Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts/Checkout Software
Micah Gersten wrote: ZenCart Reasons: PHP-based Open Source lots if plugins Take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Cart Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Charlene wrote: Micah Gersten wrote: Try Zencart. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com It doesn't look like zencart includes a checkout system. I really need the complete system. Otherwise, what I see at their site looks interesting. In searching for the website for zencart, I discovered a commercial product that looks like it would work and it uses XML to import product information into its system. I'm trying to figure out if zencart would use this method also. Charlene -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts/Checkout Software
Charlene wrote: It doesn't look like zencart includes a checkout system. I really need the complete system. You will find you need to select the payment packages you want available. It certainly does the complete process, including weight based shipping. Otherwise, what I see at their site looks interesting. In searching for the website for zencart, I discovered a commercial product that looks like it would work and it uses XML to import product information into its system. I'm trying to figure out if zencart would use this method also. We ported 'zen_cart' into bitweaver as bit_commerce and have converted the code, but the core structure is 'comprehensive', so you will find 'easypopulate' to get raw CSV data in. Expanding it to handle XML is probably a lot of work. Creating the raw data for 'easypopulate' does eliminate a few stages however and is worth the effort, so IF you have XML data then dump it to a spreadsheet :) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts/Checkout Software
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Charlene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The company I work for is going to be creating the catalog to a small store (~100 items). The customized catalog will include the front end that the shoppers will use as well as the back end data entry. We need shopping cart/checkout software, preferably PHP (since that is what we will be using for our site) and uses MySQL as the database. We want to be able to hook our customized software into the software package (ie we're not using their data entry into the catalog). We don't want to be limited to just one shopping cart/checkout software package and this may become a product we use for more sites. We have been forced to use a few products since the clients bought the package themselves but I'm not real happy with any of them. I would like to recommend OpenCart (http://www.opencart.com/) it is nicely designed, it is small and simple, it is modeled after MVC pattern. It lacks documentation but the source code is very understandable and there are forums on their site where one can ask for help if in trouble. I gave it a try after giving up trying to customize Zencart which is very complicated in my opinion, although it has the benefit of a larger user base and documentation. Here you can find an example of a site I did with opencart: http://www.carolinalightgroup.com M.
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts/Checkout Software
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Charlene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The company I work for is going to be creating the catalog to a small store (~100 items). The customized catalog will include the front end that the shoppers will use as well as the back end data entry. We need shopping cart/checkout software, preferably PHP (since that is what we will be using for our site) and uses MySQL as the database. We want to be able to hook our customized software into the software package (ie we're not using their data entry into the catalog). We don't want to be limited to just one shopping cart/checkout software package and this may become a product we use for more sites. We have been forced to use a few products since the clients bought the package themselves but I'm not real happy with any of them. We do our own hosting. Charlene -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Check out osCommerce (oscommerce.com), its open source, written in php, uses mysql, and you should be able to hook into it pretty easily like you want. -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life.
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts/Checkout Software
On Sep 8, 2008, at 809AM, Charlene wrote: The company I work for is going to be creating the catalog to a small store (~100 items). The customized catalog will include the front end that the shoppers will use as well as the back end data entry. We need shopping cart/checkout software, preferably PHP (since that is what we will be using for our site) and uses MySQL as the database. We want to be able to hook our customized software into the software package (ie we're not using their data entry into the catalog). We don't want to be limited to just one shopping cart/ checkout software package and this may become a product we use for more sites. I haven't used it yet myself, but just from playing with the demo I'd try magento first. http://www.magentocommerce.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts/Checkout Software
Micah Gersten wrote: Try Zencart. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Thank you for your recommendation, but I really need either reasons why to use a particular product from experience or reference to an article which support your recommendation. I don't want to start a flame war, but I really would like to hear from all about their experiences with different products. Especially if you used hooks in your PHP code to work with a particular product. Also, I would like to know about the problems with a specific product and would you would never use again. Charlene -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts/Checkout Software
ZenCart Reasons: PHP-based Open Source lots if plugins Take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Cart Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Charlene wrote: Micah Gersten wrote: Try Zencart. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Thank you for your recommendation, but I really need either reasons why to use a particular product from experience or reference to an article which support your recommendation. I don't want to start a flame war, but I really would like to hear from all about their experiences with different products. Especially if you used hooks in your PHP code to work with a particular product. Also, I would like to know about the problems with a specific product and would you would never use again. Charlene -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
