Yes, I agree that osCommerce is very ugly inside. I've looked at it and the code is very difficult to work with. Potentially, it could do a lot, but getting there looks to be painful. Apparently, osC's development staff is down to 2 people, and they're going years between updates. v2.2 has been in Release Candidate mode for a year now, and v3.0 is eternally "just around the corner". They insist on adding new function to RC's, and refuse to address MySQL version 5 compatibility. There is a huge library of mods and add-ons, and a fairly active user community, but it appears to be difficult to customize the look and feel, and mods tend to conflict badly with each other, so I'd be reluctant to use them.
My hosting service offers, in addition to osCommerce, CubeCart and Zen Cart (all via Fantastico). Would either of the latter two get a thumbs up, or should I manually install something else? I'd be looking for sales of both physical stuff and downloadable files, and need to be able to properly collect NY state sales tax (rate determined by shipping address, not my address). osC just isn't set up to easily handle this kind of stuff. Anyone with first hand experience willing to enthusiastically endorse a free product? Sean O'Connor wrote: > http://www.satchmoproject.com/trac/wiki/GetCodeI would strongly recommend > staying far far far away from OSCommerce or anything derived from it. > Unfortunately I've had a fair amount of experience with it and I can tell > you, it is a beast of a system and it mildly terrifies me that it is ever > trusted to handle credit card transactions. > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise Oct 1 - Ubikeys Oct 4 - Linux Fest Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software Dec 3 - TBD
