Spixxx Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Hello everyone, I am pretty familiar with creating sites, as far as PHP, HTML, CSS, photoshop and etc but I am now creating a site for my clients Store. He wants an online store with a blog, and a few pages. Basically a CMS with a storefront/ecommerce. My question is what should I use? Wordpress, drupal? Or go with just an e-commerce like zen-cart? I usually edit the pages myself, but I need to make it so it is dummy-proof and he can manage the whole site without any help. Add products, categories, news, edit blog, etc. I am good with graphics and had a site layed out, but which CMS/ecommerce is most customizable to the point where I can integrate it seamlessly? Any thoughts, ideas, etc? Thanks in advance, I appreciate the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oni-kun Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I'd recommend an e-commerce related solution, As a CMS anything higher will cause confusion and won't integrate well the shop portion. Zen-cart is a first choice of mine for it's (well, price being free) and easily modifyable for a client, although it really depends on the size/scope of the store. I've seen many zencart based sites do well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spixxx Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 Okay, that was my first hunch. As for the customizing aspect, how do I skin/modify a zen-cart? Is there a way to build my site and simply enter a block of code and just put snippets everywhere (ie below) <html> <head></head> <body> Header {log-in} BlahBlahBlah {left-menu} BlahBlahBLah {zen-footer} </body> </html> ...like that? OR would I be better off going to their support forums? Thanks man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oni-kun Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Okay, that was my first hunch. As for the customizing aspect, how do I skin/modify a zen-cart? Is there a way to build my site and simply enter a block of code and just put snippets everywhere (ie below) To create a new base template: http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=142 Looks like it has nice (CMS-like) options for the template parts: [...]Open your Admin panel and navigate to tools -> template selection. Click the Edit button, then choose CUSTOM from the dropdown menu and click the Update button. Now, navigate to tools -> layout boxes controller and at [...] As well, Some simple tutorials on modification that looks very straight forward and simple to set up for someone: http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?category=16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spixxx Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hm, thanks. I'm just not sure how to completely customize it (put menus where I want and stuff) versus changing the look of it. Thanks, though; you got me on the right track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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