Here it is - well almost !

[Guest]

Hi all !

 

Well it's been a while .... this is my first site for a couple of years !

 

How has everyone been keeping?!

 

Y'know, for this site (it's for myself), I looked at some 'competitors' to osCommerce - even spent some time building a site around them, but despite all their bells and whistles, the core of good ol' osC was a much better base (IMHO) to build a store on - so there you go....

 

As I mentioned, it's been a while since I built a site in anger!

 

As I post this, I know there are a TON of things still to do, I have a to-do list that just doesn't seem to be getting any smaller!

 

Some Obvious things :

 

There are only some #test# products on the site at the moment - most of the category links don't go anywhere!

shared ssl , sometimes this works - but in this instance it doesn't ! so a 'proper' ssl cert is on its way

 

I'm hoping to complete the site over the next week or so - I would Really appreciate any constructive feedback, first impressions, general advice, thoughts - so I'm not missing anything.

 

 

I should point out that this site is for Lingerie and has (or will have) a general adult theme so if your under 18 or easily offended, please don't look at it.

 

At the time of posting, only a few of the categories have any product - try Lingerie > Chemise (see if you can spot the obvious spelling mistake!)

 

 

Anyways, I'll stop rabbiting on and give you the link will I?

 

Visit My Website

[burt]

I like it - other than the drop down menu which I like the dropdowns but don't like the tabs - make em sexier.

 

Your dropdown doesn't appear to be carrying SID, so that's something you need to look at.

[Guest]

Hi Burt,

 

Thanks for that - I totally agree that the tabs are a bit blocky.

 

I'm looking to soften them up a bit and possibly make them rounded?

It's a bit tricky though trying to achive a 'clean' design and still give the site some character - I am not a designer - I'm sure this kinda thing comes easy to other people....

 

 

The sid is an ongoing issue I've been having - all the links to the site will have the proper osC coded links (on my to-do list) . Obviously the prefered way to go is cookie based sessions rather than in the url - this isn't working out at the moment as I'm using a shared ssl, the plan is to stick to url sid's then switch over in the next couple of weeks to cookie based once a proper ssl is organised.

 

BrianD.

[Guest]

I really like the look of the front page. Did you use a template or did you do it yourself?

[lindsayanng]

I really like he drop down menu too.. did you use a contribution for that? or is there a script somewhere around for it?? I would love to do something similar on my pet store website. I have been fighting with the layout of themain categories for a while.. this might really work!!

 

Nice graphics, but you have a lot of work making the links actually work.

[♥FWR Media]

Well a lot of it doesn't work as yet (as you stated) .. but who cares! great job!

 

Sort the config issue with persistent osCsid though because that will give you grief.

[spooks]

I really like he drop down menu too.. did you use a contribution for that? or is there a script somewhere around for it?? I would love to do something similar on my pet store website. I have been fighting with the layout of themain categories for a while.. this might really work!!

 

Nice graphics, but you have a lot of work making the links actually work.

 

 

menu is css Lindsay, just a development of one of Stu menu's I would suspect.

[Guest]

Hi,

 

sorry I took so long to come back.

 

The site is all done in css, the menu also css , with hard coded links (thats why most don't work yet!) - it's a bit tricky getting everything to work, stay aligned and work in all the main browsers though!

 

If anyone wants a bit of sample code to see the menu css, drop me a pm and I'll knock a sample up.

 

Sort the config issue with persistent osCsid though because that will give you grief

 

yep, thanks for that, it was one of my thoughts - although I suspect the problems should clear when I move to cookie sessions and a private ssl?

 

but you have a lot of work making the links actually work

yes, and this is only one line on the to-do list!!!

 

Its all good fun though isn't it?

 

BrianD

[lindsayanng]

oh yea.. theres nothing more fun that doing links in oscommerce.. it drives me CRAZY sometimes... I figured it was CSS and thought about stu's website, and i LOVE IT!! I will PM you..

 

Aside from that, GREAT JOB.. like i said.. i love the images and the use of giant images instead of people who use loads of text and such.. If you need help with linking, just post away..

[EbonyYasmine]

WOW!! your store looks great. I like the menus

[Guest]

Thanks everyone so far for the awesome reviews - it gives me a lot of confidence that I'm moving in the right direction.

 

I'm slowly working towards getting the site ready for launch (or should that be lunch!) but there have been a couple of changes over the weekend - most obvious is the front page layout (I felt the first attempt was just too busy looking)

 

I wonder, did anyone manage to try out the product image zoom - there aren't many test products on there with multiple images for the zoom feature : here's one though Test Product With Multiple Images

 

I'd be really gratefull if a few good folks could give it a try and let me know how it worked for them.

 

Thanks again to all for your feedback so far.

 

BrianD