What is involved in building a site like this?

Communicating clearly and effectively to your vendors, buyers, distributors and other business-to-business contacts is essential to creating your network for selling success. This site is used for publishing information on .Net with an eCommerce emphasis.

What types of software technologies are used on a .Net site?

This site uses sophisticated .Net programming coupled with database storage and search capabilities to provide a membership based web site. For you technical types, some key features of the site include:

• An .Net calendar that permits members to add and modify events, and non-members to browse the calendar.
• E-Mail list server for a moderated discussion group, including ActiveX based component use for SMTP POP3 automated join/leave processing.
• Integration of standard telephony devices to allow recording of messages over the phone lines and retrieval from the web site.
• Private messages and conversations with selectable e-mail notification when a new message arrives.

• Membership and credit card processing, including handling of expired cards, and the ability to put a membership on hold and the associated accounting processing.

You can simply browse the site and view calendar events. If you would like to fully explore this site, you can join as a new user by using the credit card number "12345", expiration 12/02. Then you can perform searches and communicate with other members using the standard interface.