Thanks for the suggestions Dylan. I have no intention of reinventing the wheel. With my lack of web development experience I have no doubt the wheel would turn out square..
I was meaning that I would learn about web development and perhaps try building a new site incorporating the required features using whatever appropriate frameworks are available. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Dylan Tusler < dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au> wrote: > Oh, and if you want to learn some stuff yourself, I suggest finding a > hobby project of some kind, and getting cheap hosting from somewhere like > Studiocoast that gives you up-to-date technology platforms at low cost. Much > better if your hobby site gets hacked and trashed rather than your new > corporate site! > > (My hobby site has ended up getting more hits than any commercial sites > I've worked on.) > > Dylan. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Dylan Tusler > *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 9:00 AM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: Adding product purchases / downloads to a website > > I would (tentatively) suggest you investigate a CMS like DotNetNuke > (.net) or Joomla (php) rather than spend your time reinventing the wheel. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_source_content_management_systems > > Dylan. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Matt Siebert > *Sent:* Monday, 31 May 2010 8:43 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Adding product purchases / downloads to a website > > Hi folks, > > I'll start by saying that I'm not a web developer - I generally work on > windows and database apps. I've recently accepted a new role with a small > company where we will be developing some apps to be made available on our > website. The problem is the website just has some general information and > is not currently geared towards this kind of use. It seems to be PHP based > and is maintained by an external contractor (and will continue to be for the > time being). > > We need to modify the website to allow people to purchase and download our > products. We'd also like to add some blogs and perhaps some kind of support > mechanism like forums or something. We're trying to get a feel for what is > (or ought to be) involved to implement these changes. I'm assuming there > are some pre-built solutions that we might be able to leverage for these > kinds of features. Can anyone recommend anything, or commend on what effort > should be involved? > > I'm also thinking I might devote some of my spare time to learning ASP.NETand > maybe have a go at this myself. Can anyone recommend any resources to > help with that? > > Cheers, > Matt. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local council > office at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin. Or, if you prefer, > visit us on line at www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au > > This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the named > recipient(s) only. Any form of review, disclosure, modification, > distribution and or publication of this email message is prohibited without > the express permission of the author. Please notify the sender immediately > if you have received this email by mistake and delete it from your system. > Unless otherwise stated, this email represents only the views of the sender > and not the views of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. > maile 3_1_0 >
