jobel602

Hi all, I have a problem with my wife and the postman..........no, I didn't mean to say that, I mean I have a problem with how to work out the best way of charging my customers a fair postage. Here is the problem; on my website I sell books and our wonderful happy chappies at the Royal Mail have decided that not only have we got to weigh the book we now have to measure the damned thing as well! This has led to a complete restructuring and complication of the postage prices. To make this short I will have to illustrate this the best way I know how:small thin book = ?1.00 P&P.Easymore than 1 book - not so easy, it means I have to weigh not just the thin books but any other size as well. I have looked at postal sliding charges which are complicated and I have thought about weighing each book and putting that price beneath each book but there are over 6000 of them! What is the best and fairest way of charging postage costs to the customer? I can put the script into my website - I think - that will give the customer a price based on the weight but if the customer does not know how big or heavy a book is how can they use it? Any help would be appreciated

Hi all, I am not sure if this is the right place to post but I'm sure you'll tell me if it's not. My problem is this: I have a website where I sell books and it's one of those simpleton sites where I don't need to know code, I just click icons etc Anyway, I can upload images to the server and need to have them in different resolutions and link from a thumbnail to the larger picture. What I am trying to say is I have about 6000 books to display on my website which is impractical as it takes me about 10 mins to load 1 copy. What is the best way to go about this? The thoughts I have at the momentis to load a thumbnail of each book and then put a link to the google book library but even then the systemt hat I use means I have to add each one individually. Is there a way that I could have it in a pdf format? or more to the point what would you do?

Hello to everyone here at Xisto. My name is jobel602 - or John for short, and I live in Cornwall in the UK. I do have a website and I know everything about them except how to make them , how to host them or where I should begin; so,I ended up here. I spent ages trying to find somewhere where I could have a banner or script hosted without having to plough through hundreds of ads or have them cluttering up my site. I was amazed at the amount and variation of topics here at Xisto and I am sure that I have plenty of reading to do before I have the confidence to post on a regular basis. I am slightly computer literate and have an interest in many of the topics on this site so I can relate and contribute to various discussions. I have just read the sticky about introducing myself so I will add a bit more. As I have mentioned I live in Cornwall UK which is the bottom bit of the map of our country unless you are looking at it upside -down which then makes it at the top but then everywhere looks weird at that angle. I live in a semi urban area; lots of houses, lots of fields, lots of cows, lots of doing nothing. If I get into my car I can be at the seaside in 5 mins or in the middle of a field. As to my interests it is probably best if I just list them: Photography - I have my own darkroom and process black & white films myself and I have just interested in digital photography but don't find it as much fun as breathing in poisonous fumes - reading, walking when I am able, cooking, films and music of all descriptions and not forgetting my wife and 2 teenage monster daughters and my fat Rhodesian Ridgeback dog that pees everywhere because she has a bladder problem. Speaking of illnesses I have chronic arthritus of my spine and a whole host of other medical problems; I still don't know if I have got Housemaids Knee though. I run a small retail business in our local town of Redruth which is called The Emporium that sells all sorts of weird and wonderful things. We have new stock - stationery, cd's, dvd's, books, kitchenware etc and also I go to the auctions and buy boxes of house clearance items so I have developed an interest in antiques and have a few good stories to tell about that but our main income comes from local books and the furniture that is very cheap to buy but kills my back to shift.....moan,moan I really need help and guidance in creating my website as I think that it is the only thing that will keep our shop and our town alive in this digital age so I will be avidly reading all the tutorials. I want a website that is full of life and interest but I don't really have the skills or the energy and time to spend hours at a computer learning code; just a cheap happy fix will do me. I guess I have infringed the rules of the house about a dozen times by now so I had better say good - bye and I look forward to meeting you all