[WD&D] Digest for sitedesign@googlegroups.com - 8 Messages in 3 Topics

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• e-commerce website [2 Updates]
• inline CMS needed [3 Updates]
• e-commerce wordPress Theme [3 Updates]

 e-commerce website

galsaba <galsaba@gmail.com> Mar 10 02:33PM -0700  

I want to create an e-commerce website. Should I use wordpress, or there
are better tools?
the website I want to make is an on-line book store.
 
Thanks,
 
Aharon


 

Joni Mueller <joni@jonimueller.com> Mar 10 04:57PM -0500  

I think it depends on the kind of web site you want and how many features you need. You are not going to be able to build a web site that behaves like Amazon.com on WordPress. You may want to investigate a full bore ecommerce solution, either standalone (e.g., Magento, OSCommerce, OpenCart, Cubecart, etc.) or a hosted solution (e.g., Volusion, Shopify, Lemonade Stand, etc.).
 
If you are selling books, look into an Amazon store. That would be my first choice.
 
Joni Mueller
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Subject: [WD&D] e-commerce website
 
I want to create an e-commerce website. Should I use wordpress, or there are better tools?
the website I want to make is an on-line book store.
 
Thanks,
 
Aharon


 

 inline CMS needed

Jud <judsonvaughn@gmail.com> Mar 10 11:05AM -0700  

I have been playing with TinMCE and I like it. Thanks, Balaji. It seems to
write clean code (unlike CKEditor) and is very easy to install.
 
The problem I am trying to solve is that I want to give my customers enough
capability to edit text but not much more. I haven't had much success
training clients in web editing and file management and it seems that the
"full bodied" CMS solutions just cause problems (nonbillable hours of code
correction).
 
With TinyMCE, I now have a reliable, web-based text editor that writes
clean code, offers basic markup tools (bold, italic, styles, links, and so
forth), and fences off a lot of trouble areas from overeager staffers.

Jud
 
 
 
 
On Friday, March 8, 2013 10:07:23 AM UTC-5, Jud wrote:


 

Joni Mueller <joni@jonimueller.com> Mar 10 01:13PM -0500  

When we develop WP sites for "technologically challenged" clients, there is the built in WYSIWYG editors, but I've been dabbling in short codes. That does seem to help them a bit.
 
But why wouldn't you charge them for correcting their errant code? That certainly would go a long way toward motivating them to either learn to do it properly or leave it alone! We have a "you break it; we fix it" clause in all our contracts, and maintenance contracts too.
 
Joni Mueller
www.pixelita.com
Follow me on Twitter: @pixelitadesigns
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Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 1:05 PM
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Subject: [WD&D] Re: inline CMS needed
 
I have been playing with TinMCE and I like it. Thanks, Balaji. It seems to write clean code (unlike CKEditor) and is very easy to install.
 
The problem I am trying to solve is that I want to give my customers enough capability to edit text but not much more. I haven't had much success training clients in web editing and file management and it seems that the "full bodied" CMS solutions just cause problems (nonbillable hours of code correction).
 
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Judson Vaughn <judsonvaughn@gmail.com> Mar 10 02:56PM -0400  

Joni,
 
Of course, they understand that the policy is "you break it, we fix it and charge you," but I want to forestall as many problems as I can.
 
For example, one client just thinks that his pages look best in Comic Sans. Never mind all the talk of branding and style sheets and so forth. So I want the editor to make it difficult for him to get too creative.
 
That's a simple example. More to the point are the ugly coding nightmares that happen because someone is innocently playing around with capabilities that cause trouble. They never see the code they are creating but I have to come back and repair it. I like clean, good-looking code.
 
I agree that WP has largely solved this problem with its access classes, but I find that the frameworks (Drupal, Joomla WP, etc.) are too confining in other respects.
 
Oh well, for me, this seems like an ongoing problem that I am constantly addressing. Like searching for the holy grail. Maybe I should just set this aside and do something useful (i.e., getting some better clients (LOL)).
 
Jud
 
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On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Joni Mueller wrote:
 


 

 e-commerce wordPress Theme

galsaba <galsaba@gmail.com> Mar 10 07:22AM -0700  

I am trying to find a good e-commerce WordPress theme.
Any Suggestion
 
Aaron
galsaba@aol.com


 

Joni Mueller <joni@jonimueller.com> Mar 10 09:42AM -0500  

I like Gather from ThemeTrust.
http://themetrust.com/themes/gather
 
Joni Mueller
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On Mar 10, 2013, at 9:22 AM, "galsaba" <galsaba@gmail.com<mailto:galsaba@gmail.com>> wrote:
 
I am trying to find a good e-commerce WordPress theme.
Any Suggestion
 
Aaron
galsaba@aol.com<mailto:galsaba@aol.com>


 

Deb * Digital Mouse Designs <listmember@digitalmousedesigns.com> Mar 10 09:47AM -0500  

On 3/10/2013 9:22 AM, galsaba wrote:
> Any Suggestion
 
> Aaron
> galsaba@aol.com
 
I like themeforest.net
 
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