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Posted by windandwaves on 01/13/06 00:15
Steve wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:18:46 +1300, windandwaves wrote:
>
>> Hi Folk
>>
>> I would like some feedback on my e-commerce development:
>>
>> www.antlervelvet.co.nz/test/index.php
>>
>> I am particularly interested in the actual e-commerce application
>> (e.g. navigation, ease of use, etc...). I am trying to turn it into
>> my first open source project and I want to post it on phpclasses
>> when it is ready.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> - Nicolaas
>
> 1. I'd say that the shopping logic is the wrong way round: let the
> punter build up an order, then log in to an account at the end to
> process it. I also don't think the page with all the buy now entries
> on it works - too long. I would have tried further, but I'm not
> adding my details to a site I'll never use (:
I have taken up part of the ideas (no need to activate account). May
implement more.
> 2. Upgrade to at least xhtml.
why? what is wrong with html strict?
> 3. Prettify your html: it'll make it easier to see obvious mistakes (
> 2 favicons? ). Get rid of this session id that you're passing all
> over the place - it's not necessary. Use of (more) session variables
> will make it much cleaner. Standardise on the position of your login
> box.
I have:
<link rel="icon" href="http://www.antlervelvet.co.nz/i/favicon.ico"
type="image/ico">
<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON"
href="http://www.antlervelvet.co.nz/i/favicon.ico">
I have two, because the first works on some browsers and other works on
other browsers.
> 4. Visit http://validator.w3.org and
> http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator
Done, all my pages validate now.
>
> 5. You could do with a proof reader. I picked up on a number of 'word
> ,next' grammar errors, and I'm not too sure whether the language is
> English or American. Always a problem for those of us here in godzone
> (:
What do you mean with 'word, next' grammar errors
The American / English one is a funny one. True. Not sure what to say
about that.
Thank you
> HTH,
>
> Steve
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