Ordering Pizza online... [serious]

[damasterjo]

ok I work for a small local italian restaurant. We have a websit www.aljanos.com

I was wondering what I would have to do to make it where people could order online, then the ticket would go in our "hotsause" database, and print out of the printer for the cooks... any thoughts.

I do understand that this might be difficult, but it would be cool to do. I probablly have to learn java or php or asp, i dont know, any thoughts...

[penagate]

Sorry

If it's for a web interface, you will need to learn a server side technology, I recommend PHP.

Intro tutorial here: php.net/tut.php

[damasterjo]

so honestly how diffucult would it be to set it up?

[Hack]

Moved to General Developer

[penagate]

so honestly how diffucult would it be to set it up?

Not hard at all, in fact very straight forward.

[damasterjo]

well what about the part of the order going into our ordering software currently? Because I would have to do that...

[penagate]

What sort of sotware is it? In house or a avaialble product or what?

[damasterjo]

It is "hotsause" technologys. So I dont have access to the source code, but the "text support" may be able to help, I dont know... But if this is not possible, I may be able to set up a new program that logs the order and prints it, then I could put it in our system latter... Although going straight into the system would be better~

[penagate]

I don't know what "hotsause" is, but that's what it depends on. Can you access the database directly? Or do you have to go through this 3rd party application thing?

[damasterjo]

the 3rd party application thingy... but I dont acctually do it, my boss does, but i could have access to it.

[conipto]

I can tell you that at Pizza Hut when you place an online order, it just prints out. It doesn't show up in the normal order system at all, it's kept centrally somewhere over the net. You hear the modem pick up, then a ticket prints out. (Atleast that's what it was like 5 years ago )

Bill