hello,

i am developing an ecommerce site for a project of mine. i need a shopping cart/content management system.

  1. built with php and mysql
  2. well written, commented (hopefully) code, updateable
  3. administrative interfaces to add products, update inventory, product attributes and images
  4. doesn't have to have any graphics
  5. credit card processing and shipping options
  6. customer management
  7. order management

i know there are lots of shopping carts to choose from. it is a pretty simple website, and i have a great graphic designer that i am working with that will be adding the graphics, i just need to get the core functionality working.

i am quite familiar with php and modifying code and also customizing shopping carts, as i have done a few in the past.

does anyone have any suggestions for me ? i can afford to make a purchase, but it will probably need to be less that 1000 dollars.

thanks.

    Dada78 wrote:

    This is the most popular and is HIGHLY customizable with tons of mods you can add to it.

    http://www.oscommerce.com/

    oscommerce looks like something in the right direction. it is great that it is free, and runs php and mysql. but, it appears to be a little bit clunky. i've done some mods in it before and i wasn't thrilled with the way the code is layed out.

    i can handle building tables and pages for products and product management, and all that other good stuff. i do think it would be overkill to build my own credit card processing code, order management and shipping modules though.

    any other suggestions ?

      Yea I have to agree with you there, the code isn't layed out all that great. I just use it for backend and do my own layout and design. It pretty much just all depends on how elabrote you want your store to be. I have mine with a credit card processing. shipping modules with tracking codes for customers, and order management which is built into OSC. That's the only solution I can think of. Thiers Cubecart but I don't like it. The good thing about OSC is you can do whatever with it. If you vist thier site, just click on the link and browse thier live stores and see examples of what people have done with theirs.

        what about squirrelcart or xcart? are those comparable?

          If you liked OSC, check out Zen Cart. Zen Cart is a fork of OSC, but with much newer code and many fixes etc, that OSC doesn't have. Zen Cart's code has developed so much more then OSC it's getting closer and closer to being it's own project.

          http://www.zen-cart.com/

            thanks. i just downloaded it and am giving it a try now. it does indeed look like my best option at this point. if it works out then i will be happy to make a donation to their cause as well.

              21 days later

              update ::

              i have decided on using a package called cubecart. it offered the most basic database design with all the functionality i needed.

              the graphic design was a slight issue, but i really like the way they organized the code into modules and templates for all the graphic components of the site. it will be pretty straightforward to make adjustments to these modules and create new modules where i will need them.

              thanks to all who wrote in.

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