7 Minute Installation with the New Dreamweaver Extension

Yes it really is this quick and easy! Once your development environment is ready, you can install Cartweaver 4 into your PHP or ColdFusion site in under 7 minutes. The Dreamweaver extension allows you to easily add your data connection information and all of the required files to your site. Then simply browse to the administration area, run the automatic database setup utility, and you'll be ready to go.

  7 Minute Installation for Advanced Developers

For designers using Dreamweaver in code view or users of text-based development tools such as Eclipse, TextMate, Notepad++, CFBuilder, etc., Cartweaver 4 is a snap to set up. Just copy the files to your site, enter your data connection information in the cw-config file where indicated, save the file and browse to the admin. Run the database setup utility and you are ready to start adding products, and building your shopping cart site.

  Flexible & Powerful UI with jQuery

Both the public shopping cart features and the online admin application make extensive use of the jQuery javascript library, resulting in elegant presentation features such as navigation menus, tabbed input areas, form validation and more. Cartweaver's support for jQuery opens up many possibilities to extend and modify your store's functionality.

  CSS Layout and Styling

The design, structure and layout for Cartweaver's core pages rely completely on CSS styling. Modifying and adapting the store layout to fit your site design can be as easy as editing the Cartweaver theme CSS file, or creating your own. The administration area also uses CSS themes for easy customization.

  Flexible Discount System

Cartweaver 4 takes product discounts to a new level! Just about any sort of discount can be created and implemented using the unique discount configuration features in the store administration area. This has been one of the most-requested features, and we're glad to provide a robust answer in the new version!

  Support for Real-Time Third Party Shipping & Sales Tax

Cartweaver 4 contains an enhanced version of the flexible and powerful built in shipping configuration system used for thousands of eCommerce websites, and now also supports real-time third party shipping support, for retrieval of actual shipping costs from UPS and FedEx at the time of the order.

The integrated sales tax system in Cartweaver 4 is extremely robust and flexible. However, with increasingly complex tax requirements based on the shipping destination and product classifications, there are now third party providers offering tax services much like shipping and payment service providers. These relieve the complexity and make it easy to do business in the modern tax world. Cartweaver 4 proudly supports the leader in this field,
Avalara's AvaTax.

  Multiple Payment Gateways and Checkout Options

Cartweaver 4 now supports multiple user-selectable payment options. Configure the desired payment methods in the easy administration area, and let your customers choose their preferred method of payment. With these easy options, a site can offer real-time processing through a trusted source such as Authorize Net, while allowing shoppers to pay through a PayPal account if they prefer. Connect your own additional payment provders, or select "in house" processing and take the order without collecting credit card information, for processing through internal billing methods. Increase sales by allowing the customer to use their preferred method of payment!

  Product Image Upload & Automatic Resizing

Product image management has never been easier. Upload your original product image files, and Cartweaver 4 will automatically resize the image into the various sizes used in the cart display. A simple administration area is included, allowing for search and management of existing images, and designation of custom product photo sizes to fit your design. Multiple images-per-product can be configured with a few easy adjustments!

  Easy One-Page Multi-Paneled Checkout

Once the customer decides to make a purchase, the checkout process should be as quick and easy as possible, leading to fewer abandoned carts and better sales. The new one page paneled check out with multi-step display makes this crucial part of the buying process fast, intuitive, and easy.

  Dynamic Page Titles and Descriptions for SEO

HTML titles and meta descriptions for cart pages are now dynamically generated, based on the categories or products being displayed, preventing duplicate page titles and better exposing your product data to search engines.