Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and eCart sites

Step 1: Creating the Insert Checkout Form

First, you need to delete your current Checkout button and create a new button on your cart page.

1. From the Files panel, open your cart page which contains your eCart shopping cart display.
   
2. Click once to select the Checkout button on your page.
   
3. Press Delete on your keyboard to remove this button.
   
4. Select the Code button to enter Dreamweaver's Code view.
   
5. Locate the closing </form> tag that contains the cart buttons.
   
6. Place your cursor after this closing tag.
   This step is required to ensure that your new Checkout button is inserted outside of the current form.
   
7. From the eCart toolbar, select Insert Checkout Form.
   
   
   
   
8. Select the SSL Transfer radio button.
   
9. Enter the URL to the checkout page on the secure server.
   For example: https://www.mydomain.com.
   
   
   
   
10. Click Next.
    
11. Choose the desired design options for your new Checkout form.
    
12. Click Finish.
    
13. Press Ctrl (Cmd) S to save your page.
    When you click Finish, your new Checkout form will be created along with numerous icons representing hidden fields. These hidden fields will contain the cart details that are to be passed to the secure checkout page.
    
    Since the Checkout button needs to be in a separate form, it cannot be inserted beside the other cart buttons. However, if you are comfortable with CSS, you can try to create a custom class that would display this button in any desired location.

Step 2: Modify the checkout page to receive your cart values

With your cart page properly configured, you simply need to make simple adjustment to your checkout page.

1. From the Files panel double-click to open your checkout page.
   
2. From the Server Behaviors panel, choose Add > eCart > Add to Cart > Get Content From Form.
   
3. Choose any form post from the Trigger menu.
   
4. Select your cart from the Cart menu.
   
5. Choose SSL Transfer from the Payment Gateway menu.
   
   
   
   
6. Click OK.
   
7. Press Ctrl (Cmd) S to save your page.

Step 3: Uploading your files

With those changes made to your cart and checkout pages you can now upload your files to both your insecure and secure servers. It is important to make sure that you upload all your files to both locations every time you make a change to any of the pages within your site.