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Wordpress with the WP e-commerce plugin?

Hi guys, Is it a good idea? Im relatively new to the whole concept of building an e-commerce websites. Ive had a couple of maintenance jobs in the past where ive had to edit and update current systems, but nothing from scratch. Im pretty handy with Wordpress and have tried out the WP e-commerce plugin, which seems to work quite well and would seem easy enough to quickly show a client through. Trouble is they isn't many e-commerce themes around for Wordpress. (Only 2 free templates afaik!) However the paid templates as viewed on the following link look fantastic so was thinking of buying a liscence for one of those and editing it accordingly for a client. http://tomuse.com/wordpress-ecommerce-theme/ From a designers point of view, is this a solution you would ever take into consideration, because Wordpress at times feels that easy its almost cheating!? Ive had a look at Zen Cart and tested it out on one of my servers but I just cant seem to figure out the backend admin panel, something that Wordpress does brilliantly when it comes to 'ease of use'. Good idea/bad idea...help please!

Just come across a cool site for CSS Menu templates... http://13styles.com/ Was wondering if anybody else has used this site and if people have any more recommendations around the web? Chris.

Yeah lightbox any day of the week mate.

Hi guys, This is a message for any of you folks out there that run there own web design business. Im currently in the middle of writing up a business plan have just about finished the company's Market Research section. Next up is all the legal stuff. I know what to discuss for the business in general, however in particular what legal issues may my new business come across? Me and my friend intend to setup as a 'Partnership' but would like to know more about what types of Insurance we may need etc, so we can add it accordingly to our Business Plan. Thanks in advance, Chris.

Brilliant find, thanks!