The Perfect Responsive FREE eCommerce Solution
So you're building a website for someone, and you've bought the domain name and found a nice reliable company to host it. Nice work. Now what? There is a plethora of options out there, so to save you a little bit of time, here's the solution I went with that is pretty ace. Firstly, there were a few prerequisites that I needed to tick off. The site had to: Be Responsive (look sexy on all devices) Be Free (client was a low budget business and it wasn't worth paying for templates, etc) Have a shopping cart system Sit on a CMS (Content Management System - so the client could update content themselves) Be easy to navigate and manage Here's the setup I decided upon which works a treat: CMS: WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin: WooCommerce Shopping Cart Add-in: Weight-Based Shipping (For basing shipping cost on weight of bundled items) WooCommerce Theme: Travelify Installing each of these is an absolute breeze, and within 10 minutes the site w...