IMHO, (who am I kiddin' you all know I'm not humble) X-Cart is infinitely better that OSC. It's well-supported, has tons of add-ons... For only a couple hundred bucks, it's certainly the better option between the two.
--Ferg Scott Mulholland wrote: >Thanks Ferg, we'll look into it that option. We have also looked at >oscommerce which is an open source php project. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:47 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Shopping Cart solution - any others to look at? > >My advice, and this is gonna be wildly unpopular on this list, is to use >X-Cart (www.x-cart.com). It's PHP not CF, but it is very good. I've used >it in a number of situations and I've never regretted it. I always >wished I was better at PHP when using it, as it would have taken me a >lot less time to do some of the custom mods I did, but it really is a >nice app. Actually, what I really wished is that I had time to dedicate >to making a CF store app that matched X-Cart feature for feature -- that >would be the perfect scenario. It's cheap too; for a complete Gold >license with source and all is only $200 and it will give you, I bet, >everything you need. > >I agree with the others that building your own cart is the way to go, >but if time is an issue you can get x-cart up and running and loaded >with products in just a couple of days. > >--Ferg > >Scott Mulholland wrote: > > > >>Our plan is to roll our own out in the future, the creation of it is not a >>factor for us on this one, the timeframe is so we are looking to go off the >>shelf this time around. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 10:04 AM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: Re: Shopping Cart solution - any others to look at? >> >> >> >> >> >>>I'm currently evaluating some e-commerce solutions for an upcoming >>>project. >>>Past postings have pointed me to look at cartweaver, cfwebstore and >>>ablecommerce. I have also looked at a couple of non-cf based >>>solutions. >>> >>>Are there any others that I should be looking at or dos anyone have >>>any >>>feedback, good or bad about the ones I named above? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Scott, >> >>Web Monkey has a fairly simple shopping cart for CF that's easily >>modifiable, and free. >>http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/99/49/index4a.html?tw=programming >> >>You could also roll out your own, they're not very difficult to create. >> >>hth, >> >>larry >> >>-- >>Larry C. Lyons >>Web Analyst >>BEI Resources >>American Type Culture Collection >>email: llyons(at)atcc(dot)org >>tel: 703.365.2700.2678 >>-- >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220699 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
