professionally designed but personally updated?

Hello,

It would have been easier to narrow down search based on the specifics of your needs. You may like to address following functional aspects while looking at the ready made platforms.

• Marketing & Merchandizing
• Order Processing & Fulfillment
• Customer Support Management
• Supply Management
• Business Analytics

There are many good service providers and you can search them on web. I can list a few for a quick help but you will have to choose amongst many other based on your business needs. This is just a representative list and does not contain all the good / eligible service providers..

http://www.prostores.com/
http://www.citymax.com/
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/merchant/
http://www.shopcreator.com/index.cfm
http://www.miva.com/us/

Thanks,

Prasad
Managing Director
www.v2biz.com

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Originally Posted by The Don Namon

karlcore - i understand what you're saying but i also don't have the capital available like that.. do you have any suggestions of affordable yet quality web designers?

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I'm not sure if my response will violate the forum rules.
I can help you. If you're interested, e-mail me at [email protected]

Hello,

You may also like to have a look at the thread : http://forums.smallbusinesscomputing...ead.php?t=2148

Thanks,

Prasad
Managing Director
www.v2biz.com

I would have your professional designer use a content management system so that it can be easily updated and managed. This also allows for sitewide changes without having to redo each page

I'd like to suggest that you find a good class on web site management that includes planning and the technical basics.

Every web site owner should understand what a web site is all about. Getting your hands into the coding and file structure - at least just a little bit, will both help you manage your own site and help you communicate with development professionals. Think of web development as a line with you doing all the tasks at one end and the developer doing all the tasks at the other end. Both ends are danger zones - either you have lack of control or you are spending time doing something that a developer could do more efficiently. But, where you are in the middle is something you should investigate.

I teach web classes at a local adult learning center. When they asked if I would teach Dreamweaver, I explained that the only way I would teach web site construction was if I could have the prerequisite of web site planning and management. I keep running into to so many small organizations that don't know anything about how their web site works - or what makes a good web site happen. They often pay way too much for a badly designed site, or they don't appreciate a good developer, or they get a site that is technically correct but ugly, or they get a site that is beautiful, but not search engine friendly, or ...

All good and valid points, Nora. Those are all common issues. I see all these slick looking sites and then I check the code and it's coded to 1983 standards. Sometimes I don't even need to check the code. When I see a delay on mouseovers I know it was made in screamweaver. The worst javascript on earth, is what that thing puts out