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melissa:
The CubeCart template system is very easy to use (that is, if you've modified a template before). It uses Smarty, HTML and CSS.
I didn't do any fancy integration work apart from making the WB template and CubeCart template identical, and that was incredibly simple. I'm also using multiple menus in the WB part, and I copied the HTML for the top menu into the main page template for CubeCart. If this isn't making sense, let me know!
I based the whole thing on one of the standard CubeCart templates that is included with the install, just making my own colours, banner and background.
I am pretty happy with CubeCart. After all, it's free. I did spend a bit of money on mods (for Australia Post, and another option). Their forum is unfortunately nowhere near as helpful as here, but if you search, you can generally find the answer to your question.
Melissa.
mysticcowboy:
Hi Melissa,
I think you've done an excellent job, outstanding for a first site.
I kind of agree with Dave about the background, but not strongly. The background is a bit busy but really doesn't detract from the overall impression, especially considering the subject matter. With babies, cute is good.
I think your bulleted navigation is just fine the way it is. There is such a thing as over styling a site. Simple works well in this case.
I don't quite understand the articles page. Where are the articles? One advantage of WebsiteBaker is that it builds your navigation for you automatically, so you don't need to put under construction or placeholder pages up. If you like it as it is, resources might be a more accurate category name.
One more point. You force the visitor to click through from the Shop link one more time before actually going to the shop. There really isn't a need. And you may confuse visitors with the extra step. If you want to put policy pages up you can do that in CubeCart. And, you already have a description of your courses on the home page.
Still, it's a nice site. I like it,
best,
michael
melissa:
Re: articles, Julie is planning to write lots of articles. At the moment, there aren't many and she has gone on holidays.
Since you concur with Dave about the background, I will spread out the butterflies a bit more (when I have some free time). My husband liked them more spread out as well.
Thanks for the feedback about two clicks to get to the shop. I'm not quite sure what to do about that, still being a bit of a CubeCart novice. I'll have to fuss around and see if I can find a better starting page from WB.
Melissa.
kickarse:
--- Quote from: melissa on June 20, 2006, 02:26:52 AM ---The CubeCart template system is very easy to use (that is, if you've modified a template before). It uses Smarty, HTML and CSS.
I didn't do any fancy integration work apart from making the WB template and CubeCart template identical, and that was incredibly simple. I'm also using multiple menus in the WB part, and I copied the HTML for the top menu into the main page template for CubeCart. If this isn't making sense, let me know!
I based the whole thing on one of the standard CubeCart templates that is included with the install, just making my own colours, banner and background.
I am pretty happy with CubeCart. After all, it's free. I did spend a bit of money on mods (for Australia Post, and another option). Their forum is unfortunately nowhere near as helpful as here, but if you search, you can generally find the answer to your question.
Melissa.
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Thanks for the reply. I wanted to try CubeCart but was worried about integration. I see it works very well!
mysticcowboy:
--- Quote from: melissa on June 20, 2006, 12:01:20 PM ---Re: articles, Julie is planning to write lots of articles. At the moment, there aren't many and she has gone on holidays.
Since you concur with Dave about the background, I will spread out the butterflies a bit more (when I have some free time). My husband liked them more spread out as well.
Thanks for the feedback about two clicks to get to the shop. I'm not quite sure what to do about that, still being a bit of a CubeCart novice. I'll have to fuss around and see if I can find a better starting page from WB.
Melissa.
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Hi Melissa,
No hurry on the background. It's a minor point, more of something you might try than a something that needs fixing badly.;-)
Why do you need a landing page for CubeCart? WebsiteBaker lets you insert a link on Pages > Add Page section of Admin, one of the options under Type is Menu Link. You could let the store link take you directly to CubeCart, which, BTW you did an excellent job of integrating the design with.
best,
michael
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