Hy Guys, please chq out my online IT Shop.
Feel free to register.
www.axecomputers.co.za
Competition is hectic outside.
Feel free to register.
www.axecomputers.co.za
Competition is hectic outside.
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Pada
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Well done with getting your own online IT shop up and running and fully functional!
However, you'll have to face the hard fact that your website still needs tonnes of work if you want to to be appealing and user friendly...
For instance you shouldn't use full size (eg. 800x600) images and let the browser resize it to thumbnails (eg. 32x32), because then the thumbnails look terrible and your website will load incredibly long.
I'd also recommend that you remove the large BF3 background image and get some decent scheme instead, where you're sure it isn't copyright protected either.
I would actually recommend moving away from the ancient and crappy looking osCommerce framework and that you use either Magento Commerce or Opencart.
You can then reuse your website logo, terms and conditions and category structure.
I quite like Prophecy's website structure, because you can drill down (filter) the components till you have just what you're looking for. Eg. CPUs > Intel > Socket 1155 or RAM > DDR3 > DDR3 1600
You can also have a look at the recommendations we gave for another myBB member's PC shop: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/511040-New-Online-PC-Hardware-shop
However, you'll have to face the hard fact that your website still needs tonnes of work if you want to to be appealing and user friendly...
For instance you shouldn't use full size (eg. 800x600) images and let the browser resize it to thumbnails (eg. 32x32), because then the thumbnails look terrible and your website will load incredibly long.
I'd also recommend that you remove the large BF3 background image and get some decent scheme instead, where you're sure it isn't copyright protected either.
I would actually recommend moving away from the ancient and crappy looking osCommerce framework and that you use either Magento Commerce or Opencart.
You can then reuse your website logo, terms and conditions and category structure.
I quite like Prophecy's website structure, because you can drill down (filter) the components till you have just what you're looking for. Eg. CPUs > Intel > Socket 1155 or RAM > DDR3 > DDR3 1600
You can also have a look at the recommendations we gave for another myBB member's PC shop: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/511040-New-Online-PC-Hardware-shop
NeonNinja
Neon Resident
I once used that networking image off Google on one of my school projects.
@Pada, thank you for the input. Im not very up to date with php and html knowledge. IM trying my best to really get the shop to look more appealing and ease of use, I will take alook at the images.
Really appreciate it.
Really appreciate it.
Looks great, the good thing with oscommerce is that there are tons of modifications that can be installed, so you can really customize your site later on, the structure and layout makes for easy navigation and finding your way around the site.
I would recommend adding a contact number on your contact us page, also notice some of your manufacturer images are slightly large, you should re size them smaller, try and install the "search friendly URLS" modification, and maybe show the stock availability status for each product, like sybaritic, prophecy, etc
Indeed competition is tough, good luck
CPA states that stock indicators MUST be used.