List of PHP IDE

Here is the list of commonly used PHP IDE:

1. phpDesigner
2. PHP Eclipse
3. Zend Studio
4. phpEdit
5. EditPlus
6. Notepad
7. Dreamweaver

Must haves on your online store or ecommerce website

Today,  I am sharing the tips that are required on your online store for increasing your produts visibility. The sales will increase when the probability of your products appearing on search results or visibility of the products are more.

1. A section of "featured products" must appear on homepage.
2. Keep changing the products listed on rotation basis to increase product visibility.
3. Have an "All Products" page where customers can see all the products on a single page. No need to provide pagination. This can be sorted by category or in an alphabetical order.
4. Compare Prices : provide an option to compare prices of similar products from your website or other related websites.
5. Easy navigation to go back to search results page.
6. Easy way of adding multiple products together to the shopping cart.
7. Product information should be listed in a proper manner.
8. Highlight the  key specifications and provide all the possible information that may help customers to make their buying decision easier.
9. Provide an option of contact in case they need any further information for the product before buying.
10. The product image should be clear and should be same as that of the product being delivered.
11. The image should not be too heavy to load and provide more (i.e from different angles rear,front etc.) images of the product.
12. The page should load faster.

If you would like to share some ideas or incorporate the above tips on your ecommerce website or would like to start you own ecommerce website, then contact me for details. 

Create your Website

Creating a website depends upon a lot of factors and your requirement.
If you want  to create a website with 3-4 basic pages then you can have it setup and going in a day's time. However, if you want a website which involves user interaction or where lots of content will be uploaded on a daily basis then you will have to go for a content management system (CMS).


You can opt for a static website where the content doesn't change frequently, for eg: a website with only few pages such as About Us, Contact Us page.

Step 1: Decide your domain name

Choose a domain name that is related to your business, company name, or that relates to the content of the website. Once you have decided on the name, check if the domain name is available. You can refer godaddy.com for checking website availability.

Step 2: Register your domain name

Once you have finalized the domain name then you will have to register the domain name. Almost every registrar provides this service.

Step 3: Web Hosting

This is where your website will be hosted and your web pages will reside. Here, you can setup your emails and use the services provided by the web hosting company like blogs, forums, chat scripts etc.

Step 4: Start Building

If you have decided to make a statuc website, then only HTML is required. However, if you want to have a blog or content driven website then you will have to use a CMS and supporting technology like PHP/Mysql etc

If you need help or have any questions related to making a website then Contact me and I can answer your queries.

Advantages of having your e-commerce website

Ecommerce website or an online store has many advantages. 

• You can setup your online store quickly and at a very less price compared to the overhead of a brick and mortar store.
• It can be easily managed from home, office or even while you are travelling.
• You can reach to millions of customers at once resulting to expanded customer base
• Since your store is online, it is open 24 x 7 
• More number of products can be added on the site which is not possible if you have space limitation or a small store.
• It reduces your advertisement and marketing cost
• The automation of billing, order details, shipment tracking,customer details reduces both time and personnel required to manage the processes. 
• You can provide detailed information about the product

The advantages from customer point of view are many:

• Customers can easily browse the products from anywhere and anytime
• It saves customer's travel time and cost
• E commerce facilitates comparison shopping. Customers can compare prices and get the bets deal in lesser time