- How can I set up
real-time Credit Card Authorization and
Processing?
- What shopping
cart programs are available and officially supported
for the RaQ servers?
- Will
non-officially supported 3rd party shopping carts
and/or free cgi-based scripts and carts work?
How can I set up real-time Credit Card
Authorization and Processing?
Yes, but at this time the only real-time processing
solution supported by Cobalt is through PaymentNet. For
more information, please see the Cobalt
Networks web site or the PaymentNet site.
CyberCash does not currently support
the Cobalt RaQ 2 Linux (MIPS processor) system. We will
update you if this changes in the near future.
What shopping cart programs are available and
officially supported for the RaQ servers?
At this time, the only officially recommended
shopping cart solution for the RaQ server product line
is the Miva Merchant product. You can find
out more information and features about it on their web
site.
On a side note, we are aware of a version of Mercantec
SoftCart that is compatible with the RaQ and RaQ2
servers, however the CyberCash (real-time credit card
payment and authorization) components of this server
currently do not work within the RaQ environment. PaymentNet does work with the RaQ
servers, but there is no current module within Mercantec
for this system yet. We are continually updated by these
two companies and will post any changes to our Web site
if these products become more "officially"
supported.
Will non-officially supported 3rd party shopping
carts and/or free cgi-based scripts and carts work on a
RaQ?
The answer is definitely "yes", however we must state
officially that we cannot support these applications
(i.e. installation, configuration, customization,
troubleshooting, or repair). A number of developers with
experience in working with Perl and other cgi-scripts
have created complete and reliable shopping cart
applications using free or low-cost scripts from online
script archives.
We're a little hesitent to recommend any particular
script, but we would suggest spending some time with the
free scripts and trying to see whether installing and
configuring them within your Web server is difficult to
you or not. If you have some success, branch out into
other scripts or watch the online message boards
(available at some script archives) for
suggestions.
