trying to make a simple auction website

[markhill]

Hi,
I am very new to building websites and am trying to find a way to build an auction website (on the skinniest of a shoe-string budget). From my limited knowledge I can see that this cannot be done with the average webeditor programmes offered by web hosts.

So, I have found several free and low cost auction scripts which seem to have most of what I am looking for (a simple model of ebay, essentially). Yet, I don't have a clue of what to with them or how to install. (1) For tne most part, are these scripts not just ready-made websites?

(2) If I download a script, is it not similar to a web editing programme, like website tonight from godaddy?


(3) Do I need some sort of technical software to run this? Or just a hosting account that meets all the requirements?

Please advice as to what the basic steps would be to set up this simple ecommerce site. All I've got covered so far is the domain name/hosting.

Many thanks,

Mark

[Macavity]

(1) they may or may not be complete ready made websites. If not, you will be asked to insert the code into whichever section in your website.

(2) I don't know what website tonight is but you will only need to do minimal edit with a script, e.g. database name, emails, directories etc

(3) I don't know what payment methods you are going to offer but you might need a payment gateway with a merchant bank if you are planning to accept credit cards.

[markhill]

Excellent. Thanks so much. May come back to you with more questions soon.

[philigs]

If you are planning on using a script, have a look at phpprobid
It's the best i have come across and there are lots of mods available for it. Changing the layout and skin is also pretty straight forward.