Ecommerce design?

[supergo6o]

Could you tell me which program is good to be used for making an ecommerce site design?

[JPnyc]

Not sure what you mean by program. Do you mean a WYSIWYG program such as Dreamweaver? The best sites are generally made without the use of any such program, in my opinion.

[supergo6o]

Sorry,but I'm new it this business,the truth is that I'm planning to start one!I mean windows program(web design program)!

[JPnyc]

OK that's what I figured. If you've never designed a site before, then I strongly recommend either using a good designer, or a template/turnkey site, or perhaps even starting with an eBay or Yahoo storefront. Making a commercial website is not an easy thing, and you'll be much better off not doing it yourself unless you have a fair amount of experience and training in that sort of thing.

[supergo6o]

I've heard that using templates is not good enough,because Google doesn't like them!Is that true?I'm really thinking of giving someone to make me the website,but I'm not sure about who will be this guy or website offering design?

[JPnyc]

Depending on what you want to sell, maybe eBay or Yahoo storefront would be the best choice. Building an e-commerce site from scratch can be expensive.

[The Old Sarge]

The search engines may not like templates as much as something else, I'm not sure one way or another. But I do know that the right template, one that is up-to-date, properly coded (preferably with CSS, etc.), and one that is not seen on every third beginning site one finds can at least be picked up and indexed by the SEs.

Also, as JP said, unless you have LOTS of time to learn ... months at least ... you would be wise to start simple or hire a pro.

I can tell you from personal experience, starting at the very bottom knowledge-wise and skill-wise in the web design business is a very long, sometimes tedious, often very frustrating proposition. Add the pressures of starting a business and it turns into a full time job with very little return.

Not trying to discourage you. Just being honest. :0)

[JEccles]

You may be best off going with an "all-in-one" solution like Volusion. I've just started work on my 3rd site with them. I started with NO knowledge at all just over 18 months ago. They are easy to use and the new V5 has some great templates. Just go to www.Volusion.com and check them out.

[supergo6o]

You are saying that I should not use templates,but in that case what I have to use!I've heard that static web is better than the dynamic,is that true??

[rfresh]

If you have Linux hosting, most providers also have several different ecommerce applications available for free - you can install each one and try them out to see which one you like the best. There are many free ones out there - it is highly unlikely you will need to create an ecommerce package from scratch - why re-invent the wheel?

[supergo6o]

You haven't answered my question!What I should use instead of templates(you should know that I'm not using Linux)?

[rfresh]

Doesn't matter what server platform you are using - your answer is still the same: find a ecommerce application that you like and use that. A template is just an HTML form for a web page - it does not have any database connections so it won't do anything for you from an ecommerce stand point. You need to choose an ecommerce package, not a template.

[Lolita_zhong]

If you want to use ASP.
You can asp+sql2000+IIS .
If you want to use php.
You can Php+mysql+IIS.
Both of they are possible.

[Lolita_zhong]

You can download some free code.
Phpmagic is software for php+mysql.

[supergo6o]

What is that PHP,how this can help me with ecommerce?