Hi, talking about Shopping Carts I am looking for one thats good but that it is also flexible when you need custom designs and extesibility. I've had experience with osCommerce and their designs are very rigid. It works out of the box but as soon as you need to customize design it's PITA cause you have to fight with all those tables they use for the layout. I've seen that Zen Cart gives you more freedom with respect to designs without loosing features which makes it a good choice, anyway before I choose myself I would like to hear what you guys have to say about it or any alternatives you know about, my primary goal is flexibility. Thanks again. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
Thank you, Dan B., Tedd, Dan H., and Jason: I don't mind subcontracting and have already stated to my client that this could possibly happen. I definitely want a quality product. I will work hard within a reasonable timeframe and if I'm not satisfied with my work, I'll call someone. One concern of mine is that the person/company I subcontract may cost as much as the entire amount this client is paying. Any idea what making a shopping cart work safely and properly might cost? I appreciate all of you sending encouragement. I'm learning more and more each day; the momentum is in a positive direction. Just wish it was faster. Thanks again, Kista -- Independent Artist Kista Tucker Dance http://kistatucker.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anakeko Productions http://anakeko.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2/25/08 12:17 PM, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Kista Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh my gosh! [snip!] Kista, The response you got from Tedd is probably the most accurate and best advice you could get on this subject. DO NOT, by any means, attempt to write your own cart. It's reinventing the wheel, and if you don't have the experience in PHP/MySQL/security/eCommerce/data retention/inventory tracking/module development/API controls/SDK development/et cetera, then you run much more of a risk of losing the client than to suggest a well-developed, resilient, well-supported, established shopping cart. For that, I think Zen Cart is a fine option, regardless of the opinions of others. And, when all else fails, remember that there is a whole community of developers out there (and here) who would be more than willing to help you with your project(s) for a fair price. If your client wants quality and reliability, just remember that he or she will get what they pay for and while the software may be free and open source, it still requires someone knowledgeable to get it all going in the right direction. Stealing from the context of Tedd's message (specifically: Try not to be the guru here, but) arises a very well-known quote: Jack-of-all-trades: Master of none. If you do design, stick with that. Otherwise, you're effectively stating to your client that you don't respect them enough to provide the best possible service and products, and that any bare minimum will do. And with that, I hope you know that I'm by no means attempting to insult your intelligence, but only offering advice from my own experience. ;-P -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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At 7:24 PM -0500 2/26/08, Kista Tucker wrote: Thank you, Dan B., Tedd, Dan H., and Jason: I don't mind subcontracting and have already stated to my client that this could possibly happen. I definitely want a quality product. I will work hard within a reasonable timeframe and if I'm not satisfied with my work, I'll call someone. One concern of mine is that the person/company I subcontract may cost as much as the entire amount this client is paying. Any idea what making a shopping cart work safely and properly might cost? I appreciate all of you sending encouragement. I'm learning more and more each day; the momentum is in a positive direction. Just wish it was faster. Thanks again, Kista Kista: my take As I said, I might buy a shopping cart and get the shopping cart support to install it and then bill the client accordingly plus my time. I had good success using this: http://www.shop-script.com/ As you can see, the top of the line is $299.00 -- so the cost of the shopping cart isn't much. However, setting up the merchandise is a different problem. How do you populate the database with the customer's inventory? What does the customer have? How it's stored? And so on. I had one client who had about 600 items and wanted a shopping cart with a back-end to maintain their inventory. The bid I gave them was $10k and I would have it finished in two months. They didn't bite, but that gives you an idea of the cost involved (ay lease mine). Maybe I overbid -- I don't know. But, I do know that what they wanted would have racked a lot of my time. I just finished a back-end project that took me about a week. The client paid $1k up-front and another $1k when I finished. He seemed happy with my work and the time frame. I would be happy with two grand a week -- too bad it's not consistent. I do know this, if you underbid and get the work, they will work you to death. So let them know beforehand that you are in it to help them AND you do this for a living, not for grins. Also, keep track of your time and bill accordingly. If you justify your time, the client will take it better. If you bid for an entire project, then you eat any overtime. So be careful making bids but also keep in mind that even an underbid will give you experience and that's worth something. Never admit to a client that you don't know something -- instead say that you'll look into it for him. Be careful about what mistakes you admit to, unless you have liability insurance. Some of this stuff can be downright expensive. Backup everything as you go and document everything (i.e., what you did, what time, and why). If you do anything with a client's database, back it up first. If you do anything with a clients site, backup what was there before you did anything. In other words, cover your butt in all matters and make sure that you can return things back to the way they were. /my take That's it for now. Tune in next week. Cheers and good luck, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Kista Tucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh my gosh!
[snip!]
Kista,
The response you got from Tedd is probably the most accurate and
best advice you could get on this subject.
