I have revisited the options available in storefront SW and found CFWebstore - it appears to be more customizable than others I have found. I've signed up for their usergroup on Yahoo. Does anyone here have experience with it?

No experience with them, but you may want to check out www.cartweaver.com
for a cf shopping cart.

Nadia

Thanks, it certainly has a broader base and support staff. I'll continue researching it.

Thanks for the lead.

Definitely. The support staff is great, Lawrence the developer is a great guy and most helpful. They have a forum that you can check out and ask any questions that may be relevant prior to purchase. Tell 'em Nadia TMM send you :-) Not affiliated with the product btw - just know the guys who developed it.

They also have an asp version if interested.

No problems, glad to help.

Nadia

I've spent some time since your reply in the forum and will again tomorrow. They have the section 4 "step by step" on line which will be very helpful and documentation is key for me.

Do you think it is reasonably easy for a novice? I am truly green. This looks like a viable platform for the ecommerce side; do you have a recommendation on the host side (server side scripting ?) - I'll use a shared server until I can justify a VPS.

I am learning Dreamweaver and am trying to leverage on existing products where I can without using a generic storefront. CSS templates are one avenue on my list (appreciate the signature/profile link).

Apparently it is very very easy to set up into an existing site. Or you can use it as is. The out of the box solution is a CSS layout I believe. If you know html, then CF shouldn't be too hard too difficult to pick up - it is also tag based.

Sure, I use - as do many other DW users I know, www.crystaltech.com great prices and support is excellent.
Well, you can use DW2004 to build a shopping cart - there is a tutorial at the Macromedia site, but it may be beyond you at this point in time I guess it depends on how long you have before you need to get the website live.

You could also look at Yourvirtualstore www.yourvirtualstore.com (there's a link at my website also under ecommerce). ASP solution, straight out of the box, but does take a bit of work to get it to integrate with your own design.

Lots of CSS tutorials here at sitepoint and at the MM site to get you started with a full CSS layout. The layouts at my site of course can also be used for learning purposes :-)

Good Luck !

Nadia

My miscommunication - I meant I want an existing solution that, like Cartweaver, allows for future customization.

Thanks again for your help.