best CMS recc's for a restaurant website sought ...help needed badly...

[omnivore]

hello y'all

some contacts of mine want a website building for a korean restaurant
in central london

apart from

-wanting a cool pretty one that is easy to update
-wanting one that is economic to buy and build

they want it to allow customers to order actually on the site
(as opposed to calling them, though you will of course be able to call)

pretty basic really

any one not so brain fried they can give any tips or pointers?

cheers folks

and many thanks in advance

 

[sanjiv]

Are you looking for a web designer or just some tips?

 

[omnivore]

Are you looking for a web designer or just some tips?

hi there

reccomendations for CMS

and possibly good value designers to go with it

T

 

[Faevilangel]

Go with wordpress, probably the easiest CMSD to use... I use it all the time and all my clients have loved it, it's fun to use and easy to enhance with plugins.

 

[OldWelshGuy]

You say 'order from, so are they looking to order and pay, or just order and pay on collection/delivery?

Wordpress is ok, but I am thinking that there are better options if they want more depth.

Wordpress with forms will allow that, but then again, so will Zen cart!

Joomla with a cart plugin such as iprice calc or virtuemart etc will also do the same. This would allow paypal payments as well.

using Joomla would allow a massive amount of room for expansion also.

 

[omnivore]

You say 'order from, so are they looking to order and pay, or just order and pay on collection/delivery?

Wordpress is ok, but I am thinking that there are better options if they want more depth.

Wordpress with forms will allow that, but then again, so will Zen cart!

Joomla with a cart plugin such as iprice calc or virtuemart etc will also do the same. This would allow paypal payments as well.

using Joomla would allow a massive amount of room for expansion also.

HEY THERE MR owg
(glad you liked that thing i sent you!)

thanks for the infos
so you'd say i best get them to look at low cost designers who can develop wordpress or joomla?

(ps; yes they'd like to take payment on the site by cc's and paypal too.)

cheers

T

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Joomla would be very easy to set up with a shopping cart. the categories would be their menu categories 9which if they use their heads they would provide as a printable pdf to make selection easier at home )

it would be a wlak in the aprk and very easy to handle.

 

[sanjiv]

I personally like Wordpress and Drupal.

 

[Faevilangel]

Joomla would be very easy to set up with a shopping cart. the categories would be their menu categories 9which if they use their heads they would provide as a printable pdf to make selection easier at home )

it would be a wlak in the aprk and very easy to handle.

I do agree with ^^^, joomla would be better for the site, (after the update for what they want)

 

[omnivore]

many thanks to all who posted
great infos guys

sooooooooooooooooooo

the big question now is


does anyone have a great recc for a
good value
seo aware
joomla/wordpress afficionado

who i can point my korean restaurant friends towards?

all tips greatfully recieved

cheers

 

[Faevilangel]

Cough cough ...

 

[Astaroth]

If your talking about takeaways then presumably your going to have to be able to timebox when its available - dont want people ordering when the kitchen is closed.

If you have delivery you are going to have to be able to check that the postcode is within an acceptable distance and again deal with the time aspect.

Are they also wanting people to be able to make reservations online? If they are then things get a touch more complex.

All of these things are certainly doable - but imagine that you are potentially looking at a more specialist solution that a generic ecommerce plug in.

I wouldn't get hung up on a single system or brand. It is more important to get the right developers on board than insist on Joomla over DNN or one of the other 5000+ opensource CMSs

 

[OldWelshGuy]

As always, it all comes down to budget doesn't it.

 

[sanjiv]

many thanks to all who posted
great infos guys

sooooooooooooooooooo

the big question now is


does anyone have a great recc for a
good value
seo aware
joomla/wordpress afficionado

who i can point my korean restaurant friends towards?

all tips greatfully recieved

cheers

I do Wordpress sites. Not used Joomla before.

 

[omnivore]

If your talking about takeaways then presumably your going to have to be able to timebox when its available - dont want people ordering when the kitchen is closed.

If you have delivery you are going to have to be able to check that the postcode is within an acceptable distance and again deal with the time aspect.

Are they also wanting people to be able to make reservations online? If they are then things get a touch more complex.

All of these things are certainly doable - but imagine that you are potentially looking at a more specialist solution that a generic ecommerce plug in.

I wouldn't get hung up on a single system or brand. It is more important to get the right developers on board than insist on Joomla over DNN or one of the other 5000+ opensource CMSs

hi dan thanks for that
yes indeed
we are not hung up on any particular system hence our request for reccomendations and any tips on known designers who can be trusted to fulfill this

do you know any by any chance?

 

[Astaroth]

Naturally, being slightly biased, I would say that I do know of someone who can do it but realistically would need to have a better understanding of both the requirements/ functionality and target budget - if by economic you mean cheap, it isnt us, if you mean cost effective then we naturally are.

Feel free to send me a message if you want to discuss further if we are the right sort of company for you.

 

[omnivore]

Naturally, being slightly biased, I would say that I do know of someone who can do it but realistically would need to have a better understanding of both the requirements/ functionality and target budget - if by economic you mean cheap, it isnt us, if you mean cost effective then we naturally are.

Feel free to send me a message if you want to discuss further if we are the right sort of company for you.

cheers dan
i'll send your details on to them

 

[sanjiv]

cheers dan
i'll send your details on to them

I have messaged you.