This site is based on client side functionality, coded
using JavaScript. Because of this, you're obviously going to need
a Script enabled browser to do any shopping. Don't worry, if you're reading
this, you're already in good shape.
The great advantage of Scripting a site like this is that it runs fast
and can be customized to create the look and feel you want. The site doesn't
constantly make calls to a server database for dynamically created pages; and,
the site doesn't require any special server side software. This in turn means
that anyone with a homepage web site can use this software.
If you're an administrator, you know the potential nightmare of
having your ISP disappear, obsoleting much of your custom code. If you don't
know it, you will. This is not an inditement against ISPs, but
this is an industry in flux .... enough said.
The disadvantage of a Scripted site is that adding items to the database
requires editing of pages "in line". However, we are developing a database editor
that will eliminate this need. If you're going to run a huge site like Amazon.com,
then you are probably better off using one of the data based systems.
OK, here's the pitch.
E-Commerce is here and will grow exponentially if presented correctly.
IBM is currently launching their down-home style campaign to promote
e-commerce. This is a beginning but, the other side of this equation is
the need for friendly looking, easy to navigate storefronts.
When searching the web for possible solutions for our Zanadu storefront,
we could not find any software that allowed the look and feel that was
considered essential to our success. Without exception, the available
software produced sites that were at best techie looking. Any fully
functional implementations were excruciatingly slow. And mastering the
on-line database editing techniques was going to require new skills.
To this end, we have created, entirely in JavaScript and HTML, an on-line
storefront that is lean, friendly, and fast. In brief, it has the
following features, functions, and benefits:
FEATURES:
FUNCTIONS:
BENEFITS:
This is a fully functional, customizable, easily managed storefront
software package. It is most suitable for small to medium sized
implementations and will outperform any of the currently available
software. In short, no store needs to be without web representation.
This software gives ISPs and browser makers an opportunity to add value
to their packages.