Online store....only know html ;-/

10 years ago

I used to only know html only also, and pretty much still do but now Im playing around with a program that builds web pages. Its free and you can find videos on the net that can help you use the software, its called kompozer. Check it out!

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Benjamin T

10 years ago

Online store run by pure HTML? Not possible. If you're talking a custom online store, there'll no doubt be a ton of PHP in the backend making it happen. As this is out of your set of skills (and mine as well), I'd recommend using Wordpress then picking up a free plugin called WooCommerce. As I mentioned, it is free and has more than enough capability to set you up with a simple store and it has the potential to grow with your business.

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manters2000

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Benjamin T

Online store run by pure HTML? Not possible. If you're talking a custom online store, there'll no doubt be a ton of PHP in the backend making it happen. As this is out of your set of skills (and mine as well), I'd recommend using Wordpress then picking up a free plugin called WooCommerce. As I mentioned, it is free and has more than enough capability to set you up with a simple store and it has the potential to grow with your business.

Cheers.

I agree with Benjamin, Wordpress is way easier to learn and has easy learning curve for beginners. There are a lot of great e-commerce plugins you can download for free. I can also suggest using Opencart E-commerce platform. IMO, it's also easy to learn

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AffiliateWaves 10 years ago

Well i can help you if you really finding it hard to implement a online shop on your website ,we can go with WordPress.

Static html does not allow such functions
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- Marian 10 years ago
  
  There are quite a few WordPress plugins that will turn your blog into a store - and they're easy to use and follow. Worth trying in my opinion.
  
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John Jonas Phil VA

10 years ago

Wordpress is your best shot, especially for a beginner. And there are a lot of free and paid Wordpress themes and plugins out there that would allow you to fully customize your retail site if ever you decide to sell more than one product

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4DayWeekend 10 years ago

If you want to build your own ECommerce site, it doesn't get any easier than either Wordpress or Joomla with Ecommerce plugins bolted on.

Personally I've used Joomla and Virtuemart plenty of times in the past, it's free, has lots of options and links up with Paypal seamlessly.

Yes, there is some learning curve. But the advantage of these open source CMS systems is that the learning curve doesn't involve coding, just how to use the system.

There are some great templates available for reasonably cheap that are easily customisable too.
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- agmccall 10 years ago
  
  There is a sub-forum here at the warrior forum specifically for ecommerce and building online stores...here is the link
  
  Building eCommerce Sites - Wholesale, Drop Shipping
  
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aceshigh888

10 years ago

I might start by offering just 1 or 2 products though. So I really don't want to build a big site with a powerful engine just to see if it flies. I just need something very basic. Then later if it starts to work add more products and options. So I don't think woocommerce is needed yet, I certainly don't want to pay for any ecommerce solution at this point. The only options I was thinking of were to be able to add: shipping, and also quantity of products in case the user wanted more than 1.

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dsimms

10 years ago

there is a lot of free solutions out there, ie: wordpress, plugins, etc..but if you do not want to pay, then how do you expect to get your store off the ground? are you planning it the red-neck way? setting up your store then going to the couch, then come back here in 3 months and wonder, why, why, why?

just curious....

here is my suggestion; Get Wordpress, find your appropriate plugins, find the affiliate program
that you want to work with that supports a store in WP; BUY you a decent, good looking
theme that supports WP, store plugin, etc, then go from there....

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I might start by offering just 1 or 2 products though. So I really don't want to build a big site with a powerful engine just to see if it flies. I just need something very basic. Then later if it starts to work add more products and options. So I don't think woocommerce is needed yet, I certainly don't want to pay for any ecommerce solution at this point. The only options I was thinking of were to be able to add: shipping, and also quantity of products in case the user wanted more than 1.

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aceshigh888

10 years ago

Originally Posted by dsimms

there is a lot of free solutions out there, ie: wordpress, plugins, etc..but if you do not want to pay, then how do you expect to get your store off the ground? are you planning it the red-neck way? setting up your store then going to the couch, then come back here in 3 months and wonder, why, why, why?

just curious....

here is my suggestion; Get Wordpress, find your appropriate plugins, find the affiliate program
that you want to work with that supports a store in WP; BUY you a decent, good looking
theme that supports WP, store plugin, etc, then go from there....

