Hi I recently set up an HTML site using Dreamweaver 8 on a MAC which now needs to be converted into an ecommerce site. My background is in graphic design (therefore I'm still fairly new to Dreamweaver and HTML) and we've slightly grinded to a halt and need some advice on which way to go next.
Having trawled through various shopping cart software, we've decided that flexibility/customisability is key and therefore opted against a more template driven option (which all seem quite rigid). We've been looking at the software 'Cartweaver' (seems like one of the better ones) which gives 3 software options: ASP, Coldfusion or PHP. Having read a bit about them I'm leaning towards Coldfusion as they claim it is written specifically to ease the learning curve and development time of creating dynamic web applications and also because it is a tag-based language like HTML. Few QUESTIONS really: In the opinion of an experienced web developer/programmer, is Coldfusion the way to go with this project..... Is it really as straight forward as the software guys claim it is or is there a chance I will be biting off more than I can chew (being of limited experience)? Can I keep the existing HTML pages as they are or do I need to re-create them in Coldfusion? My client is very keen to use drop down menus as an easy means of searching through the different product categories. Initially I was looking to create these using Fireworks (Javascript) which seemed relatively painless... Is this still an option if we opt to go with Coldfusion? Any advice hugely appreciated especially on software recommendations and decent learning resources. Thanks Tom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276288 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
