[apache]

I was wondering how far you have to dive into languages such as PHP and MySQL before you are able to create and maintain your very own e-commerce site?

Also when you see companies offering shopping carts, is there other programming which has to be done alongside this to integrate it into your site?

Thanks in advance.
Apache

[Dx3webs]

apache, on 30 August 2011 - 03:35 AM, said:

I was wondering how far you have to dive into languages such as PHP and MySQL before you are able to create and maintain your very own e-commerce site?

Also when you see companies offering shopping carts, is there other programming which has to be done alongside this to integrate it into your site?

Thanks in advance.
Apache

You should not need any programming knowledge to operate any shopping cart.
There are loads out there.. see the thread at the top of this forum.
We happen to use Magento.. if you want to try it out for a couple of weeks free of charge.. drop me a line

cheers
Andy

[katehsu]

apache, on 30 August 2011 - 03:35 AM, said:

I was wondering how far you have to dive into languages such as PHP and MySQL before you are able to create and maintain your very own e-commerce site?

Also when you see companies offering shopping carts, is there other programming which has to be done alongside this to integrate it into your site?

Thanks in advance.
Apache

I think you had better have the basic PHP and MySQL knowledge to maintain ecommerce site, especially fix the problem.

Contact your hosting company how to integrate the shopping cart into your site.

Here's a sample how to build a Ubercart for free.

[pandadoodle]

Dx3webs, on 30 August 2011 - 04:19 PM, said:

You should not need any programming knowledge to operate any shopping cart.
There are loads out there.. see the thread at the top of this forum.
We happen to use Magento.. if you want to try it out for a couple of weeks free of charge.. drop me a line

cheers
Andy

Or he / she could just download it for free and install it on his / her own server for free!

[Dx3webs]

pandadoodle, on 30 August 2011 - 07:27 PM, said:

Or he / she could just download it for free and install it on his / her own server for free!

and be denied our amazing technical support, tender care and hand holding for new e-commerce practitioners?

[apache]

Thanks for all your help guys! I'll be sure to take all of your advice, and I am in the process of learning PHP and MySQL so I don't see any point in stopping.

Apache

[rallport]

Dx3webs, on 30 August 2011 - 04:19 PM, said:

You should not need any programming knowledge to operate any shopping cart.

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We happen to use Magento.. if you want to try it out for a couple of weeks free of charge.. drop me a line

The fact a statement like that is coming from an apparent web dev company is pretty dam scary in my eyes

[Dx3webs]

Hi Rallport,

Thanks for you interest in dx3webs.. while we do some magento development work we are mainly a hosting company whose main purpose is to make magento accessible to 'normal' people. We take care of the ugly stuff and let business owners get on with running their site.

Isn't that the way it should be?

A lot of our customers are non-technical small business owners who use magento day to day and never need to understand how to programme anything.

cheers
Andy

[rallport]

Dx3webs, on 01 September 2011 - 09:23 AM, said:

Hi Rallport,

Thanks for you interest in dx3webs.. while we do some magento development work we are mainly a hosting company whose main purpose is to make magento accessible to 'normal' people. We take care of the ugly stuff and let business owners get on with running their site.

Isn't that the way it should be?

A lot of our customers are non-technical small business owners who use magento day to day and never need to understand how to programme anything.

cheers
Andy

Well, I'm not sure what you mean by the "ugly stuff" as to use a vanilla magento site the front end user (E.g. client) doesn't need any programming skills at all - albeit the admin area is notoriously complex and bloated in my opinion.

[Malick]

rallport, on 02 September 2011 - 09:01 AM, said:

Well, I'm not sure what you mean by the "ugly stuff" as to use a vanilla magento site the front end user (E.g. client) doesn't need any programming skills at all - albeit the admin area is notoriously complex and bloated in my opinion.

I think he was talking about the admin area?

[necrobyter]

Hi,

I've written an article on starting web development which covers the basics.

If it's not of interest then you should definitely consider an open source solution to your problem. This will mean you can move from having to build the solution to more of administration role.

Magento is excellent, it's my favourite but there are many others.

My article is here if you want to start learning to do it yourself.

Beginning Apache / mySQL / PHP / JQuery development