Moving From Designing Myspace Pages and banners to Websites

[tekboi]

Hi All.

I've been doing editing websites and Designing different pages for about 1 1/2 years now. Recently I started on a website. It is going to be a music site that sells instrumentals. The thing about it is.. I don't even know where to start.

-Sign up forms
-Shopping Carts
-Integrating the Shopping Carts
-Selling Downloadable content online
-Having the content sent automatically to the user after purchase.
-LCC's


Maybe I'm making this harder than it has to be. But right now i'm just overwhelmed. Does anybody have any tips on where to get started on this. I have the design and everything done (for the most part).

[NixellArt]

I suggest you to set up a time table and make deadlines that you think you can hold for each item. Doesn't matter what you start with, maybe the Sign up forms cause you need to do that before all the shopping, right?

If this is your first 'real' site ever, I'll be impressed if you manage to make all that stuff. I would start with some smaller projects. A site with information about different instruments? A music theory site? Think about it

Hope I'm to help. Good luck.

[SuperVillain]

Well, personally i feel a Content Management System is the way to go.

Joomla is one of the best out there, and it is free, the extensions are endless, and it is 100% customizable. Check out the extension page and see if you find what you need, and if so i can help you on your journey due to the fact that i have worked with joomla tons of times.


The extension page:

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