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9 years ago

WordPress.org. I'm biased of course, but pick up a reasonably well-made theme and an e-commerce plugin of your choice, and you're already pretty far in the process.

My second option would be a hosted solution, because you don't usually have to pay much in advance, and can sort of pay for the site as you go. Of course, it's going to be more expensive in the long run, but there's always the possibility that the business idea doesn't work out at all. If that's the case, he's not spend $xxxx just to build a site.

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thet

9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

WordPress.org. I'm biased of course, but pick up a reasonably well-made theme and an e-commerce plugin of your choice, and you're already pretty far in the process.

My second option would be a hosted solution, because you don't usually have to pay much in advance, and can sort of pay for the site as you go. Of course, it's going to be more expensive in the long run, but there's always the possibility that the business idea doesn't work out at all. If that's the case, he's not spend just to build a site.

Hi,

the business is already up and running. Also a server in place. Another familymember did the website, but the looks are very outdated imo.

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thet

9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

WordPress.org. I'm biased of course, but pick up a reasonably well-made theme and an e-commerce plugin of your choice, and you're already pretty far in the process.

My second option would be a hosted solution, because you don't usually have to pay much in advance, and can sort of pay for the site as you go. Of course, it's going to be more expensive in the long run, but there's always the possibility that the business idea doesn't work out at all. If that's the case, he's not spend just to build a site.

What's a good E-commerce plug-in? What are the must-haves?

Visitors ofcourse need to be able to buy trough the website.
Also,
I want to be able to make quick buttons for CTA

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9 years ago

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thet 9 years ago

[quote=amitkubssg;10052225]CMS is Content management system. CMS is the programing language by which you can create website. wordpress is the best CMS.

So you get wordpress for free, you put in on a serve with a login, and you add and delete content as you wish?

Why is wordpress.org free? Why are all plugins free? What is their business model?
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nettiapina

9 years ago

Originally Posted by amitkubssg

CMS is Content management system. CMS is the programing language by which you can create website. wordpress is the best CMS.

I can see that you're here just to spam the forum, but "CMS is the programming language" is such a stupid line that I had to comment on that. No, the programming language is the programming language, and in WordPress' case that happens to be PHP.

"The best" is always relative. WordPress is fairly good fit for certain projects.

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What's a good E-commerce plug-in? What are the must-haves?

WooCommerce is very comprehensive, well-localized, and has a ton of plugins. WooCommerce itself is free, but their plugin license policy is a bit restrictive, and prices are a tad high in my opinion. I'm using WooCommerce because it speaks Finnish, and has our local payment options.

If you're from US I'm sure you have a great many alternatives.

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Why is wordpress.org free? Why are all plugins free? What is their business model?

The business model is Open Source. If you don't know what OS does, look it up. It's pretty fascinating what people have came up in that space.

Many major WordPress companies provide support, manage infrastructure, or built stuff around the CMS. Some plugin vendors operate with a sort of freemium model: you get their basic version for free, but have to pay for more features. Some just create plugins to learn, give back, or increase their clout.

Automattic is one of the bigger companies behind WordPress. The company was founded by Matt Mullenweg who's also the father of WordPress. Their main product is WordPress.com, the hosted blogging platform. They've got their own proprietary customizations on top of the system, but they use the same core product and contribute to the project. I've met couple of their employees in local WordPress meetings.

iThemes is another good example of a WordPress company. They provide several well-known plugins such as BackupBuddy and iThemes Security, a theme platform, and infrastructure for backups and site maintenance.

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thet

9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

I can see that you're here just to spam the forum, but "CMS is the programming language" is such a stupid line that I had to comment on that. No, the programming language is the programming language, and in WordPress' case that happens to be PHP.

"The best" is always relative. WordPress is fairly good fit for certain projects.

WooCommerce is very comprehensive, well-localized, and has a ton of plugins. WooCommerce itself is free, but their plugin license policy is a bit restrictive, and prices are a tad high in my opinion. I'm using WooCommerce because it speaks Finnish, and has our local payment options.

If you're from US I'm sure you have a great many alternatives.

The business model is Open Source. If you don't know what OS does, look it up. It's pretty fascinating what people have came up in that space.

Many major WordPress companies provide support, manage infrastructure, or built stuff around the CMS. Some plugin vendors operate with a sort of freemium model: you get their basic version for free, but have to pay for more features. Some just create plugins to learn or increase their clout.

Automattic is one of the bigger companies behind WordPress. The company was founded by Matt Mullenweg who's also the father of WordPress. Their main product is WordPress.com, the hosted blogging platform. They've got their own proprietary customizations on top of the system, but they use the same core product and contribute to the project. I've met couple of their employees in local WordPress meetings.

iThemes is another good example of a WordPress company. They provide several well-known plugins such as BackupBuddy and iThemes Security, a theme platform, and infrastructure for backups and site maintenance.

So all you need is a server? that's pretty cool. And you can customize it as you please?

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by thet

So all you need is a server? that's pretty cool. And you can customize it as you please?

Depends on your requirements and traffic, but all you need is a hosting account. WordPress is the most commonly used CMS out there, so every generic cPanel host should support it. Of course, WordPress security is a topic you should investigate before running a live production site with it.

The bulk of customizations come in the form of plugins and themes. The latter are way more complicated that most templating systems that other CMSes use, but that's also the reason there's a thriving ecosystem around themes. You can build sort of mini applications just around themes, and customize your site almost any way you want.
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Hemanth Malli

9 years ago

I would suggest WordPress which will meet your needs..

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digitalexpertnet

9 years ago

My suggestion Opencart and Wordpress

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aricjohson

9 years ago

A content management system is a computer function that permits make known, editing and adjusting content like maintenance from a central interface.

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winwordz

9 years ago

Try with Wordpress.

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samirjhaveri

9 years ago

For CMS check this out: The CMS Matrix - cmsmatrix.org - The Content Management Comparison Tool

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Slade556

9 years ago

I strongly recommend Wordpress. Not just because it's free, but because you can do anything with it, and it's very easy to use and customize to fit your own needs.

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Eliza Lodewyckx

9 years ago

I would suggest WordPress or Web Force 5 both are easy to use and user friendly. I used web force 5 for my personal website and we used WordPress at work as well.

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kensotrabing

9 years ago

WordPress!

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Horsecopulator

9 years ago

I'd say Wordpress too.

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Horsecopulator

I'd say Wordpress too.

OK, the results are in. Everyone and the Horse F***er voted for WordPress.

Can we all just stop posting "me toos" to this thread, please?
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- Horsecopulator 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by nettiapina
  
  OK, the results are in. Everyone and the Horse F***er voted for WordPress.
  
  Can we all just stop posting "me toos" to this thread, please?
  
  I tried to contribute with something worthwhile, but then I remembered what forum I was registered on and that my name was big enough to drive the point home.
  
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