iweb useful for simple business site or stay with dreamweaver?

[freescotland]

I was asked by a client if I could do a website through which he can sell books.

I have not done serious web design in three years or so, but would like to do this project.

Fast turn around time, was wondering if I am better off doing it in Dreamweaver or if I should attempt to knock it out in iweb? I also thought about joomla, but I am still pretty slow in Joomla and don't really want to spend the time.

[clay]

Dreamweaver will give you the most flexibility in creating a site, but will could take longer than iweb or joomla to create. You could speed the process by purchasing a template from somewhere like templatemonster.

If you're looking to setup some type of e-commerce on the site, there are certainly details that could make the project a lot more complex. You could certainly start out with using paypal either on its own, or in conjunction with an existing shopping cart like oscommerce or whatever.

lots of factors in the decision, I'd say. let us know if you have any further specific questions.

[freescotland]

Clay,

Thanks.

I was thinking paypal or google checkout, but have not had experience with the google checkout. I'd like it to be just a give credit card and go site. Paypal takes what, 2 percent, is google checkout similar. I called the client's banker about setting up e-commerce but it sounds pretty expensive to me to to that route.

I thought about the same thing, a dreamweaver template.

[clay]

I have not dealt with google checkout from a merchant perspective, but it appears to be very competitve in terms of fees, etc--might even be a little less than paypal. paypal's take is something like 2.9% + .20 per transaction. Going with a full-fledged merchant solution can be pretty expensive, as you mention. I'd recommend sticking with a paypal/google unless your monthly volume gets huge and you need features beyond what they offer. If you use dreamweaver, there's a free plugin out there that is a wizard that helps you create paypal buttons with the necessary code without having to mess with the code.

[Mike V]

I've never used iWeb but I'd do it in Dreamweaver.


The client always wants to change something, always.