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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / November 2007Using Publisher for E-commerce Website.
I know this must be a stupid question but I have to ask. Can publisher be used as a e-commerce website. I have already paid a company a large amount of money for a domian name and the e-commerce set up. I like the templates publisher offers and since I have a 30 day trial with this website company. I was wondering can I use publisher to edit my site and then pay the small money I see for creating a Domain name instead of paying a company lots of money PLEASE HELP!!! I am very dissapointed with the features this compnay I paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like it That's a tough one to answer. It isn't recommended, but it is done. Publisher is primarily a DTP, and using it for web sites is limiting. If you have some serious ambitions for your site, you probably shouldn't use Publisher. MSFT says: " Office Publisher 2007 is not the appropriate tool in the following cases: a.. If your Web site needs interactivity or database-driven content, so that visitors can respond in a Web log (blog) or purchase items in a shopping cart b.. If your Web site requires data validation, such as for verifying credit card numbers " Read this before you decide: Prepare, publish, and maintain your Publisher Web site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA100947601033.aspx But like I said, it can be done. Here is a link to a site that is doing it: http://www.thepuppydepotonline.com/ DavidF >I know this must be a stupid question but I have to ask. Can publisher be > used as a e-commerce website. I have already paid a company a large amount [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like it thank You Dave, I guess front[age is a better option for what I would like to do? > That's a tough one to answer. It isn't recommended, but it is done. > Publisher is primarily a DTP, and using it for web sites is limiting. If you [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > I > > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like it > thank You David, I guess frontpage is a better option for what I would like to > do? [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > I > > > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like it Soory I meant to say: Thank You David, I guess Frontpage is a better option for what I would like to do? Sorry about Dave, just tired of being in the Computer all day! > thank You Dave, I guess front[age is a better option for what I would like to > do? [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > I > > > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like it FrontPage would be a better choice, and better yet would be FP's replacement; Expression Web. However, you're still gonna have to sit infront of the computer for hours and you will have to learn a lot of stuff too. Creating an ecommerce site from scratch is not a beginner project, so you'd best stick with a pre-built ecommerce template that you can interface with your main website or if you don't have a zillion items to sell use Paypal.  Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob Giordano Microsoft MVP Expression | Soory I meant to say: Thank You David, I guess Frontpage is a better option | for what I would like to do? [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] | > > > I | > > > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like it Roger, not Rog ;-) Thanks for the sensitivity to David vs. Dave...I do find it a bit irritating when I introduce myself as David and the person responds with "glad to meet you Dave", but that is off topic... I think it is a matter of scope, what you are trying to do and what goals you have for your site. If you have only 1 or 10 items to sell, then you can easily use PayPal with Publisher to build your site. If you anticipate 100s of items to sell, or plan on a very dynamic site, then you will quickly grow frustrated with managing your site with Publisher. Publisher is intended for primarily relatively small, simple, static sites...but people push those limits all the time. If you already own FrontPage, then yes this will give you a lot more room to grow your site. If you don't own FP, then you might consider Web Expression, as it is the program that is replacing FP, and is a superior, albeit a very expensive program. The learning curve will be high too. And if you already own Publisher and know how to use it to produce print documents, and only have a few SKUs, then it might be worth building it in Publisher. And there are other choices out there. Mike Koewler who posts here regularly uses Serif Web Plus 10, and it has the commerce capability built-in and works much as a DTP when it comes to design, is relatively easy to learn, and inexpensive. I would take a look at it. And there is nvu.com a free open source program... My point is, to continue to do as you are...plan well what you want to do now, and where you want to go and then choose the software. Feel free to write back with more questions... DavidF > Soory I meant to say: Thank You David, I guess Frontpage is a better > option [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] >> > > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like >> > > it And another thought... Be aware that designing, building and managing your own website is going to take a lot more time than you expect. Be careful about it is cost effective for you. The template you have, that is costing you more money than you want to spend, may still be your best choice if time is an issue for you. How much is your time worth to you? DavidF > Roger, not Rog ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] >>> > > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like >>> > > it Roger, What is a relatively large amount of money? If it's more than $125/yr., then I would let your trial period end. Many, many hosts charge that much or less per year and most of them include an e-commerce program that can be auto installed. For a big store, I love osCommerce. And as David says, I use WebPlus which has a Wizard that allows you to set up a store using PayPal, Mal's E-Commerce or another one (can't remember which one!). Mike > I know this must be a stupid question but I have to ask. Can publisher be > used as a e-commerce website. I have already paid a company a large amount of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > money PLEASE HELP!!! I am very dissapointed with the features this compnay I > paid for have to offer. After seeing what publisher can offer I like it |
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