Re: 7-8-09 need opinions / ideas on best way to design an online conference registration site

> I am in the "thinking" phase of creating an online conference  
> registration site that has these criteria:
>
> As part of your registration, users must:
> - login as either an existing "member"
> or
> - create a new member record
>
> Users can purchase:
> - a "package"
> - a la carte
> - a mixture of package and a la carte  (if you do this then some of  
> the a la carte items have different prices)
>
> And - maybe - still to be decided:
> - different kinds of existing members pay different prices
>
> Each registration item has a limited quantity and as spots are  
> filled the item becomes less available.  Spots can be filled via  
> "package" or "a la carte" or the mixture of package and a la carte  
> registrations.
>
>
> And,
> - at "checkout" the member's credit card information needs to be  
> captured but NOT submitted to the credit card processor (they do  
> that manually in house and keep the cc info in electronic form until  
> it has been manually processed - not changing this process)
>
>
> Another thing might be:
> - a form to edit your contact info
>
>
> The web site will use Lasso and must write to their existing  
> FileMaker database.
>
>
> Currently I'm thinking of doing something similar to:
>
> https://www.toastmasters.org/convenreg/
>
>
> But am looking at all options.  Looking for any suggestions on the  
> entity relationship design, web design, etc.
>
>
> THANKS IN ADVANCE for your comments!
>
>
>
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