Has anyone built an online store on Publisher?

[AmandaLynnTTB]

I'm trying to build a store for my site, but having alot of trouble doing so... To be honest I haven't got the firt clue on how to get it working. Has anyone done so before, or could at least tell me how to make it work?

Amanda

 

[JPaules]

It could be done but I would strongly recommend you don't use Publisher. Use a program that's made to create websites.

If you are having that much trouble and this is something you are serious about, hire someone to create the site for you.

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JP

 

[abbas1]

Hi I am currently in the process of designing a webstore. Im also very new to publisher and its interesting the way i started to use it. About 5 months i got someone to design a online store for me. They did this using zen cart. The website went down a little while back and all the database files went with it so it needed work from scratch. I decided to take on the task to do it myself as i got a little familier with zen cart. I got myself a new host as the site was previously being histed on my friends server. When i tried to upload zencart i was having alot of difficulty. I played around with it for about a day and just couldnt get it to load the welcome screen. By this time i really needed to get on with the store as i was loosing customers. I already had microsoft publisher installed so thought i would give it a go. The only problem was that it doesnt have a shopping cart. So for the meanwhile as i really need to get back on the web i am using buy it now buttons. The majority of my customers buy single items at a time and i have placed a note advising them to call us if they require further items. The mainthing is that im back online and i designed the site myself.

My main concern is that i need to make the website search engine friendly and dont know if it is. I have been using alot of breaks and tabs which i have noticed in the source so i was thinking of using tables to allign the writting but didnt know if this would be search engine friendly.

One of the big problems i am facing is that i can create a sitemap. Does anyone know how to do this.

Other then that i have found publisher to be extremly easy to deal with. Unlike zencart and its templates i was able to extend and use the full body of the page which allowed me more space and more control.