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I'm 41 going on 26. Twice as old as some of youWhen I was in my early 20's the concept of having a computer in one's home was a mind-blower! I was on the internet before it was called the internet, and I used real "floppy" disks - the 5&1/4" size that really were floppy A 240 megabyte hard drive was huge! There was no windows, the C:> prompt and typed commands were fun, because boy-o-boy were we smart that we knew those commands.

I would LOVE a little bit of sun! It has been sunny this week end and it is melting the 2 feet of snow we got a few weeks ago! Just a little bit more sun!

I like the idea of payment options, and customizing it....I think this is what I'm looking for ...... you say it's available via Xisto... would I look for Emporium or ecommerce scripting? guess I'd better get my request for hosting in.. so I can see what's here.Thanks much for the info, I do appreciate it!

"Hey!" all, Another bit of American slang to teach you (sorry Charlie D, you asked for it ..) This here fellow is what we call a Redneck. If you ever hear a Redneck joke y'all think of Charlie here.

OOPs sorry, but really, a topic like this can come and go because PEOPLE come and go. Some that answered before might be gone now, and others that weren't here before get to say HEY! Saying "HEY" is american slang for hello.

Well I don't have a "real" shop, the business is making the stuff in a spare room set up as the studio, and selling it to freinds, co-workers, and taking some around to local shops - we live near lots of gift shops. We do have the black velvet though, and picture taking has been a challenge because I've been trying to do this at night after my regular day-job, in poor light. Now it is the weekend, I'm going to try again in good daylight. Well I call it "basic" html becaue compared to the xml and scripts out there, wow. The site I did before looked a little less professional, but only because I had students working on it too, and it was student artwork and such that was the graphics. But it was clear it was a student/teacher effort, so when you know that, the less-than-perfect graphics are forgiven. So, you're saying, work in phases? Phase one, make it pretty, but not selling yet. Phase two, sell by sending checks or using their own paypal Phase three, incorporate a shopping cart ?? This is what you mean? Sounds manageable this way. What does <br> mean? (hahahaha just kidding) Right now <br> means BBRRRRRRRRR it's COLD and we're getting a bunch of SNOW tonight!

Oh yes, shortcuts like this I like alot. I don't intend to build the shopping cart and storefront from scratch. When I said I wanted to build the site myself, I just meant I don't want to hand over the whole project and have someone else put it all together. I'd be paying someone to customize those scripts, and still providing the photos and all that much of the work myself anyways. .................and I'm beginning to feel like I'm spending more time talking than doing I'll check out PHP-Nuke for sure, I'd heard of it but have not looked at it yet. Thanks!!

Thank you ! yes! this is what I'm saying! Encouraging and good advice. yes, I like basic html, with frames, I am comfortable with that. My challenge at the moment is taking pictures of jewelry. I have to catch daylight I guess for the digital camera. I like some of the ideas here for showing them, but I have some work to do there for sure. Thanks again, and keep warm - it is below ZERO here !!! BRRRRRRRRRRRR ------

Isn't that funny how self-concious we are about our voices. I would know alot more spanish if I werent' so worried about how it might come out - yet we don't seem to much notice how other people speak do we? They probably wouldn't much notice us either.

Hey, not too far at all! I go there for work on occasion (Parsippany) Ah the storm! It promises to be a good one. Snowed in on the weekend! We'll all be snuggled up warm near the [computer]. (rather have a fire!)

But surely the fairies exist! Say it's so! and so many with red hair and sparkly wings. Many many people believe in the fae, and that they, like the leprechauns, originated in your very own back yard They say fairies are the protectors, the spirit guides, of nature.

As I browse these forums, it's clear this is a very global group! It's very fun to read what languages people speak, and sometimes glimpse a clue of where you live.Where do you live? How many countries are here together in this corner of cyberspace?I am in the state of Connecticut, USA. It is north-east USA, and six degrees fahrenheit today (-14 C)

It's freezing cold winter here (north-eastern USA) - and I do mean freezing. My mind wanders south, toward the warm places. My next vacation I want to visit Mexico.If you could go anyplace on earth this year, where would you go? Why? What would you want to experience when you got there? What would you bring home with you?

I took Polish in high school, have a best friend who speaks French, spent a month in Costa Rica last year ..................and still speak only English.I would love to learn Spanish for future trips to Latin America, but I don't know where to start. Maybe I'll take a night class? Polish? What was I thinking?

