Hi, I am new to these forums having only just found them so a big Hello from me!!

The questions I have is probably a simple one once you know the answer but is puzzling the hell out of me!!

I have built a few websites in the past using Dreamweaver and everything runs fine. I am now looking to build a new website that includes a shopping cart of some kind. I have not started building the site as yet as I want to wait until I can find a shopping cart that I can use.

Now I find the shopping cart area is a minefield with all the free software vs the pay software. I would prefer something that is free as I have a very small budget that will be going on stock. I would also prefer something that I can understand so I can add or take away from my site easily. I have looked at PHP and SQL but always found it hard to test on my windows set up.

I have downloaded zen cart but it says you need a test server - how can I test it if I have not yet purchased web space etc!!

Anyway, if anybody can point me in the right direction then that would be great as I am looking forward to getting started.

Cheers all.