As a play site you can also look at suteki shop from mike hadlow<http://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2010/03/upgrading-suteki-shop-to-aspnet-mvc-2.html>. He tends to keep this up to date with the latest technologies from MS.
On 31 May 2010 11:23, Matt Siebert <mlsieb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions Dylan. I have no intention of reinventing the > wheel. With my lack of web development experience I have no doubt the wheel > would turn out square.. > > I was meaning that I would learn about web development and perhaps try > building a new site incorporating the required features using whatever > appropriate frameworks are available. > > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Dylan Tusler < > dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au> wrote: > >> Oh, and if you want to learn some stuff yourself, I suggest finding a >> hobby project of some kind, and getting cheap hosting from somewhere like >> Studiocoast that gives you up-to-date technology platforms at low cost. Much >> better if your hobby site gets hacked and trashed rather than your new >> corporate site! >> >> (My hobby site has ended up getting more hits than any commercial sites >> I've worked on.) >> >> Dylan. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Dylan Tusler >> *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 9:00 AM >> *To:* 'ozDotNet' >> *Subject:* RE: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website >> >> I would (tentatively) suggest you investigate a CMS like DotNetNuke >> (.net) or Joomla (php) rather than spend your time reinventing the wheel. >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_source_content_management_systems >> >> Dylan. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Matt Siebert >> *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 8:43 AM >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Adding product purchases / downloads to a website >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I'll start by saying that I'm not a web developer - I generally work on >> windows and database apps. I've recently accepted a new role with a small >> company where we will be developing some apps to be made available on our >> website. The problem is the website just has some general information and >> is not currently geared towards this kind of use. It seems to be PHP based >> and is maintained by an external contractor (and will continue to be for the >> time being). >> >> We need to modify the website to allow people to purchase and download our >> products. We'd also like to add some blogs and perhaps some kind of support >> mechanism like forums or something. We're trying to get a feel for what is >> (or ought to be) involved to implement these changes. I'm assuming there >> are some pre-built solutions that we might be able to leverage for these >> kinds of features. Can anyone recommend anything, or commend on what effort >> should be involved? >> >> I'm also thinking I might devote some of my spare time to learning >> ASP.NET and maybe have a go at this myself. Can anyone recommend any >> resources to help with that? >> >> Cheers, >> Matt. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local >> council office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you >> prefer, visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au >> >> This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named >> recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, >> distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without >> the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately >> if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. >> Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender >> and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. >> maile 3_1_0 >> > > -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
