Free Ecommerce Web Site Design Software

A Home Business Article Contributed by Alina Sandor

Cutting Ecommerce Web Site Design Costs

Everyone wants to cut costs when it comes to designing their ecommerce web site. Getting all of the bells and whistles your site needs like a check-out, credit card services and more can get expensive. Why not cut the cost before you even start by using free ecommerce web site design software?

There are a lot of great places on the web where you can get some pretty handy software. Read on to find out more.

The Places for Free Ecommerce Web Site Design Software

A great site for free software including web site design software is www.webattack.com and PHPNuke. PHPNuke is completely free software that enables even the most novice users to create very professional sites. PHPNuke uses php server-side scripting language and the free database mySQL which is easy to customize.

This software takes a little working knowledge of web design, but if you are willing to invest the time to learn, you can design a really great ecommerce web site with it, and don't worry, you have help. PHPNuke has a huge online community that can be very helpful to someone who really doen't know what they are doing.

You may also want to check out a program that split from PHPNuke early on in its development called PostNuke. If you want a secure site that is safe for transactions to take place, PostNuke is your program.

You can find these programs at www.phpnuke.org and www.postnuke.com. Both sites use their own programs, but if you want to see another example of PHPNuke, go to www.starprograms.com.

Great program is osCommerce, which is another open source and completely free program. If you are more focused on producing an amazing online retail site, this is the program for you. This program also uses php and mySQL. osCommerce isn't as exstensive as the other two programs so it might take a little more work, but a little time learning the program is all you need to fix that. Just like the other two programs, osCommerce has an online support community. To see examples of this program in action go to www.darkjade.com or www.moviepaks.com.

A Great Free Ecommerce Web Site Design Add-On

If you want a site that has an emphasis on displaying pictures online, or you just want really nice looking product picture layouts, than you may want to take a look at Coppermine. This program lets you upload, modify, and display you products online. Visitors to your site will be able to create accounts so they can upload their pictures for private or public viewing, also, if you .

Coppermine would be a great idea for an extra add-on to your site and since it is open source you can integrate it with any other open source program you are designing your site with. You can find guidelines and scripts available online for integrating Coppermine with PHPNuke and PostNuke. If you would like a sample of what Coppermine can do go to http://www.absoblogginlutely.net/gallery/index.php? cat=7.