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actually, i really want to get your tutorial, but must i pay for it, why the other tutorials in nettus not must be paid.
actually, i really want to get your tutorial, but must i pay for it?
why the other tutorials in nettus not must be paid….
this is nice!
but u r nice too
^ asshole i’m not that nice u see jatindar
Thanks a lot staff!
I’ve been a member for 3 month and I don’t regret it!
(for $22 – almost 13gb of tuts & files + very good quality)
I urge you people to support TutsPlus to make possible this quality content!
Just one thing im not sure of. If somebody join plus, does he/she have access to a previous plus tut?
Yes you will.
Basically when you join the plus tuts you get access to previous tutorials which have been developed in the past.
Just because you have joined for instance from today, does not mean that you get plus tutorials only from today onwards. Instead you will/should get access to legacy entries as well.
Hope this helps,
Owen.
thanks Owen
Same thing I was wondering! :) Thanks for the info Owen.
And you also get access to all the Plus content from PSDTuts, VectorTuts, and AudioTuts as well. Not just NetTuts.
http://v3.thewatchmakerproject.com/journal/276/building-a-simple-php-shopping-cart
http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/
*yawn*
why do people pay for tutorials you can easily get with a simple google search?
nettuts gives more information than Google :)
ooh..i don’t think so :-( by google we can find anything even nettuts information, but not for nettuts. It will be better if u said “nettuts prepare the better web development tutorial than the other tutorial website”
@joe starnford, yach..i agree with u :-), and i have download tutorial from :
http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/php-mysql-shopping-cart-tutorial.php
it is very good for beginner.
Do Net Tuts pay the publishers .I don,t think so.Then Y are they charging the readers.Basically Net tuts is the repository of tutorials you find on net by searching on Google.Turn Net Tuts in open community.All will be benefited.
I agree Philips Tel…
But Just for Fun I said that comment….
Yeah its good for beginner …………
:-)
Going to have to get myself registered for TutsPlus I think ASAP!!
I’ve enjoyed and learnt a lot so these tutorials and this one comes at a great time for me, working with PHP on a few project right now!
Thanks
Does this tut cover payment too? If it does, I’m finally buying a membership!
No, it doesn’t go into payment. It’s still a great though.
I can’t complain about the price. Including all the sites under one Tuts membership was a great idea.
Unfortunately I’m incredibly broke all the time and you guys pick the Tuts I reeeaally want to see and +’ify them!
pretty cool, nice and simple
I’d also like to know if it covers payment stuff. If not, kind of useless for anyone that knows basic php / mysql
for paypal integration , seach on nettuts .. Paypal integration tutorial is there .
Hi Nathan, it doesn’t covers the payment stuff, maybe on a fututure tutorial.
yes! I also need to know if it covers checkout process? Something like paypall integration.
I know when you say “Shopping cart” it has nothing to do with payment processing ;)
Thanks!
opps! just appear the answer for my question!
Thanks!
Nope, its basically the basic setup. I enjoyed it.
Guys!! why not start building a CMS tutorial ?
Great tut, on a subsequent tutorial can you ‘please’ talk a bit louder on the screencast!
Hi Guys,
Is there a full list of all TUTSPLUS articles? I am considering purchasing but would like to see the entire list ideally before parting with my pocket money :-)
what is your windows version ?
is it windows7 ?
yes, it’s windows 7 RC.
hello; i’m a member of nettuts and thank you for this tutorial; but, why if i refresh the page Cart add an alement?
Because on refresh the browser sends the information again (repeats the action)
thank you for answer, but why did you make this way? i think that the tutorial is very usefull but you didn’t give us this method; a lot of people have not skills to correct this refresh, me to. could you write the answer, please? thank you.
Nice enough tut but the audio was pretty bad… and while are people still using mysql_connect instead of mysql improved?
What editor are you using?
this tut will be very useful for me as my team is creating a similar thing for our new project.
thanks a ton
Great tut!
Is this a part one?
Thanks for the tut but to me it seems like you just typing not explaining whats going on. I was hoping you can go into detail like Jeff does instead of me watching you create this cart without having to understand what you are typing. Thanks and I’m not trying to be mean but didnt really learn as much as I was hoping to.
what part you don’t understand? the video has a text version too
actually, i really want to get your tutorial, but must i pay for it, why the other tutorials in nettus not be must payed.
they are less in content than this maybe…..
только название учебника вы, безусловно, очень хороший, но как жаль, он должен быть оплачен. на самом деле интересно для меня, потому что я все еще начинающий PHP и MySQL.
СПАСИБО..
Really Great, thanks..
