[HDRebel88]

So I'm finally starting up my music store; starting with an e-store. So I need some help to code the cart system. I basically need two teams, one to code the back-end (product management, stock counts, database, ect.) and another for the store front (product pages, section pages, ect.) both of which will require PHP.

Anybody interested, please let me know.

[malcomhfc]

Tbh, id go with an open source application Like os commerce and megento

[Nathan]

Magento is really powerful open source software. It can likely do everything you need.

http://www.magentocommerce.com/

[HDRebel88]

Nathan, on 19 January 2010 - 07:36 PM, said:

Magento is really powerful open source software. It can likely do everything you need.

http://www.magentocommerce.com/

I've tried Magento and it was a pain to install and the interface was extremely confusing.

I don't get how to change the layout of the store at all... In the Admin panel all it says is this:



What does that even mean?

Basically I'm looking for a vBulletin style template editor, where everything is right in the admin panel and I don't have to deal multiple individual text files.

[Nathan]

It definitely has a learning curve, but it's probably the best commerce solution available. Its template system requires a lot of coding, although recoloring and tweaking existing skins can give a very nice design. You have to edit files manually.

There's no visual designer, but there are visual tools to aide in finding the right code to edit. Check under debugging/development in the admin panel.

It may be overkill, depending on what you need. But coding a cart system from scratch isn't going to be any easier.

[HDRebel88]

Okay, I'm lost as far as the XML thing goes for the layouts... especially since the only editor I have is Notepad and it has random [] blocks (almost like unsupported characters) in the files, and everything wrapped and unorgranized so I can't figure anything out. Where can I get a text editor, that doesn't wrap the text up, so it's actually readable.

[nahow1]

I would recommend Notepad++. It's an open source source code editor.
http://notepad-plus....net/uk/site.htm

[HDRebel88]

I was looking at NotePad++ but now the installation on that is confusing me too. What do I need to download and how to I install it?


EDIT: Nevermind found it.

[HDRebel88]

Okay, lost again...

I followed the directions on this page (http://www.magentoco...ntro-to-layouts) for Exercise #1 and changing Right to Left doesn't do a damn thing.

[Nathan]

Did you reload the store front/theme?

[Zarel]

HDRebel88, on 29 January 2010 - 11:24 PM, said:

Okay, I'm lost as far as the XML thing goes for the layouts... especially since the only editor I have is Notepad and it has random [] blocks (almost like unsupported characters) in the files, and everything wrapped and unorgranized so I can't figure anything out. Where can I get a text editor, that doesn't wrap the text up, so it's actually readable.

What's funny is that MS Notepad is the only text editor that doesn't support standard UNIX newlines, but rather a proprietary Microsoft format.

I'm not even exaggerating. Look here:
http://en.wikipedia....Newline_support
Notepad is the only text editor with a "no" in the Unix column.

[HDRebel88]

Nathan, on 31 January 2010 - 06:53 PM, said:

Did you reload the store front/theme?

Just going back the front page and reloading (F5) right?

[Nathan]

No, when you make changes to the code, you need to recache the theme in the admin panel.