Is there a way to search the forums? I am looking for threads within this forum about the game(s) The Sims, but don't know how to look for it and don't want to look through all the messages. I will, though, if there's not a search tool.I don't have Sims 2 yet, wanted to hear about it from others

There are LOTS of online jewelry shops. Tons of jewelry passes through eBay, I'll bet if you put it all in a truck there really would be literally tons. Problem is, we don't have our own store. If we did, that would be cool, but we live very near places where tourists visit, so gift shops and places like that are a good option for us. My b/f has been out of business for 2 years for cancer treatments, and he's getting back to work now. I've offered to help with marketing. I know I have big ideas, and I have to be careful with OPM (other people's money). I'm researching and asking questions, and peeking at other jewelry sites. There's so much out there to look at, study, and I'm just asking questions on these forums. Your suggestion to make it more a catalog, is where I'll start because I'm nervous about shopping carts and OPM, but I also don't want to lose sales by not having an easy option for people who want who want to buy. so much to learn! Thank you

Constructive? No. Insulting and discouraging, yes. Starting a message with "do you really think people will buy" my crap? They might. I'm willing to risk it. Nobody wins if we don't encourage eachother. I'm staying on the forums because other people have been encouraging and very nice about giving advice. Now go do your homework and leave the business stuff to the adults.

Please stop attacking my efforts. Please stop being so negative and discouraging. I am not as STUPID as you are making me look. STOP!!! I'm sorry you have such a negative attitude but DON'T rub it off on me. I am and will continue to be optomistic about my venture. WITHOUT the likes of you putting me down, talking down to me, and insulting my business. You sound like a 15 year old know-it-all. Go offend somebody else, if it makes you big man on campus.

What a cool idea! I never thought of that. I have to get good with taking the pictures first, that has become an adventure in itself - I'm trying to find a simple spot in the studio that will be consistent lighting, and simple. l want snapping the photos to become part of the assembly line - create, string, install ends, take photos, package. Working on making this a convient part of the process. I really really like that idea though, and it would add a touch of class to the site. I know what you mean about buying hardware online, my friends will still go to the store and spend way more for a wireless router after watching me spend a fraction of the cost on tigerdirect. I've been using these sites for ages. Maybe I assume too much that people "will" buy some jewelry, but heck, if the ones that do will buy it from someone else if I'm not there, right? Thanks for a groovy idea! I'll add that to my list of research topics.

Why so discouraging? I do belong here just like everyone else. First, let me clarify: we're not making jewelry just to have an online store. !!! Just the opposite - the jewelry business is already there, the website is another potential outlet. We're not selling engagement rings for thousands of dollars, we're selling cut, pounded silver, and semi-precious stones & beads. Some of it is art and some of it is simple beadwork. I shouldn't have to explain this in order to ask a few questions about building a basic website. I had already decided to use Paypal until I learn more. I know my way around the internet and know that I also would not put my credit card number into an unknown void in cyberspace. Thanks for your advice. and the answer is, yes, I expect people to buy jewelry online. I don't however expect YOU to buy jewelry online. There are people who will and people who won't. It's an experiment, I'm not expecting to get rich here, as I said - it's one more POTENTIAL outlet.

Hi spamlord, Well one factor is cost - I've seen the prices and I just don't have iany money to pay someone I do have some knowlege and talent that I can utilize, so I'm going to go for it. I guess I shouldn't ask so many questions in the forums, makes me look something of an idiot and I really do know the basics, it's just been a few years since I built a site. The business itself isn't hugely established, so I think I can fake my way through for a while

I think it was freewebhosts..... one of those that rates hosting sites. I chose Xisto though because of upgrade-ability. Being new I don't know what I'll need but it seems so easy to upgrade if I run out of space. I thought at first the forums might be hard to keep up with but everyone has been so helpful, I wouldn't do this again without the forums. I'm sure I'll get lots of answers as I continue to delve into the past topicsThanks for being Free too

Hey, Thanks for the advice, but one reason I'm embarking on this project is to learn a new hobby! I have built a different kind of website, for a non-profit agency, so the hosting was donated, and the design donated by me. I'm not new to the whole concept, just to e-business. Letting someone else do it isn't my style. Buy a girl a fish, and you'll have to keep buying the girl a fish every day. Teach her how to fish, and she'll have all the fish she needs and some to share. It's a skill I want to have. But thanks anyways

While you're building this new OS, can you make it less vulnerable to viruses, adware, spyware, hijacking, and all of the other little things that the internet lets creep into one's home via the phone or cable line? Lots of people like me are not good at knowing what to install or configure. My PC is a mess, because though I use some blockers, I didn't realize that my daughter was using IM without the browser so no protection was in place. Can't seem to clean it all up now.