kobra:
As the application is mostly complete you really do not require full learning/understanding to customize the cart. Unless you are thinking of writing your own.
Web Design is a broad field that includes many things - but my base definition is that there are artists that can create beatifully designed page art/layout - then there is a web designer that converts this art into a workable web page. Normally these are different individuals(something to do with the sides of the brain thing). People who think logically or structured normally are not very adept at the art side of design and the opposite is normally true also.
So which are you?
Online for most things basic: html, css, php
http://w3schools.com/
http://www.htmldog.com/
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
I am not thinking of writing my own cart, I am totally "bitten" by the zen cart system, but would like to have the ability to customise it and write mods as well as other specialized web applications. This all stems from my own business' needs but I am also looking to the future and realize that it will take some time to learn all of the ins and outs of coding. For instance, we offer custom made products with so many variables that there are literally billions of combinations possible. I want an online quote calculator so customers can choose those options they want and get an instant quote on our site. Currently, they have to send a form to me and I manually figure out the costs which is very tedious when there are a lot to do. I have one nearly completed by a programmer before he bailed, it's written in php, and I am trying to learn enough php coding to finish this project up so we can actually use it on our site.
Besides, I'm a "hey, what does this button do?" sort of person and want to know why something works the way it does.
The beauty is that I am very analytical and logically minded, I pick up straightforward things like computer code fairly quickly and it doesn't put me to sleep whereas my wife is the opposite - she is very artistic and creative so we balance each other perfectly in that respect. And, more importantly, we work very well as a team. :smile: She creates the art and then I turn it into a dxf file and clean it up for our CNC machine to carve into our products. I, on the otherhand, can draw stick figures and that's about it.:D
Thanks for the links, Kobra. I have been to the w3schools site and the php.net site and have been doing their tutorials. I wanted to see if there were any other sites and what the best textbooks are for when I'm not around the computer.
Matt
