Hi
I've just finished producing my first Ubercart site for an independent UK jewellery designer - the results can be seen at sarahkavanaghjewellery.co.uk and sarahkavanaghbridal.co.uk.
This was the first time I'd used Ubercart, and I've been really impressed with how extensible the system is. With a bit of thought, and help from the Drupal/Ubercart community, all client requests were able to be carried out. It seems that imagination is pretty much the the limit when it comes to utilising this combination (Drupal+Ubercart) as a platform, and I'm really looking forward to getting more involved with coding modules in future projects.
Many thanks to the Ryan and Ubercart team for developing such a fantastic product - and of course to the Drupal community in general. The more I use Drupal, the more I like it.
Luke
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sarahkavanaghjewellery.co.uk
sarahkavanaghjewellery.co.uk and sarahkavanaghbridal.co.uk ... to save copy and paste :)
Well done, surprisingly
Well done, surprisingly crisp and clean for a Drupal site.
Great site! really!
The format really suites the products they want to sell.
Did you base it on an existing theme?
Was the use of Ubercart the decisive factor for not going to 6.x?
Rik.
Hi Rik My decision to stick
Hi Rik
My decision to stick with Drupal 5.x was mainly historical - as I had more experience with this release. I'm now making the transition to Drupal 6.x.
The theme was pretty much written from scratch, but I did start off with one of the core themes for guidance.
Luke
Wonderful site-- clean
Wonderful site-- clean design and functional. I'd be cuious to know what you used for the hover slideshow of the individual product pages-- very slick.
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Hello Joann Thanks for the
Hello Joann
Thanks for the comment - the hover slide show was built using a jquery plugin. There are a number of different plug-ins available for more elaborate effects - or you can opt to use the standard effects which are built into the jquery api (http://docs.jquery.com/Effects/fadeIn).
Hope this helps
Luke
HELP?????
Hi
I loved the site you built for Sarahkavangh. I need to build one for myself - how do i get started?
Can you point me in the right direction please?
Thank you
Angela
HELP
Hi It's Angela again... My email address is angela@threshingbarn.co.uk.
Hi Angela Sorry - I missed
Hi Angela
Sorry - I missed your message, I've sent you an email.
Luke
Superb !!!
Superb !!!
Beautiful site. I really
Beautiful site. I really love the product listing layout. The 2 images per product on the catalog pages really give a different look than your average jewelry site. The large image on the product details page combined with the hover effect is great.
If I could make one suggestion to improve the overall look of the site, it would be to style your buttons. When I scrolled down on the product page, the big grey "add to shopping bag" button stuck out like a sore thumb and I think it detracts from the otherwise simple clean look.
Hi Paul Thanks for the
Hi Paul
Thanks for the comments, and thanks for the tip. I think styling these buttons would make a big difference - it would be interesting to see if this kind of aesthetic change has an affect on sales.
Cheers
Luke
Powered by Wordpress?
Just curious why the footer on the Sarah Kavanagh Jewelry site says that it is powered by WordPress 2.7.1.
Hi Steve The footer you
Hi Steve
The footer you mention can be seen from www.sarahkavanaghjewellery.co.uk/blog/ - where my client has recently added a workpress blog. The main site has been built using Drupal 5.x
Let me know if you have any other questions
Cheers
Luke
Why WordPress?
OK, that brings up a second question. Considering that Drupal has a built in blogging module, why would she add in Wordpress? Was there some functionality that Drupal lacked that Wordpress had?
I don't think lack of
I don't think lack of functionality would have been the main driver of this decision - perhaps she has more familiarity with Wordpress?
My personal view is that, in terms of choosing a publishing system or framework, it's worthwhile remaining 'agnostic'. By using a wide range of tools, our general experience of what works and what needs improvement, can only be enhanced.
Same Here
I like your website for all the reasons already stated, Lukus - kudos.
(Especially the 4-products-per-page 2-photos treatment, classy.)
Nitpicky detail: I tried out the shopping bag, found that after viewing my bag and removing the 1 item there, the "Continue Shopping" button disappeared. Maybe not a good idea...
Thanks for the tip Wayne -
Thanks for the tip Wayne - I'll look into this.
Luke
I wanna know more about the
I wanna know more about the product listing. How to implement showing two different images in the product listing? Put two images or even three images on the product content body ??
Hi Adrian Remember that
Hi Adrian
Remember that Ubercart is making use of a CCK-based content type. The 'product' content type can be extended in exactly the same way as any other CCK-based node.
If you want to include more images in the body of your product listing; I'd suggest directing your study towards views, content templates (contemplate) and jquery.
Good luck with your project, I hope this helps
Luke
Thanks!!! One more question.
Thanks!!! One more question. How about the thumbnail hovering effect in product details ?
Nice site
I like the color and the photography easy to look at and looks professional.
Thanks very much, Luke
Thanks very much,
Luke
clean and nice
very well designed site, gj
really nice
Congratulations! May I ask which image/gallery module did you use?
Thanks :) I didn't use an
Thanks :)
I didn't use an image gallery module for this site - a custom node template is used to display the images. The imagecache module was invaluable - as this allows images to be resized and cropped automatically.