Help with choosing an ecommerce cart

[stilllooking]

Hello all,
I've searched until I'm exhausted. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance.

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I've got a small online store, about 50 items. I like that the above cart:

*does not take you away to another page when you add to the cart, but it simply and quickly updates the on-screen mini-cart. When you finished, you go to the cart page.

*I need a mini-cart that is on every page like this one, with a good short definition of the items in it like this.

I process orders offline, so the processing gateways are not important to me. I have an existing site and like the current design and freedom, so catalog builder carts are not as attractive since they will force their categories, thumbnails, and design on me. Is there anything this elegant out there that would allow you to integrate it into an existing site?

I looked at XCart, MonsterCommerce, Catcushop, and others that have a mini-cart on all pages, but still have not found one that does not hi-jack the customer to a cart page.

Any thoughts on where to look.
thanks
stilllooking

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[GarryBoyd]

your virtual store. Aussie design in ASP.

[stilllooking]

Garry,
thanks for the reply. maybe I missed it when I viewed yourvirtualstore, but it still looks like it hijacks the customer to view a cart page, and says nothing about existing sites. looks like cactushop or xcart. what am I missing?
stilllooking

[GarryBoyd]

you can run a mini cart at the bottom of each page. When you add an item it shows in the minicart.

You can make a link from existing static pages to place items in the cart, tho you would need the minicart code on the page. The item does not need to be in the database.

The docs are a bit scruffy, but dig around, they are linked on the site somewhere.

[webtress]

Take a look at ecommercetemplates they offer a generic template that you can use with your own design they also have a mini cart add on. The demos on the site may not show it but parameters can be set for once the add to cart button is clicked the page refreshes to where the customer came back from. If you have question you can post pre-sales question on the their forum.

[kbba04527]

I had the same question when I first started out with a little bit of ASP knowledge and came to one conclusion, build it yourself, It easier than you think using ASP and a Secure SSL area supplied by your hosting company..

You collect the details you want.. as in my case I have a Credit Card Machine like yourself so its easy!

...and works for future proofing sites, changes etc

[stilllooking]

Thanks for the responses.

Webtres,
I have looked at the templetes and remember the generic they offered with the mini cart add-on. I think I'm still hooked into categories and thumnails, but I'll take another look. thanks

kbba04527,
I don't know asp, but I like a challenge. Is there available code that has the basics you would start with? I'll take a look at that also.

any more ideas are welcome,

stilllooking

[kbba04527]

I always used ASP Resource Index for Tutorials and code, always handy to look up bits after your first attemp fails.. and trust me.. it does..

Good luck!

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[webtress]

stilllooking, I didn't know a lick of ASP when I started with these templates but since I have learned to tweak the code when I needed (not often) Lately I have been working with the PHP version and my PHP is even less than my ASP but when I get stuck there's usually a guru or two hanging around to ask questions and get answers.