E-commerce Standards
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Hello, I'm wondering if there are any published standards or best practices regarding payment pages in e-commerce websites. I've browsed the WC3 standards and couldn't find anything related to this. Basically, I'm wondering if a program could be written to parse HTML to determine if a particular page followed a particular standard or best practice. So the question is, is there such a recognized standard or best practice that can be checked against? Thanks a lot! Ian
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Hello, I'm wondering if there are any published standards or best practices regarding payment pages in e-commerce websites. I've browsed the WC3 standards and couldn't find anything related to this. Basically, I'm wondering if a program could be written to parse HTML to determine if a particular page followed a particular standard or best practice. So the question is, is there such a recognized standard or best practice that can be checked against? Thanks a lot! Ian
In a word, no. There is no standard for this just as there is no real standard for login pages. There are guidelines that you should follow but that is the subject of long winded articles. I would say your best bet would be to use a payment portal like Paypal, Google Checkout or DPS, they'll handle security and all the behind the scenes financial stuff. When dealing with finance it's better to let a 3rd party handle it if you are not 100% confident that you know exactly what you are doing.
Brad Australian The PHP MVP - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
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In a word, no. There is no standard for this just as there is no real standard for login pages. There are guidelines that you should follow but that is the subject of long winded articles. I would say your best bet would be to use a payment portal like Paypal, Google Checkout or DPS, they'll handle security and all the behind the scenes financial stuff. When dealing with finance it's better to let a 3rd party handle it if you are not 100% confident that you know exactly what you are doing.
Brad Australian The PHP MVP - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.
Thanks for taking the time! I appreciate this insight as I have no real experience in this area. Ian
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Thanks for taking the time! I appreciate this insight as I have no real experience in this area. Ian
You're always welcome.
Brad Australian The PHP MVP - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.