Posted: November 7th, 2007
Building an eCommerce site can be an intimidating task for any web designer/developer that has never done it. I recently developed an eCommerce site for Live Ever After LLC. that used a shopping cart application called Zencart which is geared for web designers as far as it’s layout flexibility is concerned. My first impression of Zencart was that the administrative interface is very complex. It took me quite a while to figure out where things were located but eventually it did happen. I would like to see the folks that develop Zencart make the admin interface a bit more intuitive. Certain elements had obscure titles which made it difficult to understand their purpose.
However, after some playing I was able to take the Live Ever After site design and wrap it around the Zencart pages which was very nice. It definitely helps if your site is CSS based.! Overall Zencart was flexible enough to build a very nice T-Shirt shop for Live Ever After and I will definitely use it in the future.
If you are looking for a shopping cart application, I definitely recommend it. My hosting company (HostGator.com) has a very easy install processing for getting Zencart installed and to keep it up to date. If you have any questions about HostGator.com, definitely send me a comment.
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Posted: June 21st, 2007
All, if you have a small business in or around Colorado Springs, you might want to take a look at www.coloradospringssmallbusiness.com or pikespeakbiz.com if you’re typing. This site will allow you to create a business profile and advertize your business for FREE. I created this site as a self promotional tool that anyone can use. Once you login and create your profile, you can post jobs if you have them, post events for your local organizations or post questions to the discussion board.
If you’d like to be a featured business on one of the sidebars, send me an e-mail and I’ll bring my camera to your business and get some shots. That’s free as well.
Also, if you have some ideas that would make the site better, please pass those along too.
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Posted: June 21st, 2007
As I was working on a new CSS website for a client today, I found this nifty utility from Microsoft that can help CSS designers build websites and actually understand why Internet Explorer renders differently than firefox. It definitely saved me quite a bit of time on IE. It would be nice if there was a full blown firebug for IE but that’s why I use firefox!
Enjoy!
LINK: Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
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