You have decided to open an online store selling items from different categories. You will need a few things to get started with your e-commerce website :
• Something to sell
• Some mechanism for your customers to pick what they want to buy
• Some way for your customers to pay for what they want to buy
• Some process to get merchandize to your customers. To spice things up a bit you have decided to sell something funny and demanding like:
• T-shirts with a Superhero image and your company logo on them.
• Bumper stickers with a Superhero image and your company logo on them.
• Coffee mugs with a Superhero image and your company logo on them.
• Comic Books
• CDs/DVDs To create various online store items you are allowed to use Photoshop software and any superhero character of your own choice, e.g. Spiderman, Batman, Superman, etc. or you can create your own superhero.
For the online site you must have the following pages connected with the database :
• Home page with products
• Log in page for existing customers with forgot password option.
• Register page for new customers
• Shopping cart -list of all products selected by customers
• Check out process involving the following steps:
• Customer enters billing and shipping information
• Verification of accuracy of their orders and facility to make any last minute changes
• Customer receipt with order number and confirmation.
• E-mail sent to the customer.
Task 1 : interim deadline (6th October 2014) (Formative Assessment in Week 3) To create dynamic and static web pages scripting languages are used. Identify types of scripting languages with examples. Which languages would you prefer for creating your online store? Critically evaluate the functions and advantages of web applications. (200 words) You will be selling products online. Explain different laws and legislation that you must observe as a Webmaster to make sure that you are not selling something illegally. Customers on the Web always need a secure way to purchase any products. Give your recommendations on security requirements for online business stores?
Task 2 interim deadline (20th October 2014) All designs must be annotated. Observation must be done by Tutor. Explain which tools you have selected to design the web pages for your online store. a) Front end designs- provide designs of home page, Log in page, Registation page,
Shopping cart, Check out process. Explain the functionality of each web page designed.
b) Backs end design - ERD of the database. Prepare a list of all entities, attributes,
Pk,Fk and type of relationships.(200 words) Not all plans are successful. As a webmaster evaluate alternative designs and solutions to make sure your online store project is successful. shots must be annotated. Observation must be done by Tutor. (Formative Assessment in Week 7) Implement a web application to a prepared design using client-side and server-side scripting languages. Implement a web-enabled database management system to store, retrieve and manipulate data in a web application. Identify and implement opportunities for error handling and reporting.
Task 4 interim deadline (17th November 2014) All screen shots must be annotated.(Formative Assessment in Week 9) Critically review and test a web application using a web enabled database management system. Analyse actual test results against expected results to identify discrepancies.(200 words)Critically evaluate independent feedback on a developed web application and makerecommendations for improvements. (200 words) Create user documentation for a developed web application. (200 words)