Okay. I'm making a brand new site. I have been out of commission on making sites for awhile and need some advice.

I have never made a store front before and I'm using the CC Shopping Cart Creator, trial version. To make the rest of the site, I am using CC Free HTML Editor.

Right now, I have as my showing page, the Vintage Theme from CC. I have a lesson in one of my books for a resume' page, and I thought it would be neat to use that as a main page. My other half Jaxs, says it would be too cluttered to use that as a main page.

The way the page is set up, I feel that it would not be cluttered when I got done with it. Right now, I'm just working on it, so bear with me when you look at it.

The text will be smaller than what you see now, also. There is more to add to the page. Like a few images (one of which goes in the top section). Anchor tags that when looking at the page, link to the top and you don't have to scroll all the time, you can just click and go. Anchor tags that go to the other pages in the site and to other sites like my personal site and our photography site as well.

When I get to adding the pages from the Shopping Cart program to the rest of the site, I will definitely be needing help there, as I'm also stuck there as well. I'm not sure exactly how to use it, and with only 7 days in the trial, it is sort of putting a damper on my project.

If there is anyone that can give me any help at all, I would appreciate it. I have my own site here on CC's S-Drive now, so editing it will be simple, and I can do it as I read your comments to me. You can always catch me on Skype under the name SqueakeyCat. Sorry, I don't use MSN, AOL, or YAHOO any longer as it was too many messengers to try to keep up with.

Again, any help is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Kim

The link I was trying to put in here, isn't working, am I doing something wrong?????

This is the link to the main page, that I haven't done anything with, click on TRIAL at the top and it will show the page I'm working on.

http://www.kimskraftsstore.com/index.html

Unless the site is about writing resumes, this could be confusing

Best to make it very clear right away what the site is about so you don't confuse/frustrate viewers (potential buyers).
If I went to Kim's Krafts Store, I wouldn't be looking for a resume how-to
Start with a clear opening paragraph to let everyone know what the site is about and choose images that illustrate your subject/products.
Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Vintage theme

A lot depends on how many items you plan to sell. I sell software and they add up to about 6 items so I just use Pay Now buttons. But I did try shop creator and it sure would do a great job.

Remember the saying Don't Try Do. Make the decision and run with it. With the cost of the software comes commitment and action. The alternative is indecision and inaction.

If you are serious in starting an online business. Visual Site Designer creates the sites easily and the shop cart creator will handle the display and payment side. You will need to subscribe to a payment system such as Paypal.
You have to spend money to make money. So Don't Try Do and I wish you luck.

You will get plenty of help and advice along the way
Best of luck
Sid

I have used the Shopping Cart Creator trial version and it works very well, helps organize your shop and items. Prism is correct it does depend of what you are selling. If you are selling only a limited amount of items (10 or less) then it would be better to go with Paypal buttons. Now if you have more than that, then yes, I believe SCC is your best choice. And if you are worried about not knowing how to use it... You will find that there are many people here that are willing to help you with many different things. They are a good group of people. Anyway, the choice is yours to make and you should think it trough, but Coffee-cup is a great company and has a lot of useful tools for us web-builders...