Well the way I operate is I do everything on a shoe string budget. The most I'd do is buy a domain name for 1 year. Everything else you do for cheap or free. How? Watch youtube, do research, DIY, maybe buy a gig off fiverr if you can't figure it out. Why? Because most ventures, are risky to begin with. So if you keep sinking thousands into failed ventures that's a recipee to go broke. Everyday there's thousands upon thousands of failed ventures that wash up on dropped domain sites. The one's who survived those failures are the one's who tried running the venture for cheap or free. So if you lost you only lost a little, and you can try again. If you lose a lot, that's a lot of money that you could have used in so many different ways to make money. Unless you have tons of cash rolling in so you can swallow spending a bunch then don't do it. Chances are you can do it youself for nearly as good as getting the experts. No way, money is power, conserve your power, use it wisely. Each 1 dollar is valuable. If I can get somethign done for 5 bucks on fiver that's where I'll spend it. If I can figure out how to do it for free I'll spend the time to figure it out. And ya time is money for sure. But dont' be fooled by that, if you don't have endless money to go risking. Again every single dollar counts. You go throwing money around at ecommerce which is extremely risky to begin with, and you'll go broke.

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Istvan Horvath

10 years ago

Originally Posted by aceshigh888

Problem is I only know html. I've tried a bit of wordpress but it seems completely foreign to me.

Then you are doing it wrong...

The whole idea of using a CMS (Content Management System) like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal etc. is exactly to NOT know even HTML!

If you can type here in this forum - and according to your OP, you can! - then you should be able to publish online using a CMS, including WP.

Notice: I have never said that customizing the look and other stuff in WP or any other system wouldn't require some sort of knowledge of CSS, for example.

But just to publish... you don't even need HTML. So you can safely forget it :p

Explain to me, where exactly you need HTML and CSS and PHP when you go through this basic process:
- have a hosting account and install WP (most hosts have a one-click method for it)
- download, unzip and upload via FTP to your site a new theme and some estore-type WP plugin
- login to your WP admin and activate a store theme and some kind of store plugin
- start making "posts"; i.e. create an entry for your products

Can you point exactly to the step where you need even HTML, not to mention anything beyond it?

Your whole theory why you are not doing it... it's just a bunch of cheap excuses.

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pnehal 10 years ago

consider hiring a professional to do the website part with you, and you? you run the business. you have a lot of other things to worry about, put your time and energy on where it should be - knowing how it works will come eventually, as you work with someone who really knows it best
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rehabGeorge

10 years ago

I totally agree with the comments that you should stick with Wordpress if you and not into programming. Otherwise . . . look into PHP. A lot of hosts will support your PHP work which, after a boatload of work programming, you can control an online shop. Go with Wordpress and trusted plugins.

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ZedyDiamond

10 years ago

Wordpress is easy, trust me. Search for some free tutorial videos about creating an online store, you definitely will find something. So many themes and plugins are already available to download for free.

Get woocommerce for wordpress. It's the best plugin for online stores IMO.

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OnlineStoreHelp 10 years ago

I know we all love wordpress here, but if he is selling physical products, then going to a true shopping cart application is the way to go. Something like Shopify would be a perfect match for someone of his skills and what he seems to be want to sell, a few products he can grow into. If it is something digital, plug in fetchApp and you are ready to go.

There is a short learning curve, beautiful sites and he can test it all with their free trial. After that, $30 a month for a PCI compliant shopping cart, strong third party ecosystem and he doesn't need to know about hosting or the technical side.

Shopify makes it easy to go into your theme and change the CSS and HTML, you just have to work around the rails in the theme.

I use wordpress for a lot of things, but not for online stores, just to much risk and hassle compared to a shopping cart software that is designed for it.
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davidsotto1810

10 years ago

Wordpress with all the great plugins is the best for you. If initially you have trouble working with it, you can get help from a freelancer. In time you will get used to it. Its is quite easy to work with wordpress. For hiring a freelancer, I would recommend CodeClerks.com to get the job done perfectly at low cost.