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Brat · 09-05-2004, 10:43 PM

Hello, penguinpedia.

I'll try to answer your questions as clearly as possible.

1) Does your company currently have a name and/or logo that we can incorporate?

No. As posted above, there is no logo associated with this site. HOWEVER, you are indeed free to put in an artistic graphic of some sort. The site will be hosted at the domain fmpimports.com if that helps at all.

2) Do you have photos of these watches being modelled that we can use?

Not yet. As a matter of fact, those catalog shots won't be done for another couple of weeks. Really, for this design, I'd like to avoid having "real" pictures if I'm making sense. For one thing, the site will be selling more than watches, so it's not strictly dedicated to that product. Also, watch designs and styles can change very rapidly, so we don't want to be locked into a real pic of a watch that is outdated.

3) Do you currently have the script for the store, and if so, what is the script you are using?

Yes. We are using Zen Cart, which is an official fork off of OSCommerce. Among the many improvements, Zen Cart has a templating system that a human can actually handle (with some minor PHP understanding - VERY minor). The files involved in a Zen Cart template are totally separated from the actual cart code, which makes it VERY flexible.

An "out of the box" running demo of this cart is located at this address. On our development server, I have a copy installed here. As you can see, I've been playing with it. As you can see, even with my admittedly pathetically limited design capability, I was able to radically change the look of the cart simply by editing the template files.

Bottom line is, even with the requirements I've outlined in the project description, you are actually pretty free to play with this design.

I hope this clarifies things. If I've omitted anything helpful, please feel free to ask.

09-05-2004, 10:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Brat Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 69	Hello, penguinpedia. I'll try to answer your questions as clearly as possible. 1) Does your company currently have a name and/or logo that we can incorporate? No. As posted above, there is no logo associated with this site. HOWEVER, you are indeed free to put in an artistic graphic of some sort. The site will be hosted at the domain fmpimports.com if that helps at all. 2) Do you have photos of these watches being modelled that we can use? Not yet. As a matter of fact, those catalog shots won't be done for another couple of weeks. Really, for this design, I'd like to avoid having "real" pictures if I'm making sense. For one thing, the site will be selling more than watches, so it's not strictly dedicated to that product. Also, watch designs and styles can change very rapidly, so we don't want to be locked into a real pic of a watch that is outdated. 3) Do you currently have the script for the store, and if so, what is the script you are using? Yes. We are using Zen Cart, which is an official fork off of OSCommerce. Among the many improvements, Zen Cart has a templating system that a human can actually handle (with some minor PHP understanding - VERY minor). The files involved in a Zen Cart template are totally separated from the actual cart code, which makes it VERY flexible. An "out of the box" running demo of this cart is located at this address. On our development server, I have a copy installed here. As you can see, I've been playing with it. As you can see, even with my admittedly pathetically limited design capability, I was able to radically change the look of the cart simply by editing the template files. Bottom line is, even with the requirements I've outlined in the project description, you are actually pretty free to play with this design. I hope this clarifies things. If I've omitted anything helpful, please feel free to ask.