How do I integrate a shopping cart system into my current website?

[runawaykinms]

Hello,

 

I am looking for a somewhat basic/general, step by step, description of how to integrate a shopping cart into a current website.

 

For example, Step 1 might be: Pick a shopping Cart. However, after this step, what actions do I need to take to integrate it into my current website.

 

Thanks for your help.

[Hybride]

There are a lot of factors involving choosing a shopping cart. What language is your site written in? Are you looking for a commercial or free shopping cart? Is it part of a CMS or is it your own site? Those kinds of things. When you figure that out, then it's just a matter of research.

[runawaykinms]

Thanks for your reply,

 

I have researched many shopping carts and have decided that I want to go with Magento. I will be using their free cart software and will be coding in PHP.

 

However, now that I have chose the shopping cart, I am not sure where to start. I know that I will need to download Magento into a folder on my server, but I was looking for a basic description of what to do after that. For example, Magento has many prebuilt includes and pages, but how do I put those pages to work on my previously coded pages?

 

[trq]

how do I put those pages to work on my previously coded pages?

 

Your going to need to have a good read of Magento's documentation.

[runawaykinms]

Thanks Thorpe for the reply.

 

Anyone have some suggestions of good books on using magento, especially when it comes to customization?