Ecommerce Today,

As I outlined in my last Magento Commerce post , I have started down the path of using Magento as my Shopping cart on one of my sites.  Magento is not for Joe Schmoe who just wants to sell stuff fast.  To get Magento to work and look properly you must know HTML and XML. Even better if you know php, css, and java script.  Since I am not expert in these areas, but know a little I have come up with a plan.

I will edit and generate HTML that I need using the free WYSIWYG editor Komposer .  I feel that I can get the site looking respectable and functional by my self.  Once the site is working and back to generating a little money I will hire a professional web design company to redo the design for a more customized look and feel.

Magento is great free software full of features that you can’t find on other open source platforms. Magento is not a quick and easy store that you can put up in an hour or two.  It is going to take days or even weeks of programming to get it right, but after that it seems like it is easy to maintain.

There is more to come about my adventures with Magento.