osCommerce Blog

You know, remodeling a home is a pain… well can be a pain but it sure does make you feel good when you can see the end of the work. Hopefully for me that will be soon. : ) I mention the remodeling because Melinda (modom) has been great enough to help me keep up with the Live Shops while I have been busy trying to paint, rip up carpet, put down tiles, etc and so on.

I got through 3 pages (60 entries give or take a couple) worth of entries tonight. Lots of great sites added, but sometimes I have to wonder what people are thinking. I came across several sites that were not active… not only did they not even have a coming soon page (which still can’t be listed but atleast it is something) but they actually still had the generic place holder page webhosts give new people. There were a couple where the sites could not be found. I would really like to know why someone would submit a website if the store (or any site at all if they are trying to sneak em by someone) isn’t even there.

Another thing I would like to mention, although I know it has been said several times now by me and by Melinda… there are rules to submitting websites. Atleast 10 sites had to be removed because they did not follow the rules. It is bound to happen but it gets frustrating when it keeps happening over and over and going through the Live Shops is something I (and others) do in our spare time… what little there is of it.

Anyhow, I did come across a couple of really great sites… meaning they were well done and appealed to me. Everyone has their own tastes and people should definately check out the sites as they get added to see what others are doing with osCommerce.

I really liked https://sklep.swiatczekolady.pl/index.php although I couldn’t read a word of it and have no idea what the title is. I do know they sell chocolates. The site definately took some time to change the stock look. The product list page is pretty neat and they put a lot of thought into the product descriptions.

I also liked http://www.kleidershop.ch They used the STS template system for the layout which is very clean and professional looking. Only thing I found that could be an issue was that there was a javascript error.

Now, this site may not impress some but I absolutely loved the colors and the fact that even though the layout itself is very “standard” they did some really cute things with the look tpo make it their own. http://www.girlcharlee.com/

Well, I am off now to go do some work before I head to bed. Lucky me.