Monday, January 18, 2010

Panel Carts I'm Interested In Getting A Shopping Cart But How Does Someone Change The Templates As They Are So Plain?

I'm interested in getting a shopping cart but how does someone change the templates as they are so plain? - panel carts

I looked at osCommerce, ZenCart, OpenCart and others, but about how to give the unique look confused, because they all seem very clear, very unattractive. Anyone know who baskets, how to give a unique look - I must know the encoding, or there are places in the administration area of change to the colors, design, banners, buttons, etc.?

Are there any good that cars that do not open source, but instead may also buy them?

2 comments:

Delia Lunsford said...

Unfortunately, changing the templates on any shopping cart can be very challenging and sometimes even impossible for someone who is not a design or programmer. Each cart has its own way of doing things and it frequently takes someone who specializes in that particular cart to get it done right. When I mean right, I mean not just done so that it looks right but so that the behind the scenes stuff is still upgradeable. For example, Zen Cart uses CSS, php templates and admin settings to produce a tableless CSS design when done correctly. That's a desireable feature for load time and SEO.

But turn someone loose who just forces the solution or buy a template that does, and your cart may lose that feature and even then not be upgradeable. Upgrades usually come with higher security features and you should plan for them.

Many carts have installable templates out there which can really help you change your cart look but beware as some of the larger template sites don't worry about good code and doing things the right way.

If you want to do it yourself, you face an incredibly steep learning curve (that's how I got into this myself!). If you do have a budget, plan on spending at least $500 to start no matter what cart you choose. Pay someone to install the template - some templates are free, look at those first.

My preference is Zen Cart over OsCommerce, Creloaded and OSCMax. Those are the ones I'm most familiar with. But all carts have different built in features and add in modules so start by looking at what you want and need in a cart.

mawduce6... said...

The models you see are seeing just a few examples of what might appear to the car. You can really make a page for the validation of the Find command shopping, as your website. Everything you need to do is remove everything that you do not want to format it and give you your own website. Is it difficult? You bet I have at first, but I've worked with PHP, so was not completely lost. If you have never worked with a server-side script, you may find it difficult. The cars you mentioned truck is not really open source. I suppose it could be if you design the car used by default, but I'm sure no one does. They are professional tools of e-commerce there is a need satisfaction selling site, just so that you publish the page like a pro, he did.

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