Making a Website with Credit Card Field!

[Haxorious]

A friend of mine just asked me to make him a website for betting and things like that. The problem is that i never made a webpage that has involved making money?
I mean those litle boxes where you insert your bank accont or Credit card Number! How do i do that!

Can anyone pls help?

 

[EQTitan]

Taking credit card via a website input field can be dangerous if the page/field is not protected via either by a good SSL (secure socket layer) or another form of encryption. It would leave users vulnerable to credit card theft, you would also need so way to process the cards. The best way to accept credit cards is by using a premier paypal account, if you can't get a merchant account via Visa, Master Card etc.....

 

[Haxorious]

hmm... i just found out about it on the paypal page!

 

[Markbnj]

It's not as simple as making the right kind of edit field. Hard to take this seriously, but if you really want to make a "betting" site, then hook up with a partner that knows what they are doing.

 

[mdchesne]

if you don't know how to make a form, you should NOT attempt a form that passes important data like credit card numbers or SSN. Not only are you putting yourself at risk for a lawsuit if the datafile is intercepted, but your customers as well for assuming a credit card form would be secure.

If you want to see a form in action, check out my work in progress on this restaurant's webpage: http://www.geocities.com/northshorererestaurant/satisfactionsurvey.html
(it's still in the developemental phase and I need to optimize it with frames for faster loading, but you can check out the source code for the form)