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Setting up E-commerce & secure web sites

Before setting up an E-commerce web page or other secure site (i.e, collecting social security information or other confidential data), there are several things you should know.

• You must already have the ability to do credit card transactions. ITSS does not conduct transactions with credit card companies.
• ITSS will charge your department for the setup of the secured web page.
• After the credit card information is obtained by someone in your department, you still need to be very protective of the information so that someone else does not obtain it. For example, do not print the information out and forget it at the printer.

There are several steps to getting an E-Commerce web page ready for use. Since the information that is obtained from the web page should not fall into the wrong hands, certain precautions and carefull planning must be implemented. If your department would like to conduct credit card transactions via the web, please follow the steps below.

1. You will need to create the web form with all of the fields for the necessary information. Several fields need to be present and have certain names to ensure correct validation of a user's credit card. You can get the code for these fields here and modify the range of options as you see fit.
2. After your form is ready, you will need to contact ITSS to have the form converted and secured. ITSS will need to know what fields MUST be filled in and also any dependencies. For example, if one field is filled in, does another also need to be filled in?
3. ITSS will do several things with your form to ensure safe handling of the e-commerce transactions.
   
   • Javascript validators will be inserted into the form.
   • Variables will be encoded into the transaction mechanism.
   • The form will be placed on the secured web server.
   • ITSS will notify you of the URL to link to the new form.
   • ITSS will provide instructions for handling the transactions.
4. You will now be able to link to the new secured form.

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