Perhaps a bit of a unique position, perhaps not, but we are the manufacturers of a software product that use nop for our online shop. As such, we have to have a bit more than just an online shop, so we also have a general website, and support forums.
For reference:
Company/product website: www.LASRapp.com (Using an Azure Template, please note the various sub-pages)
Our store: www.LASRapp.com/store
Our forums: www.LASRapp.com/forum (Using Simplemachines)
Yup, all under the same domain, but as you can see, not integrated very well. No consistent look and feel, much less UI. Lately, simplemachines has been giving us headaches with deleting its own config file randomly (sometimes once a week, sometimes three times a day). So we are obviously looking to replace that, and the obvious choice are the forums in Nop.
Whilst pondering this decision, I would also like to integrate the main website (www.LASRapp.com) under nop as well. Basically creating a bunch of new pages with their own style, modifying the overall theme quite a bit, etc, to bring it all "under one house" as it were.
Obviously alot of style changes could be made with a template (would probably just buy one), and I've figured out the basics of how to create new pages, but am also considering the issues that would arise when we update Nop in the future. Is there a plugin, or some easier/more robust way of brining out main website under the Nop house that I am missing? Any suggestions?
I would be looking at re-writing all the pages for the "non sales stuff" anyway, if that makes any difference.