Re: FN-FORUM: e-commerce website

date posted 27th May 2007 09:07

On 26 May 2007, at 8:39 pm, film film wrote:

>
>
> Hi there,
>
> it may be difficult question i'll ask however i have to start from
> somewhere.
>
> I need to set up a website based on subscriptions. The visitors
> have to pay some fee to watch and download the podcast from the
> website.
>
> The design is ready [by using illsutrator] however i have never
> created a shopping tools in a website before so please put me in
> right direction.
>
> What I try to do here is;
> There will be 6 main subjects or menus; and each subject has
> between 3-6 chapters they can watch. Either they can pay to
> download one main subject;
> or they can only watch one chapter under main menus.
> they will also able to watch all podcast in the website.
>
> questions;
> how can i create it?
> what kind of software I should use to create different shopping
> alternatives
> - dont know java script or anything more sophisticated than
> dreamwear or front page [i'm not webdesigner but i learned and
> used them before]. i havent design any website from zero until now.
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> many thanks and kind regards
> drew
>

Hi,

You don't really have a design yet. The picture(s) you have created
in Illustrator are just images of what you want to create. To get
from here to a working, earning website you need to focus on (and get
advice on) some other crucial issues, including:

o Website structure
o Information architecture
o The payment model
o Security

It sounds like an interesting idea, but you really should get someone
to do this for you. I'm not pitching for this BTW - I have more than
enough on my plate for the time being!

Good luck,


Ian.
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