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I'm having great fun with oswd.org designs, and all the one-click  
installs on
dreamhost.com :) She might find zencart does the job.

And of course she needs to factor in taking decent pictures of her
merchandise!

On 3 Feb 2007, at 09:16, Fraser Stephens wrote:

> A neighbour of a friend was asking me about websites - she knows
> nothing at all about them, but is starting a hat rental business and
> therefore feels she needs something online. So I explained about the
> options, starting from the "two pages of html on a bargain basement
> hosting package" and highlighted the issues that will occur. What
> happens when she needs to update some copy? What happens when she
> wants to put a catalogue of hats online etc. I explained her options
> were:
>
> - DIY static site
> - Pay a zero-overhead kid to do it for her (and what happens when the
> kid leaves school and realises that £5/h is not a great wage)
> - Dynamic site.
>
> I think that if she can afford it she ought to consider a simple
> dynamic site with a basic basket function so that prospective
> customers can select their pref hats and email her their enquiries.
> Really going to be a 5 page site with about 50 products in the
> catelogue. Design to be simple, classy. Certainly no Pants required.
>
> Now I'm a little out of touch in this area: How much are people
> charging for this sort of thing these days, and would anyone be
> interested in the work? (She is based near Chepstow, so Bristol-based
> is fine).
>
> F.
>
> -- 
> Fraser Stephens
>
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