Ecommerce software and Dreamweaver

[wasabisam]

I am a freelance web designer, but not a programmer, and am currently trying to work on expanding my client base as things are rather slow at the moment. One thing that I'd love to offer my clients is the option to have an online store, however everything I have looked at so far, with exception to one, doesn't have what I want.

Here is what I want:

An ecommerce software program that lets you alter the design in Dreamweaver MX, so that it looks like the rest of the site you put forth effort into.

I've looked at Actinic.us which seems to offer this, however it is very expensive.

I've also looked at osCommerce, which is free, but in order to change the look of the design I'd have to mess around with the php, and trust me, I am not a programmer.

Don't know if this helps--Currently my hosting provider is Neureal, so they support ocCommerce, Miva (if you have a license of course), and some other company.

Anyway, I don't know if something affordable like this exists, but I don't want to get a software program where I just change colors and pictures, and use their templates. While that is the easy thing to do, I'd much rather have my design than somebody else's. If I knew php then obviously osCommerce would probably be the best, but HTML and basic CSS is all I know at this point.

If this doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll try to explain further. Thanks in advance to whoever replies!! :cy:

BTW--was just looking on the internet and found this: LINE9.com. Has anybody worked with their ecommerce software, and if so, what is your opinion of it?

 

[Anthony]

A lot of info in that post.

Anyway, doesn't osCommerce offer skin support? Maybe that is a solution?

 

[wasabisam]

I think osCommerce does offer templates that others have created, but I am not sure about skin support. I mean, they have an online manual, but because this is open source software, even the manual is not completely thorough (and can be confusing for non-programmers at times). While I appreciate the idea of open source software, I just don't have the programming capabilities to mess around with it myself, and again, I don't want to fool around with somebody else's template.

Since posting the other day I did find a few other software options that might work, but I'd still have to pay several hundred dollars.

I will look again at osCommerce and see if I missed anything... Thanks for your reply!

 

[Anthony]

Sure thing, no problem! Welcome to NamePros!

 

[Jeanco]

Good luck with your search and keep is posted here!

 

[wasabisam]

Thanks for your replies...

Here's the update:

Looked at osCommerce again and they do seem to have some sort of skin support--still not exactly what I was looking for, but a definite move in the right direction. They also seem to be actively working on their "program" which will probably wind up doing what I want at some point in the future. Right now it is a basic skin system for different sections/boxes of a page. Here's a link to them just in case you want to check it out:

http://www.oscommerce-templates.net/community/html/index.php

I also looked at some other software. One costs over $700, and it is called ShopFactory: http://www.shopfactory.com/. It says it works with Dreamweaver, so that is good.

There is also digiSHOP which costs $299 for a web developer license, and it seems like it might work for my needs as well: http://digishop.digisoft77.com/.

In the meantime I might just work with PayPal's system, as that seems to be one of the most economical and easy options for the moment: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_merchant-outside.

Hope these links help somebody else that might be looking for the same sorts of things!