Website/Shop design...

-Stevo- · 23-07-2008, 05:39 PM

Hey guys...looking for a bit of advice here on the easiest way to go about things in setting up an online shop as a little project...

basic rundown:

I have stuff I want to sell...

I need a website with cart/ecommerce setup to display items and allow their purchase giving me details of order/price/qty/buyer details etc

I am on a relatively low budget (hiring someone is out of the question) but I have a fair bit of time and generally learn this type of stuff fairly quickly if there is a decent tutorial availabe (uni student )

I have access to photoshop, dreamweaver and such...as well as the freebies like Kompozer, wordpress etc etc... Im guessing a WYSIWYG style of editor would be best for me, regardless of what horrible code standard it spits out..

I have a fairly reasonable eye for good design and structure for sites...if it were as simple as drawing it all up then I could, but I also fail at any form of coding past a myspace HTML level

Other than that I can sort all the Paypal, business credit card accounts, accounting, hosting/e-mail (support datacapital I guess?), just looking for advice on the design side of things...

What is the best way for me to go about this?
~~Steal~~ Order shop software and template and customise it to my liking? (probably using dreamweaver I guess)
Create my own template to my liking from scratch and then incorporate a shop addon/app or such?

Any hints, tips and advice would be much appreciated

PS - yes I searched but couldn't really find all that much relating to a shop setup

Captain Starfish · 23-07-2008, 06:17 PM

Have a look at Drupal with its store addition.

AFAICR it's an open source content management system that lets you draw the pretties, and adds the site/commerce back end for you.

What I'm reading of Joomla Virtuemart sounds good, too.

"Open source", "CMS" and "online store" or "estore" are your search keywords.

good luck

-Stevo- · 23-07-2008, 06:27 PM

both of those are excellent leads depending on which way I want to go about it...awesome

cheers

Pkunk · 23-07-2008, 06:41 PM

This is a textbook case for application of Ruby On Rails. But you say you fail at coding past a HTML level... Maybe its time to learn? Rails makes things lightning fast, and the coding aspect will be minimal.

Truckloads of tutorials out there also

JiggyJigs · 24-07-2008, 08:25 AM

DotNetNuke FTW.

Dubs · 24-07-2008, 08:28 AM

DataCapital FTW

Dubs

zoikz · 24-07-2008, 08:37 AM

vim for the win

oh sorry, you said no coding.. hmmm

oscommerce?

Biker_babe · 24-07-2008, 12:18 PM

I use oscommerce and for someone who knew nothing about HTML it is REALLY simple to use and they guy who hosts it, set it up etc is awesome in regards to support.

Plus the punch line was that is was a bargain deal

23-07-2008, 05:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
-Stevo- '95 Kawasaki ZR 250 Balius Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SOR -Leeming Posts: 1,346	Website/Shop design... Hey guys...looking for a bit of advice here on the easiest way to go about things in setting up an online shop as a little project... basic rundown: I have stuff I want to sell... I need a website with cart/ecommerce setup to display items and allow their purchase giving me details of order/price/qty/buyer details etc I am on a relatively low budget (hiring someone is out of the question) but I have a fair bit of time and generally learn this type of stuff fairly quickly if there is a decent tutorial availabe (uni student ) I have access to photoshop, dreamweaver and such...as well as the freebies like Kompozer, wordpress etc etc... Im guessing a WYSIWYG style of editor would be best for me, regardless of what horrible code standard it spits out.. I have a fairly reasonable eye for good design and structure for sites...if it were as simple as drawing it all up then I could, but I also fail at any form of coding past a myspace HTML level Other than that I can sort all the Paypal, business credit card accounts, accounting, hosting/e-mail (support datacapital I guess?), just looking for advice on the design side of things... What is the best way for me to go about this? ~~Steal~~ Order shop software and template and customise it to my liking? (probably using dreamweaver I guess) Create my own template to my liking from scratch and then incorporate a shop addon/app or such? Any hints, tips and advice would be much appreciated PS - yes I searched but couldn't really find all that much relating to a shop setup __________________ Project Magic Surf Bus: http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/foru...-bus-ii-51419/ BEER, SURF, BEANBAGS, CHEAP SPRAY CANS, MUSIC, BEACH, NAKED - WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?

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Captain Starfish Hyobusa GT1300R Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Perth(ish) Posts: 10,064	Have a look at Drupal with its store addition. AFAICR it's an open source content management system that lets you draw the pretties, and adds the site/commerce back end for you. What I'm reading of Joomla Virtuemart sounds good, too. "Open source", "CMS" and "online store" or "estore" are your search keywords. good luck __________________ Look after yourself? A newborn fawn could crush you with its forelimb, you Man of Margarine...

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-Stevo- '95 Kawasaki ZR 250 Balius Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SOR -Leeming Posts: 1,346	both of those are excellent leads depending on which way I want to go about it...awesome cheers __________________ Project Magic Surf Bus: http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/foru...-bus-ii-51419/ BEER, SURF, BEANBAGS, CHEAP SPRAY CANS, MUSIC, BEACH, NAKED - WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?

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23-07-2008, 06:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pkunk Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,319	This is a textbook case for application of Ruby On Rails. But you say you fail at coding past a HTML level... Maybe its time to learn? Rails makes things lightning fast, and the coding aspect will be minimal. Truckloads of tutorials out there also

24-07-2008, 08:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
zoikz Bumble Zuk Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 551	vim for the win oh sorry, you said no coding.. hmmm oscommerce?

24-07-2008, 12:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Biker_babe Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 261	I use oscommerce and for someone who knew nothing about HTML it is REALLY simple to use and they guy who hosts it, set it up etc is awesome in regards to support. Plus the punch line was that is was a bargain deal

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