I've had good results with CFwebstore (http://www.cfwebstore.com ). I know
it's not as robust on the back end as AbleCommerce but it let's you
customize the hell out of it on the GUI side. The scenario you describe
below is definitely possible. You still need to know CF and HTML though. I
did a site for my uncle recently with it - http://www.workmens.com .
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 8:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Is Able Commerce truly user-unfriendly and hence useless?
I have a site with 3 categories:
1. VANS
2. TRUCKS
3. SUVS
So what I need to do is have three tabs on the home page, each tab going to
a page that has the group listings of each category on the next page. So if
a visitor clicks on VANS, they go to a page with a nice picture of a van
and a listing of all VAN products. When they click on a product, they see a
display, etc. This I have not been able to accomplish with Able Commerce's
so called wizards.
Next, I need to change the icons, that I agree is not such a big deal but I
was amazed that they would have enough courage to ship their product with
such an ugly set. A real montrosity, I share this to vent my frustration
with the user-unfriendliness of the product. I couldn't even get one page
to list all 3 categories in a table with 3 rows.
And finally to add insult to injury, when someone clicks on SEATS as a
group listing, on the next page, instead of seeing a listing of all seats
one after another vertically in a column, the visitor is expected to click
on an ugly NEXT button to see the next one. No thumbnails, highly arcane
looking navigation system created by their templates/wizards with graphics
hit hard by an ugly stick. Not only is the program not easy to use, the
resulting PREVIEWS look so bad due to the layout/ugly icons, I dare not
show them to my client.
At 01:19 PM 4/16/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>I do not understand - you can change all the icons in any version of Able
>Commerce. I agree they do not supply an icon library but there are so many
>of those anway. Can you be more specific about what you cannot easily
>customise. I have no commercial interest in Able just want to see a fair
>representation of the product.
>
>Paul Burgess
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 12:57 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Is Able Commerce truly user-unfriendly and hence useless?
> >
> >
> > Dear Adrian,
> >
> > Try to customize the look and feel of your pages and then let me
> > know if I
> > am being unfair. The basic look created by Able Commerce is so ugly
there
> > should be a law against it. In fact I'm writing my Senator about it
right
> > now - i.e. abolish any net tax incentives but do enact a web site
> > ugliness
> > law to incentivise the folks at Able Commerce to come up with
> > some at least
> > half way decent looking icons instead of those hit hard with an
> > ugly stick.
> > We want visitors to stay on a site, not run away from it due to
> > torture to
> > the eyeballs. I would write to Clinton but hes no doubt sidetracked with
> > some intern:)
> >
> > Bottom line is this is a totally frustrating piece of software, there
has
> > to be something out there thats more user friendly. I've tackled more
> > complex jobs than a mere shopping cart deal in the past, but this Able
> > Commerce is unfortunately despite a GUI admin very user
> > unfriendly. Again,
> > appreciate any help as far as a ref to a workable program.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pardee.
> >
> > At 12:54 PM 4/16/2000 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > The basic look made by Able Commerce is so ugly that the
> > resulting pages
> > > > make one desire to throw up.
> > >
> > >I think you are being somewhat unfair to Able Commerce from my
> > experimentation
> > >with it :-) But as I don't use the program yet in production, perhaps
> > >others who
> > >do could address your concerns.
> > >
> > >While I am here - I need recommendations for CF based eCommerce
> > system, which
> > >will enable full online order tracking by shoppers - Amazon
> > style etc.. Any
> > >recommendations?
> > >
> > >I also have a client who wants an auction system (the customer is
always
> > >right) - what is the best CF based auction system out there?
> > Emaze looks
> > >good -
> > >anyone used it?
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >Adrian Cooper.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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