Re: HTML or Dreamweaver?

"verity" <verity.gray@xxxxxxx> wrote:


David Segall wrote:
"Violet" <verity.gray@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm supposed to be starting up my on-line business in October and I
haven't written any pages yet.
I've made a non-commercial site in the past with 'FrontPage' but this
has to look professional & deal with orders & payments.
If "deal with orders and payments" means a shopping cart as in most
commercial web sites you _cannot_ write this yourself by October. Find
a hosting company that offers this facility and use their web design
tools to customize your site.

HTML is not sufficient for writing the code on the server required to
process orders and payments. I like Dreamweaver for writing HTML but
that won't help with the server-side processing.

I think I understand that, you were very clear. I might put it off till
next year but I shouldn't really because the orders will have a
seasonal pattern.

Not sure I actually need a shopping cart;
think I will go for contact by answerphone, fax or email; so would I
need a shopping cart?
No. You can finish that before October. If you are satisfied with a
simple page like mine <http://profectus.com.au/contact.html>, with
some instructions for payment, then go for it. Once you need any
processing on the server there is a huge leap in complexity.

I suggest you pick a design from <http://www.oswd.org/> because it is
easier to change an existing site than start from a blank page. To
make your life easier when you come back here to ask for advice choose
"yes" in the CSS drop-down on the advanced search page :). You can
download a free thirty day trial of Dreamweaver from
<http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=dreamweaver> so
you can compare it with the HTML editor your tutor recommends.
Or is it best to do that so I can readily expand - "think big!"
I won't answer that. I have run a one-person business for many years!

I won't be having that many products to start with, mostly stuff I am
designing & manufactoring myself. I already have a lot of the stuff
I've designed and used, when I wanted to sell it via a similar site, I
was appalled at how much commission they wanted just for advertising &
processing orders.
For other reasons also, I thought, start small in a small but not
crowded niche & who knows? :-)
Do it and do it this year. Good luck.
.

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