secure transactions?

[gerrymcc]

I'd like to create a website which shows pictures of items and their
prices, and enables visitors to order items with a credit card. What
technologies are required in order to achieve this in a basic, safe
way, what arrangement must I make with the credit card companies,
etc.?
Thanks,
Gerard.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

I'd like to create a website which shows pictures of items and their
prices, and enables visitors to order items with a credit card. What
technologies are required in order to achieve this in a basic, safe
way, what arrangement must I make with the credit card companies,
etc.?

You would need:

- a merchant account with your bank;

- a secure web server with an SSL certificate signed by a major
trusted root;

- access to and knowledge of some server side scripting language
(such as PHP, JSP or CGI/Perl)

and you would probably also want:

- access to an SQL database and knowledge of SQL

You would find things much easier if you used a service such as paypal to
take care of the transactions.