Starting an E-Commerce Site; Laying Out the Foundations; Starting the BalloonShop Project; Creating the Product Catalog: Part 1; Creating the Product Catalog: Part 2; Product Attributes; Search Engine Optimization; Searching the Catalog; Improving Performance; Receiving Payments Using PayPal; Catalog Administration: Departments and Categories; Catalog Administration: Products; Creating Your Own Shopping Cart; Accepting and Processing Customer Orders; Product Recommendations; Creating Customer Accounts; Storing Customer Orders; Implementing the Order Pipeline, Part 1
Summary
With the latest incarnations of ASP.NET 3.5 and SQL Server 2008, programming dynamic data driven web sites with Microsoft technologies has become easier and much more efficient than ever before. Fewer mouse clicks and fewer lines of code can now enable more powerful features and the tools you need Visual Web Developer and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition are free. In Beginning ASP.NET E-Commerce in C♯: From Novice to Professional, you ll learn how to best use the free development tools offered by Microsoft to build an online product catalog. You will gain an intimate understanding of every piec