Very good, easy to understand. Thanks and keep them coming!
Again… so tempted to sign up to tuts+
Great tutorial again… Thanx guys
Does the tutorial include a beckend controll panel?
Don’t pay for this tutorial, it’s NOT worth the money.
Sorry, for interrupting.. Paying for tutorials?! NO, thanks, I really prefer to donate! (The quality is your first choise, it could be seen by everyone, but donation system makes users feel more comfort and there is more chance to level up your income ;)
Kind Regards,
You’d pay for education, right? This is the same thing, just on a smaller scale.
I totally agree with Jeff, I just got my membership yesterday and I could not be happier. $9 a month is barely the price of a six pack and I don’t see anybody complaining about it. It is true that there might be free tuts elsewhere but it’s not only about being part of the development community but also support it, C’mon people, we all started at some point and we should give something back, wether it is by contributing or support the ones who create the content that we all take advantage of.
I agree as well, if you can’t/won’t pay 30 cents a day for a site dedicated to exactly what you need then go Google it somewhere else.
I can’t believe these people are complaining about 9 bucks. You skip two latte’s at starbucks and you can get a month of great content.
Really people where are your priorities.
I enjoyed the tut, but the volume was a bit low. Came at the right time for an upcoming project. Thanks!
I echo your sentiments Brian – seriously, if people really wanted to push that 9 bucks to the limit, why not pay it and download the tuts all at once and work on them over time?
I must say that I kinda agree with digitalhenry in that there were large spots of watching you type php and work on the mysql database without any real explanation of what was going on. As someone with NO mysql experience, I was hoping that the php and mysql steps / controllers would be explained a little more, but overall I am happy about this tutorial.
Kudos Suciu, well done on your first tut! I look forward to learning from ye again!
@Jeff Way – agreed. People coming here should just get used to the fact that some tutorials are paid, and some aren’t. Get over it.
I’ve paid for a three-month user account and haven’t looked back. In a little under a month I’ll be paying another $22 to enjoy the freedom of self-education through your team’s tutorials. Massive thanks, once again!
Does this tute cover back-end administration, adding products, product pictrures and stuff ?
Also very important, does it cover SEARCHING for products and then return linkable results ?
Hey,
What editor are you using? It looks awesome and I wanna try it out.
Thanks!
http://www.qualitycodes.com/tutorial.php?articleid=28 is a great tutorial on building shopping cart in PHP
sorry it is
http://www.qualitycodes.com/tutorial.php?articleid=25
should be open for all!
http://www.qualitycodes.com/tutorial.php?articleid=25 is also a very good tutorial on building a shopping cart in PHP
sa te fut direct in guritza1!
It is nice tutorial. One can make a shopping cart with use of PHP and mysql.
If you remove all items in the cart you get mysql errors.
Fix them, then. This is how you will learn.
Stop complaining…. Membership fees basically covers the ability to have one central place for most content and not having to go look else were. I’m not a member, but soon will be and this is a good choice to have for it’s wide variety and diversity. Content on these sites are still mostly home made, meaning, not too commercial or professional, but it gives us down to earth hand on training. Personally I don’t expect to become an expert or learn how to do things from these types of sites, but to improve my coding skills both with others techniques and even their errors. With no fees it will also be almost impossible to maintain hosting cost, graphic design costs and other web elements aspects. Good job, Suciu Vlad.
Your giving tutorials on php and your using windows LOL; now thats funny
I’ve been reading onconstructive nagging and complaining from “none-members” visitors who wants everything for free. I became a premium member whitout hesitation. And that’s a smart choice, if you want the extra stuff on all the tutsites. My humble advice to new commers: Do it!
i am a member how do i view the tutorial? i just see a link to download it. i wish nettuts had a session to check and see if a member is logged in and display to them pure content rather than showing advertising to join.
for those complaining about the fee, its only $9 bucks a month to view everything they have not just this tutorial. you can find $9 on the floor a month if it was something like $20-30 or more a month then it wouldn’t be worth it.
i am the brokest person in the world and can afford this.
this is the editor he is using. took me a while to find it
http://www.e-texteditor.com/
Actually this tutorial is for beginners only, quite lack for users that whant something serious like http://www.phpwebcommerce.com/
anyone can saying me which IDE use this tut???
Hi Guys,
I followed this example to help me build a database that I then publish to the web using php.
I really did not need the shopping cart part, just the db part.
I would like to know though how one can make the table that gets exported to be sortable.
Anyone have any ideas?
I have looked at the jQuery TableSorter, but it does not seem to work with the table from this tut.
Gary
Bad tutorials….it good for me