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For a commercial web site you should have the ability for customers to order on-line with a credit card. For this you need the following:

1- Web site space (about 100 to 200MB)

2- A secure file for Credit Card transactions. (Be sure your server can handle secure files)
Security Certificate 
A chunk of information (often stored as a text file) that is used by the SSL protocol to establish a secure connection.

Security Certificates contain information about who it belongs to, who it was issued by, a unique serial number or other unique identification, valid dates, and an encrypted “fingerprint” that can be used to verify the contents of the certificate.

In order for an SSL connection to be created both sides (server & you) must have a valid Security Certificate. 

3- Several email boxes for various functions. For example orders@score.com, support@score.com, info@score.com, special@score.com, ect@score.com.

4- CGI file
(Common Gateway Interface) -- A set of rules that describe how a Web Server communicates with another piece of software on the same machine, and how the other piece of software (the “CGI program”) talks to the web server. Any piece of software can be a CGI program if it handles input and output according to the CGI standard.

Usually a CGI program is a small program that takes data from a web server and does something with it, like putting the content of a form into an e-mail message, or turning the data into a database query.

5- A FormMail.pl program something like we use on your "Contact Us" button:

Contact Us Button

6- You should have a shopping cart program to assist customer orders. One program I use is uShop. See at:

http://www.uburst.com/uShop/

7- You need a interactive email system to receive orders from the secure site and to give your customer an automatic order confirmation.

8- One server site I use is HostPro. Here is the link to the package I use. (note they provide a ShopPlus shopping cart)

http://www.hostpro.com/hosting/shared/business.html

another option good server site is:

http://www.interland.com

 

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