TwoHeadsBrewing
Well-Known Member
So, I recently put up a "business card" website for my LHBS...check it out http://chicohomebrewshop.com/. It's nowhere near finished, but I'd like some input on the design. I'm by no means a graphic designer, so don't expect much! :cross:
I'm at a crossroads in my development of the site, and trying to decide what way to go with the product listings. The LHBS owner doesn't want to do online ordering and processing at this point, but does want the ability to display the products and prices. For my own sake, I'd like to build/add a system through which the owner can update/add/remove items without having to contact me. I have a two options I'm considering:
1. Add Joomla, or another open source system to manage products. This would take around 20 hours or so to customize, maybe more.
2. Build my own MySQL back end (easy, I do this thing all day long) to store products and their prices, pictures, etc. Add PHP scripting to the web page to pull this information (read only) for viewing. Enable a password protected page so the owner can update/add/remove items on their own.
As of right now, I've got the product pages set up like so that an iFrame renders a very simple PHP "sub-page". There are several hyperlinks on the page that will refresh this iFrame with the desired "sub-page" by calling a JavaScript function. I'm leaning towards making the entire system myself, because I'd have a blast doing it, and the database structure would be easy and quick to do. However, I've only done a couple PHP projects that were quite small, and I want to get the site up in the next few weeks.
Do you have any tips, suggestions, etc for me? If you have any experience with customizing Joomla or any other product like it, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!
I'm at a crossroads in my development of the site, and trying to decide what way to go with the product listings. The LHBS owner doesn't want to do online ordering and processing at this point, but does want the ability to display the products and prices. For my own sake, I'd like to build/add a system through which the owner can update/add/remove items without having to contact me. I have a two options I'm considering:
1. Add Joomla, or another open source system to manage products. This would take around 20 hours or so to customize, maybe more.
2. Build my own MySQL back end (easy, I do this thing all day long) to store products and their prices, pictures, etc. Add PHP scripting to the web page to pull this information (read only) for viewing. Enable a password protected page so the owner can update/add/remove items on their own.
As of right now, I've got the product pages set up like so that an iFrame renders a very simple PHP "sub-page". There are several hyperlinks on the page that will refresh this iFrame with the desired "sub-page" by calling a JavaScript function. I'm leaning towards making the entire system myself, because I'd have a blast doing it, and the database structure would be easy and quick to do. However, I've only done a couple PHP projects that were quite small, and I want to get the site up in the next few weeks.
Do you have any tips, suggestions, etc for me? If you have any experience with customizing Joomla or any other product like it, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks!