an easy to use, free online shopping cart system plus a full-service website management program. It is the best online business you can start today, combining a basic osCommerce shopping cart with 75 add-on programs that do not come with basic osCommerce: Give gift certificates Upload all your products with one click Sell downloadable products like ebooks or music click to connect your store to PayPal or other payment processors so your money is automatically deposited to your checking account Affiliate Program or MLM Make money with Google AdSense ads Shopping cart hosting service with free installation Search engine friendly shopping cart pages plus about
60 more free programs. See the official website at store.creloaded.com for a full list of features.
About the ShowMe(tm) Guides Series This exclusive quality seal is your guarantee that this book contains practical information that you can immediately put to use. Every instruction shows you exactly:
* WHO has the right skill level to perform this task.
* WHAT the task is.
* WHY and WHEN you might want to do this - lots of examples.
* WHERE - LOTS of good screenshots to show exactly what to do.
* HOW - Exactly what to change from, exactly what to change it to.
The ShowMe quality seal also means you will not find page after page of filler. We know you're busy, and if you wanted a general book on Internet history or PHP Programming, you'd be reading that book instead of ours.
About The Author
Also the author of the acclaimed, easy to use "osCommerce Series" of books, Kerry Watson joined the Open Source movement in 1996 as the Producer for the Netscape Navigator website. Her unique mission was to make Netscape accessible to everyday users, not just technical users, and she wrote plain-language tutorials such as Netscape Navigator for Internet Explorer Users and Netscape Tips & Tricks. Before that she was a Vice President of Marketing for NetAdvantage, a turn-key e-commerce outsourcing solution like PayPal. She holds a Masters Degree in Business, and a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree with a concentration in Sociology and Communication.
In 1999 she founded Pithy Productions, Inc., a web project management company that specializes in custom osCommerce-based online business websites (CRE Loaded, Zen Cart, osCommerce, OSC-MAX, Cube Cart, and CartXpress).
Today she is a full-time author specializing in ecommerce programs.
Reader Reviews
As a programmer, I'm almost ashamed to admit that I'm rather bland. I'm not a designer - I just make a Website do things. I happened across this particular book by accident and I'm glad I purchased it. True to its claim, programming skills are not a requirement. The book steps you through everything you need to know. It describes what has to be done and what can be skipped (it even makes suggestions as to what is best unused). The book is rather thick, but it's not intimidating. The content is in sections so, if a certain feature isn't needed, it can be skipped. The beginning of the book contains chapters on how to use HTML editors, FTP and other utilities so beginners will be able to get started in a big way. It even tells of what kind of host to look for and things that the server should have. The reader is walked through the installation of the store in step-by-step fashion. It covers not only the installation, but the configuration of the store, payment, shipping and a host of other necessities. Nothing is overlooked. If a reader has a question about a certain payment or shipping method, there's a description for it - what it is and how it's used. The book also contains disaster recovery schemes so that the store can be recovered easily after a disaster. CRE Loaded has extras built in and all of those extras (known as 'contribs') are described in detail. There was some information in the book that I hadn't seen before - at least not all in one place. Having worked on a non-CRE store or three in the past, I've often run into the frequent questions, on forums, for help on how to set up a download feature in an osCommerce store. Answers varied, but most dealt with suggestions on how to add a contrib. Many people shy away from database changes and code modifications. In this book, I found complete, step-by-step instructions on how to successfully set up a download section. The instructions worked, not only on CRE, but on a brand-new installation of a "stock," basic, non-CRE store! I haven't found such complete instructions on osCommerce FAQ pages. The book includes a client checklist - a list of questions that concern the makeup and design of the store. The client checklist by itself is invaluable. It has the questions a client should answer before a store is launched. It allows the client to further envision the kind of store they want and, with the answers, the designer or programmer has all the information needed to create the store right, the first time (resulting in a huge savings for the client). A side effect is that I learned how to look at coding projects differently. I ask different questions and, as a result, I write more effective code and in less time. The book has a conversational style to it, which I enjoy. I can read the book if I'm away from a computer and know for a fact that I can make something work when I get back to work on a store, or was given an idea that I wanted to try out. Once in awhile, however, I had a question that I thought needed a more detailed answer. In the book is a customer support e-mail address. Try it! Someone actually writes back! I can safely say that I didn't just buy a book, I got the people with it. :) Cool!
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