Wicked Magic Posted July 5, 2010 Posted July 5, 2010 Hi everyone, I am very new to this. I have set up a bluevoda website and would like to add a Store with a shopping cart. At the moment I can with the built in paypal section in bluevoda. But this does not allow me to have the shipping content changed if someone buys multiple items. Can I add oscommerce on new pages just for my store and still have my main website as is? Or do I need to rebuild the website totally in oscommerce? Probably sounds stupid, but this is very new to me. All I want to do is add a store to my existing site thanks Wicked magic
Guest Posted July 5, 2010 Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Tracey, USUALLY you would build your website around osCommerce (OSC). So, the only suggestion I have is to add a link from your existing site to the OSC cart. Ofcourse you would have to remove all of the products and paypal buttons from your existing site and move the products to the OSC cart to make it functional, but yes you could integrate the cart into your site. Chris
Wicked Magic Posted July 5, 2010 Author Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Tracey, USUALLY you would build your website around osCommerce (OSC). So, the only suggestion I have is to add a link from your existing site to the OSC cart. Ofcourse you would have to remove all of the products and paypal buttons from your existing site and move the products to the OSC cart to make it functional, but yes you could integrate the cart into your site. Chris
Wicked Magic Posted July 5, 2010 Author Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Chris, Thank you. I think I will just rebuild a new site, maybe a lot easier for me as this stuff is really over my head. It is all very new, but hey i gave it a go. Thanks Tracey
Wicked Magic Posted July 5, 2010 Author Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Tracey, USUALLY you would build your website around osCommerce (OSC). So, the only suggestion I have is to add a link from your existing site to the OSC cart. Ofcourse you would have to remove all of the products and paypal buttons from your existing site and move the products to the OSC cart to make it functional, but yes you could integrate the cart into your site. Chris
Wicked Magic Posted July 5, 2010 Author Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Chris, See I cannot even navigate this site without sending you your message back. I have given some thought to your answer. To intregate the site can you give me some idea on how to set the page to go to it. 1/ Would I need to put on my original site a Button to take them to online store? If this is right, this part is easy. 2. The store within Oscommerce obviously would have same domain name - What would I call these pages and can you tell me step by step what to do. I would really appreciate this. Regards Tracey
bkellum Posted July 5, 2010 Posted July 5, 2010 Hi Chris, See I cannot even navigate this site without sending you your message back. I have given some thought to your answer. To intregate the site can you give me some idea on how to set the page to go to it. 1/ Would I need to put on my original site a Button to take them to online store? If this is right, this part is easy. 2. The store within Oscommerce obviously would have same domain name - What would I call these pages and can you tell me step by step what to do. I would really appreciate this. Regards Tracey Another option is to use STS (Simple Template System) as it would allow you to keep your existing site and add osCommerce functions to it. You would have to install osC on your site and then use STS to bring in the osC functions to your existing site. Bill Kellum Sounds Good Productions STS Tutorials & more: STSv4.6, STS Add-ons (STS Power Pack), STS V4 Forum STS Forum FREE TEMPLATE
NodsDorf Posted July 5, 2010 Posted July 5, 2010 It is not uncommon for people to use front end informational material and then link to a shop. If you setup your site with some sort of navigation and information and put it in the root example(www.mysite.com) then put a button "buy online" or "visit shop" in the navigation of the front end. You can install the oscommerce in another directory, like "shop", "catalog", "store", etc.. On the front end people can get information, and then go to your shop when they are ready to buy. I see this alot with game sites I visit where their main focus is to tell people about their game and get them involved in the forums but also offer t-shits, mugs, mouse-pads and what not in a store.
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