Funisus.com Site Check and Ideas

[jazzmen2290]

Funisus.com

I just landed a deal to redesign this website, The store is an Oscommerce store and has approx 5000 items, they want a high impact store totally done in flash, I have superior flash experience but am not sure if the security of a complete store front end should be done in flash. If any one has suggestions please let me know.

Thanks

[Synic]

Are you planning on using a database? and an application server(ASP, PHP, JSP, ETC) behind this?

The exsiting site is PHP. IF you were going to redo the whole thing in flash, you would still want to be using some kind of database and a server side scripting language - PHP or otherwise, to handle data wharehousing and process input. They will have a secure checkout page, much as you would. Nothing should really be different.

Take the high road and do what you need to track the orders through the Flash catalogue and then have the shopping cart pop up in a secure external window(HTML) and hunk the order data over as POST data. If you have access, just emulate the existing format of the PHP shopping cart; but with your own look. I would even try to maintain the use of thier existing transaction processing vendor to keep things simple.

Security shouldnt be any more of an issue that it already is - if any, regardless of the client. Its getting that info to the server (in most cases) thats could potentially be the problem. Thats why they most likely pay a third party to host the checkout/payment pages.

You got alot more to worry about. 8]
P.S. good for you.

[jazzmen2290]

Thanks for your input, I am planning on using PHP and MYSQL.