anyone worked with Shopify?
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- Aa77
I am helping my wife set up an e-commerce site for her jewelry and was considering using Shopify to set up her online store.
I mostly work in flash (AS3) but I have a basic understanding of html and css, and am in the process of learning more. I know that Shopify uses their own kind of coding system (Liquid) to create their pages, but have read that its not too tough to get the hang of if you know other programming languages.
Has anyone here worked with customizing Shopify pages before? Do you recommend the service as a whole ? Is it worth taking a shot at trying to customize the pages myself or will I most likely find myself completely lost?
Another question I have is if its worth creating the entire website thru Shopify. Initially I was going to build the main site in flash and then link to the store, but in the interest of attracting the most customers (i.e. mobile users), we figured it might make sense to skip flash altogether. But since I am far from an html/css/java expert, a little help from a service like Shopify may be all we need.
Thoughts? advice? or just feel like giving me a hard time cause I am a flash guy.... bring it on!
Thanks!
Aa
- designmachine0
good luck!
- brandelec0
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- ahli0
http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/dis…
might help, seems like a lot of tutorials out there
- tymeframe0
Shopify is a great platform. It's easily customizable if you're familiar with html and css. I'm not a programmer by any means and was able to create a custom shopping cart with little trial and error. The help docs are great for when you get stuck, they also have user forums.
Another option, that's a little cheaper, is Big Cartel. It's not as customizable as Shopify, at least not easily. But it is easy to get your site's look and feel into their basic templates.
- Ok thanks...will definitely check out Big Cartel as well, from a quick visit there I like what I seeAa77
- badgorilla0
I've used Shopify a few times, all with custom css and it works great. I had a small learning curve with Liquid, but there is tons of support on their wiki and forum, so figuring out problems is very easy.