Extreme osCommerce makeovers?

[lorax]

I've got a project that requires a severe overhaul of the UI for osC. I haven't built something like what I'm about to embark on before so I'm looking for examples of how other folks have pushed the envelope with their osCommerce UI design. And I'm also interested in any particular difficulties you might have run into during the process.

 

FYI the client doesn't like boxy designs SO a big part of the challenge is to design something that is open/spacious, striking, informative, and yet very user friendly. My guess is it will be a radical departure from the osCommerce table structure. I've got a design concept in mind but before I head down that road I'm looking to see if anyone else has molded the osC interface in a similar fashion.

[Dragonmom]

One of the nicest modified sites I've ever seen is this one;

http://madelinescandles.com/

[lorax]

The design concept I'm thinking of is a radical departure from the typical osComm design. I'm talking tableless CSS2P with relative and absolute positioning.

 

While I've built sites like this before, I've never tried it on osCommerce which is a modular application - e.g. there is a point when the modifications we make to osCommerce will force us to cross an imaginary line between just tweaking the code (to include a contribution or upgrade to a new snapshop) and having to rewrite the code - or just build the modification from scratch. The further we deviate from the original code the more rewriting we need to do to include code meant for the original.

 

re: http://madelinescandles.com/

 

Thanks.

[Guest]

Dropship Direct :thumbsup:

[freefall1]

We are putting a shop live in about 2 weeks from now. This wil be a totaly different way of using OSC

 

 

thnx