CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible [Hardcover]

Chris Minnick (Author), Margaret Minnick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764548255 | ISBN-13: 978-0764548253 | Publication Date: August 15, 2001

This is the very first work on the Certified Internet Webmaster E-Commerce exam, in our dependable Certification Bible format, to appeal to motivated test-takers as well as those responsible for implementing e-commerce on the job.

CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible closely follows Prosoft Training's curriculum and their objectives for the CIW E-Commerce exam. Throughout the chapters and exercises, the authors use a mock Web site, created to be used as a case-study for all phases of design and development. Topics include legal issues, marketing to the web, online promotion techniques, building a web site, attracting e-customers, supporting business-to-business activities, using online storefront packages, working with IIS, working with Site Server (Commerce Edition), customization, transaction security, and management.

Covers: Exam 1D0 425

Editorial Reviews

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From concept to completion, this guide has all you need to succeed in e-commerce. -- Tim Sosbe, Editorial Director, Certification Magazine

From the Author

We wrote this book to help train a new breed of responsible and broadly educated e-commerce professionals who will respect customer privacy, understand the key legal and security issues involved in the Internet, and who will care about customer service in addition to having the technical skills necessary to do business on the Web.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 752 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (August 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764548255
• ISBN-13: 978-0764548253
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #669,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chris Minnick is the CEO of Minnick Web Services, the founder of ContentBoxer.com, and the CTO of MealMobs.com. He teaches and consults on the mobile web and has written numerous books and articles on a wide range of Internet-related topics since the mid 1990s.

In addition to being one of the most experienced web developers to have never held a proper job, Chris is also an avid (albeit amateur) swimmer, winemaker, musician, tinkerer, cook, and eater. More information can be found on his blog: www.chrisminnick.com.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not good enough, December 4, 2002

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Ramon (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible (Hardcover)

First of all let me congratulate you for your efforts in becoming an Certified E-Commerce professional, before writting this review I thought about this book a lot, I have to tell you that I read it from cover to cover and here are my thoughts: This book is extremely long, it talks about issues that you will not get on the exam nor they will be applied in real life, the test engine to my surprise had many, many errors, they were questions that will contradict themselves or sometimes you will find 2 correct answers when the test engine was only asking for one, futhermore, some questions had the wrong answer or were asked with insufficient information, bottom line it made it more confusing. It would mixed terms like EDI, SET and SSL.

Did I pass? yes, some questions in the test were addressed in the book, I also used online examcrams and free tests. You can pass the test with this book, but I think there room for improvement. Unfortunately, I cannot recommed this book, the most important chapter Security was left almost at the end, the explanation for symmetric and asymmetric encryption were very brief and doesn't explain it in a way you can understand it easily, also one of the key subjects for e-commerce today is security, which the book left for the end (when you are tired and your concentration is not at its peak) this makes it a lot more difficult. I wouldn't rely on the test engine at all, rather I will look for a more subject comprehensive and to-the-point text. I hope this comment might help in your search for an e-commerce text book and good luck!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only book I used, and I passed!, March 13, 2002

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"[e-mail]" (Palos Heights, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible (Hardcover)

This is the only book I used to study for the E-commerce exam and I passed with an 85 percent. I think it is very adequate for the exam, but perhaps has some extra material (like Actinic Businees and so forth) that you do not need to know.

This book can be a bit confusing, so I recommend that you do all the questions in the book and also all the practice questions on the CD.

Here's what I did: the two nights before the exam, I reviewed every single chapter's pre-test as well as the chapter reviews and the questions at the end of the chapter. I also read all of the exam tips in each chapter (these are life savers for the exam). Make sure you do this!

The night before the exam I took three out of four tests from the CD. I recommend if you have the time and are confused to do all these tests and to go over them an additional time. This process will help you focus on the priorities for the exam. Best of luck on the exam!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An example on how self- paced study books should be written, December 20, 2001

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S Glucina (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible (Hardcover)

This book delivered me an 84% pass in the exam through self-paced study.
This was the only resource I used other than the Internet.

An excellent feature of this book is that it is crammed full of real e-commerce applications that allows you to simulate an online business to get the hang of what online commerce is all about.
You will learn about :
Creating online catalogues
Shopping carts
Shipping scenarios
Payment models

These are all essential elements that have to be experienced from the other side to comprehend how a successful online store should be constructed.

The exam question-testing engine included in the CD is the best I have come across.
To guarantee maximum success in passing the exam and or comprehending E-commerce principles make sure you follow the authors "How to use this book section".

This publication will feature in a prominent position on my bookcase as a comprehensive companion "oracle" to all real world E-Commerce matters for some years to come.