VP-ASP Frequently Asked Questions

VP-ASP Shopping Cart Solution.

This demo version does not have the latest VP-ASP code
It does NOT have many of the features of the full VP-ASP Shopping Cart Solution.
It is fully functional but you are not seeing its full potential

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Components NOT supplied in the demonstration version include.

Full Source Code
Detailed Design Guide
Merchant Sales Reports
International Language Support. The ability to change all the captions from English
Support for local currency and dates
Shipping calculations by weight, quantity, database lookup
Subcategories
Confirmation order printed for customer
Ability to use images and columns for categories and sub categories
Stock Control including stock low reports
Extensive interfaces to FrontPage and other webs
Email order confirmation to customer
Email order confirmation to merchant
Product features that result in drop down lists such as color, size or any attribute you can think of
Free add-on for electronic payment systems such as Authorize Net, Cybercash, eWAY, ESEC, Secure Checkout, Signio and many others
Export data for analysis with spread sheets or local database
E-mail customers directly from the database
Easier configuration for ODBC and SQL Server connections
Enhanced security for database tables
Enhanced error handling
Free upgrades for a year
Free Support
and many more minor useability enhancements

If there are features that you need, contact us. We welcome your suggestions.

What can VP-ASP Do for you

Using VP-ASP as a self contained application requires that the database be loaded with products and categories. This can be done by using Microsoft Access on your own PC or using the shop administration functions via your browser. VP-ASP can then be used as a fully self contained web application. It automatically shows products, categories, search, and normal buying, checkout and administration facilities. You do not need FrontPage or any other editor.

You can modify the "look and feel" by changing the include files for the header and trailer portion.
The colors and feel of the categories, products and shopping cart are also easily changed.

Integrating VP-ASP with your existing web

The design guide list numerous ways to integrate VP-ASP with you existing web. For example from FrontPage you could list all products under a certain price. The examples show you the simple interfaces use a hyperlink.

Any existing web can easily interface to VP-ASP. There are two ways. By just including a simple link anywhere in the existing web to routine shopdisplaycategories.asp all the shopping facilities, product displays are automatic. No further interface is required.
<a href="shopdisplaycategories.asp">Display Categories</a>

All the features of your existing Web are still there
but shopping component is now part of your web.

The second method of interfacing to your existing web is slightly more complex
A specific hyperlink is added anywhere in your existing web to routine shopaddtocart.asp.
This will allow adding one specific product to the cart from anywhere in the existing web.
Two parameters are required as shown below. the product id come from the products database.
<a href="shopaddtocart.asp?productid=1&quantity=1">Click to Order</a>

Last Update: May 13, 2000