websitedesignby.com » UPS http://www.websitedesignby.com Web Site Design and Programming - Naples, Florida Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:27:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 NatureSong 2009 Redesign http://www.websitedesignby.com/apis/229/ http://www.websitedesignby.com/apis/229/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:32:31 +0000 Ross http://www.websitedesignby.com/?p=229 Nature Song 2009

naturesong.net was redesigned in 2009 to address some issues with the shopping cart, integrate a reseller login so resellers can log in and purchase CDs at a discount and NET 30 payment terms and generally update the look and feel of the site.

The shopping cart and content management system is completely custom. I decided to create a custom system for this site because I had a clear vision of how it should work. The owner, Bill Leverick, wanted to be able to easily update the CDs available for sale. I knew there were off-the-shelf shopping carts and content management systems I could probably have used or customized. Because these products had an ‘audio sample’ component to them that we needed to attach and be able to associate audio files with multiple products, I decided to build it myself. The site integrates PayPal Website Payments Pro for it’s merchant service provider and the UPS API to get shipping information from UPS in real-time for orders with quantities above 2 CDs. The AJAX overlay for each product uses the jQuery framework to handle the JavaScript effects.

In retrospect I am happy with my decision to go completely custom with this site. It allowed me to develop exactly what the client was looking for without excess functionality that he didn’t want or need and might have confused the process. It also allowed me to address his fine-tuning requests quickly and not have to compromise because of an off-the-shelf software limitation.

Here is a quote from the owner:

Ross,
I just logged on to check out the new NatureSong site that you activated today. I am very pleased not only with the graphics, but with the built in ability for me to make necessary changes to the products. You have done a great job and I would heartily recommend you to anyone. Please feel free to use this site and my other web site, Cape Cod & New England Gift Show as examples of your work.
Thanks,
Bill Leverick

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The original site I developed in 1998 can be seen here.

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Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.websitedesignby.com/apis/229/feed/ 0 UPS Rates API Example Using PHP http://www.websitedesignby.com/apis/ups-rates-api-example-using-php/ http://www.websitedesignby.com/apis/ups-rates-api-example-using-php/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:38:56 +0000 Ross http://www.websitedesignby.com/?p=185 This example uses the php class developed by Mark Sandborn (now hosted at code.google.com here). I made a couple slight modifications to the class. Using Marks’ class I created this form to serve as a starting point for you to present your user with various UPS shipping options and their associated costs to integrate into your own shopping cart.

download my sourcecode for the form
Rates and Service Selection XML Tool Developers Guide from UPS

Happy coding!

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