Lynda.com has a tutorial on BC and using Dreamweaver. It seems like it might be a good fit you are building your grandma a website to sell yarn balls, but it costs 50/month for the basic use of a store.
I could see it being OK when you are really looking for something simple that you can set and forget, but it isn't really competing with joomla i don't think. Chris On Dec 15, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote: > From the little I've read about it, you can connect to various payment > gateways and use your own designs and create your own components. > > From: Stephen Britton <[email protected]> > To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, December 15, 2010 10:12:29 AM > Subject: Re: [joomla] BC vs. Joomla > > How much does BC cost per month? I am also wondering if it is anything > like Yahoo Stores, which I find confusing, difficult to design and > program, and uses code that is not search engine friendly. > > The thing that scares me about these software as a service (SOS) > e-commerce programs is you don't have control over the design and > other features, like being able to connect to certain payment > gateways. Also, what happens if the client wants features like forums > and galleries? > > I personally would stick to Joomla! with Tienda. > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Donna Marie Vincent > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is Adobe Business Catalyst a threat to Joomla!? > > > > I have a colleague who now prefers it to Joomla for her clients. Her > > comments when I asked her about it: > > > > "...it does cost more per month, but I appreciate having tech support and > > upgrades being done by Adobe instead of me installing patches. I like that > > you can do real preview of pages or save drafts of pages for internal review > > before publishing it. And I really like their web apps feature which allows > > you to easily build your own components. So I built a custom portfolio for > > my site, job boards, staff listings, etc. I am also thoroughly impressed > > with their ecommerce so far. I find it really easy to customize will great > > functionality in terms or cross selling, attributes, and grouping products." > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > > -- > Stephen Britton > Technology Consultant > [email protected] > ph: 914-661-0040 > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
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