Thanks Harvey!

I mentioned in my e-mail response that I was frustrated with my original web-design effort at the point where I needed to set up the database. That's when I decided to gather my ideas from the experience I had gained up to that point, then bring in the professionals to coordinate a site that serviced my needs more effectively.

I am not a web developer, although I do enjoy the graphical layout and design process.

I still think it would be easier to integrate an open-source shopping cart program that includes the database structure already.

Your programming background gives you a deeper understanding of html and may put you in the position where you prefer to create your own database from scratch.

I would have way to much to learn to take on a project like that.