If anyone has a bit of programming knowledge and is a bit more adventurous and wants to create a web site from scratch here is the approach that I found extremely beneficial for getting all the E-book data into your web site.
Set up an Excel spread sheet with all the different e-book values such name, gif image location, html page, Price etc. Then set up 2 pages in whatever web package your are using I use MS Office Front Page. Find the relevant code that’s related to the PayPal button or anything else that is different t between these two pages such as links etc. Write a small Visual Basic (or any other language that can read in files e.g. C++ ) program to read in a template up to where you want the PayPal button. Insert the specific E-book details from the Excel (CSV) file and add on the rest of the template. Repeat this process for hundreds of books and it can set up all your web pages in a flash.
This requires a little bit of programming knowledge and may seam long winded and takes a while to set up but if I keep the excel database up to date I can change hundreds of pages in an instant. With a little manipulation to the Visual Basic code you can change the whole look, links and graphics of your pages in an instant.
This isn’t for everyone but I put this in here to advise anyone with programming knowledge to consider this approach as once it is set up it makes the manual process of updating your site a lot less painful.
I would also suggest getting the free version of the file utility Directory Opus. It makes renaming a whole directory of files extremely easy. Also
Filelister this makes is easy to copy a directory of files and manipulate the names into Excel.
I have completely created my web site from the beginning and dispensed with the ready made templates. So I had to get all the e-book data into my site.
You can also use this for inserting the ‘EW Business Portal’ code for all the buttons. Just see what changes between pages. Which is the item number, name, price that can all be retrieved from the Excel database if you keep it up to date.
This is just a basic structure of the procedure. If anyone wants specific details I may be able to help depending on the question and the time involved for the response (i.e. code examples etc.).
Last but not lease. Please backup the pages you are working on because with this approach it’s a bit of trial and effort at the start to get the program to create the HTML code exactly. Also check the code afterwards and test the pages.
All this is worth it for having an individual site that can be updated quickly.