ADC
URL - The return code required by
Authorize.Net to process your credit card
information. Our ADC URL is https://www.hostline.com/cps/cart/ro_return.asp
Appearance Maintenance
View - The control panel view that establishes
text and background colors, background images,
logos, headers & footers, and other global
properties that influence appearance.
Authorize.Net - The
online credit card processing company the cart was
designed to compliment. If you want to use
online order processing (either automatically or
manually, depending on your preferences), you will
first need to establish a Merchant Account with a
cooperating bank (Authorize.Net provides a list)
and they will do all of the coordinating with
Authorize.Net. You just need to supply your
merchant ID and password to our cart and you are
ready to go.
Billing Maintenance View -
The control panel view that contains your
Authorize.Net and accepted credit card
information.
category
- The initial organizing level of the
cart. For example, a shopping cart for a
shoe store might have Shoes, Boots, Sneakers, and
Sandals as categories. Individual items
would then be listed inside the category.
cookie:
A temporary file placed on the customer's browser
that identifies that customer whenever he or she
makes a selection. The cookie can reside
permanently in your web browser folder or can be
removed after a transaction is complete.
CoastCart requires the use of cookie technology
and a customer needs to give permission for the
receipt of cookies to do business online.
Configuration Maintenance
View - The control panel view that sets up the
database fields that will be gathered for your
product items.
CP Home - The link on the
navigation menu that will take you back to the
Control Panel home page.
customer profiles - Each
customer has a profile in your database that
contains their name, address, phone number, credit
card and e-mail address. The database is
secure and each transaction involving the profile
is encrypted.
database - The cart uses
an Access database, which is really a collection
of tables containing data. The database is
an excellent way of storing and sorting data.
deep
link -
A feature that allows
a graphic and brief description for this item to be displayed on the
home page of the cart. This is perfect for special items. The
link will go to the full description and order form for the item.
default.asp - The main
page of your site or subfolder. This is set
to appear automatically when visitors type in your
domain name. With all other web pages, the
visitor must type in a unique name. If you
use the URL http://www.mydomain.com/cart
and don't specify a file, then the browser will
automatically bring up the default.asp page.
Note: It is very important not to edit this
page in any way, as it will disable your cart.
drop-down box - This allows you customers
to customize their shopping purchases and saves
you from having to assign different SKUs to yellow
sneakers, red sneakers, green sneakers, and blue
sneakers.
FAQs - Internet lingo for
"Frequently Asked Questions."
There are some problems or issues that more than
one person has had that we can pull together and
answer ahead of time.
form - A specialized html
file that gathers information from your site's
visitors
form field - Each
individual field in a form, such as
"name," "address,"
"e-mail address"
frames - A specialized
html file that contains multiple files
gif
- A type if image file best suited for flat, non-gradiated
colors, and is used often for text, cartoons, and
backgrounds. It tends to be smaller than a
jpeg.
include
- A type of file that contains part of the html
code for a given page. It doesn't have
enough code to comprise a complete page so that
when it is inserted into another file (in this
case, default.asp) it doesn't create conflict with
the other snippets of code.
include_footer.asp
- A specialized include file in your /cart
subfolder that has code specific to the
cart. The header file can customize the
text, colors, backgrounds, and images used in the
cart.
include_header.asp
- A specialized include file in your /cart
subfolder that has code specific to the
cart. The footer most often contains contact
information and copyright notices.
Invoice
View - In the Review Orders View, this view
allows you to see all the information about a
given order - shipping and billing address, credit
card, and order numbers.
item
- The cart's name for each individual item
that is for sale.
jpeg
- An image file that is best suited for shaded
colors. It tends to be a bit larger than
gifs and are usually used sparingly.
logo
- The graphic image used for your corporate
identity.
merchant
account - If
you currently sell retail or provide services, and
you accept credit cards, you already have a
merchant account. This is a special account that
allows you to accept payment by credit card. Some
merchant accounts are set up for direct retail
sales, and some accounts are set up for Internet
sales. You need a merchant account that allows
credit card acceptance via the Internet.
navigation
- The ability to move between web pages via
hyperlinks. A good web site allows for easy
navigation between important pages.
optimization
- The process of making images compact enough for
the Internet. A jpeg, for example,
that begins in Photoshop as a 50K file can usually
be shrunk down to 15K. Properly optimized
images are faster to download, which means your
customers will see your images quickly.
Order
Processing View - The view that shows all of
the information you will send to Authorize.Net for
this account and allows you to submit the order
for authorization and capture.
Purge
Database View - This view eliminates old and
unprocessed shopping carts from the
database. This cannot be undone.
Review
Orders View - The view that allows you to see
all of your orders, both new and old, that have
been submitted by customers. From this
view you can go to Edit Profile Views, See Invoice
Views, and Process Credit Card Views.
shopping
cart - A program that allows a site's visitor
to choose multiple items, checkout with them, and
pay for them using a credit card.
SSL
(Secure Socket Layer):
Credit card data must be transmitted securely
through a process called encryption (or
scrambling). You can tell when you’re on a
site that has SSL security because the URL starts
with “https” instead of the non-secure
“http”.
test
mode - When you are first setting up
Authorize.Net, you can use this mode to pretend to
process.
text
field
Text fields allow your client to
enter unique information, such as monograms, names
and addresses.
upload
- The process of importing images (in this case)
to a subfolder in your site from some other
source. The upload function of the cart
defaults to "My Pictures" on your
c-drive.
URL
- the Internet address for your site. www.mydomain.com.
A complete URL can contain subfolders and file
names, as well.