Hello all

[Guest]

Hey all, im new here and im looking into setting up my own shop. i have a dummy site that i can host this software on untill i can figure most of it out. Now i have some basci questions and some not so basic so if anyone is willing to help plz do reply.

 

Ok here goes

1, can you customis oscommerce with diff skins if so is there any freebies that look nice and refreshing on the eyes.

2, how easy is it to get a merchant acount to handle payments?

3, how easy is it to set up and get the site up and running with out much down time?

4, how easy is it for google to index the site once up and running?

 

 

This may sound off or cheeky but is anyone avible on msn to talk to in setting up and running a shop using this software.

 

As i said im new to it all and looking for the best solution to run a shop from home as well as working

 

Thanks hope to hear your replys soon

 

Thanks all

 

spudevo

[♥geoffreywalton]

1. Yes

2. Very

3.Not very, you need to invest a lot of time getting it to work the way you want. Plus you need to try to understand some basic html, php and mysql.

4. Very, even easier if you install the right contribution.

[Guest]

hi thanks for the reply is there any free skins that i can get to work with oscommerce?

 

As for the merchant accounts what about fruad? can u point me to some where where i can look into fees and so forth for accepting credit cards as i dont want to pay a huge amount of fees.

 

 

im willing to invest a lot of time like i have done for this site www.theprophets-guild.com

 

what are the best mods/contributions to use?

 

Thanks very much for your time :D

[♥geoffreywalton]

1. Google might find some

 

2. Google this site, loads of comments.

 

3. Enjoy

 

4. Down to what you want, Try the first 2 threads on this forum

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showforum=1

[Guest]

im after a pink ish theme which i have googled and gogled for and cant find 1 if some one can point me in the right direction....

 

 

as i said be4 its all new to me some would like as much help as possible cos i want this to work for me.... :P

 

so thank you for your help at this moment im sure there will be other questions i will ask :D

[Historian]

hi thanks for the reply is there any free skins that i can get to work with oscommerce?

 

As for the merchant accounts what about fruad? can u point me to some where where i can look into fees and so forth for accepting credit cards as i dont want to pay a huge amount of fees.

im willing to invest a lot of time like i have done for this site www.theprophets-guild.com

 

what are the best mods/contributions to use?

 

Thanks very much for your time :D

 

I think Geoffrey was over-simplying when he said there it was very easy to find free skins.

There are two basic ways to get the layout/colour scheme that you want.

 

1. Adapt it yourself. That means changing various files in osCommerce. This is not difficult if you have a basic understanding of HTML (and CSS), but it is time consuming finding your way around the files. There will be a fairly long learning curve. You may find some of the Contributions help http://addons.oscommerce.com/ - for example some people like STS.

 

2. The other way is to obtain a template, but there are very few free ones around. In practice, many templates have been heavily hacked and it may not be easy to add Contributions to them. Even if you buy a template, you may well find that they are out of date and don't work with the latest programs.

 

Provided you have a little knowledge, then I would suggest 1. If you no knowledge of HTML then pay someone to design and set up your site.

[Guest]

hey historian, i have some idea how php, msql so forth works, u give me joomla and il desing what u want :P

 

but this software is nee to me, so be4 i open a shop i want to make a dummy site get everything working on there then reupload it to hosted site.

 

 

i have found the template i want so that good news :D

 

now its just configing it, adding the right contrib and getting all the privacy and stuff set up. that i need to know is where did every one get there info from on stuff like

 

Shipping & Returns

Privacy Notice

Conditions of Use

Contact Us

[Guest]

also can some one tell if the seo url and the meta contribs i installed are working correctly and do i need install the valdiation tool for the seo contribe

 

here is a dummy site

 

www.theprophets-guild.com/shop

 

as i said its a dummy site

[mrjd1410]

also can some one tell if the seo url and the meta contribs i installed are working correctly and do i need install the valdiation tool for the seo contribe

 

here is a dummy site

 

www.theprophets-guild.com/shop

 

as i said its a dummy site

The seo and meta contribs are Looking good haven't tried the validation contribution but think I will sounds logical. Check out the sid killer can save problems later. The header and body seem to be a few pixels different need to adjust the width there.

[Guest]

thanks for reply, as i said this is new to me after a year or so from dabbling in it....