What software programs do developers use to make sophisticated web sites?

We want to have a developer make a sophisticated E Commerce web site that would let users select colors, designs, etc and then "see" what the choices look like. The site would also do credit card acceptance and shipping worldwide. What software programs or tools are the best ones for the developers to use for such a site?

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We use MODx We use the MODx content management system. It has an e-commerce module called KiweeCommerce that's new, so it's still buggy, but supposedly it'll be ready for real use in a few weeks. The nice thing about a CMS is that we can have our Web designer make us a template, but then we're back in the driver's seat - we can make pages, edit content, etc.Without having to be developers ourselves.

After having used a CMS for a little while, I swear I will NEVER go back to the 'old' way. For actual design, we use all the common tools - Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Paint.Net, Gimp, Inkscape, whatever editors we prefer, etc. To do color overlays on site images we either store the image in each possible color and do replacements when colors are clicked, or use PNG transparency overlays with alpha channels. Browser support is touchy there, but we've got it looking pretty good.

For an example of the latter (which is also run on a MODx site), see http://www.pricet.com/. This uses the PNG overlay concept to change the color of the woman's shirt when you hit sub-pages. It's not an e-commerce site (PriceT is basically the Priceline of promotional products printing - you name your price) but at least you'll get the idea of what's possible.

This technique takes more work to get going in all browsers, but a lot less code once you get it set up.

Best is subjective It is hard to say what is "best" in this case. You will need some kind of server side scripting language, but which one is dependent on somewhat subjective. There are people doing some fascinating things with all of them.

Some of the choices for languages include php, asp, ColdFusion, jsp and even cgi, among others. With the exception of cgi, they all work in very similar ways. The best one often comes down to personal preference rather than anything more concrete.

ColdFusion has its own tool and there are tools that can be used with the others, but using a tool other than a text editor is not a requirement. This is also a matter of personal preference. The sophistication of the website is not determined by the tool that is used as much as the developer and designer’s ability to use the tools that they have.

Since your desire is to have a developer, other than you, to do the work, I recommend finding a developer who has demonstrated the ability to develop the kind of website you have in mind and let him (or her) tell you what he wants to use to develop the site.

Usually they use... ...Dreamweaver or Frontpage. There are other HTML editors out there but those are the two top editors that most people use. I use both.

For ease of use, I use Frontpage and for more complex sites I tend to use Dreamweaver. Even after using these programs, you should learn the basics of typing code in HTML. Of course, these two programs allow you to view the source code after creating a web page through the "design" interface, which by the way, is like using a word processor.By understanding HTML, you have the ability to tweak and change things that sometimes become difficult on the design side to change.

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