DO NOT, by any means, attempt to write your own cart. It's
reinventing the wheel, and if you don't have the experience in
PHP/MySQL/security/eCommerce/data retention/inventory tracking/module
development/API controls/SDK development/et cetera, then you run much
more of a risk of losing the client than to suggest a well-developed,
resilient, well-supported, established shopping cart. For that, I
think Zen Cart is a fine option, regardless of the opinions of others.
And, when all else fails, remember that there is a whole community
of developers out there (and here) who would be more than willing to
help you with your project(s) for a fair price. If your client wants
quality and reliability, just remember that he or she will get what
they pay for and while the software may be free and open source,
it still requires someone knowledgeable to get it all going in the
right direction.
Stealing from the context of Tedd's message (specifically: Try
not to be the guru here, but) arises a very well-known quote:
Jack-of-all-trades: Master of none.
If you do design, stick with that. Otherwise, you're effectively
stating to your client that you don't respect them enough to provide
the best possible service and products, and that any bare minimum will
do.
And with that, I hope you know that I'm by no means attempting to
insult your intelligence, but only offering advice from my own
experience. ;-P
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Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
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Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 09:43 -0600, Shawn McKenzie wrote: questions and help out people who try and stumble... I'm less likely to help someone who tries to stumble. In case you weren't be sarcastic... the intent of the above line was probably the following: ...questions and help out people who try... and stumble... Or more clearly: ...questions and help out people who try but stumble... Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Shopping Carts
To: php-general@lists.php.net Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:43:20 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts questions and help out people who try and stumble... I'm less likely to help someone who tries to stumble. -Shawn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I usually stumble after too much beer ;-) bastien _
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
At 9:17 PM -0500 2/22/08, Kista Tucker wrote: Oh my gosh! I'm scared to death to create a shopping, but was recently referred to some free shopping cart software. Though I am trying to learn code on my own ( X-HTML, HTML, CSS, PHP, etc.) I'm not yet very good and am extremely nervous (originally became acquainted with PHP from a designers perspective-Thanks David Powers. I have one page on my website). I have a potential client and he needs a shopping cart. I'm thinking about installing Zen-Cart. Is this a good idea? Does this mean that I should also download XAMPP for Mac OS X? My system is OS 10.4.11. (I haven't yet installed MySQL and I think the version of PHP that I installed last year needs to be updated.) I know someone is going to bite my head off for seeking the above information, but I don't know where else to start. I don't think I can learn enough PHP and MySQL in one week on my own. I don't want to lose this client. Kista Kista: No way would I write a shopping cart. I might steal one and rewrite for myself, but even then it would take me more than a week. You might want to check out some commercial shopping carts and present them to your client. At least they usually have support to help you install. I think that would be the way I would take -- I have done that before. Try not to be the guru here, but rather the person who can guide your client to get what they want -- if you know what I mean. Good luck, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Hi, i have a problem with my animated web flash menu (+images+sounds). basically my menu in embedded into flash, and each time that i click on menu link, my flash is playing from start as it is integrated into each PHP pages. I know that this is not the topic of this forum, but i would like to know how you cope with such issue from PHP point of view ? i mean, did you play the flash menu on first page (like index.php e.g.) and after you have another menu, or do you use it through your complete website ? basically i found a lot of flash templates but nothing about PHP pages menu integration. I guess several of you have already done it so i need just your feedback on possible solutions. thanks a lot. -- Alain Windows XP SP2 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008
Re: [PHP] shopping carts
On Thu, February 7, 2008 9:51 am, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 7, 2008 9:59 AM, Nathan Nobbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 7, 2008 9:24 AM, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you look at plugin architectures of projects such as drupal, phorum, or serendipity you can see there are better ways of doing things rather than messing up the source code. I recently found In zenCart, you are supposed to put your modified file[s] into a different include dir, and keep the original source pristine. It worked pretty well for me. The biggest problem I had was that the payment gateway had a test checkbox that was supposed to do something different in the code, but it didn't, so I ended up hacking that directly anyway -- it was too broken to worry about not messing it up... :-v I can't say I've ever liked any of the full-blown shopping cart apps out there... -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shopping carts
On Feb 7, 2008 9:11 AM, Jason Pruim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 7, 2008, at 9:01 AM, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 7:28 PM, Jason Pruim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple custom fields to each product? --e -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Please do not use osCommerce. Umm, Can I ask why? I just downloaded it a few days ago to play with it on my server. I don't need it myself, but something good to have in the arsenal :) I might have put my foot in my mouth, but probably not. I've used it a few years ago and it was just a horrible mess of code. All the end-user interfaces were pretty nasty too. At the end of the day though it is your choice what software you use, but from my experience it is a poor quality piece of software. I haven't looked at the code of it yet... Just downloaded it, installed it, and started playing from an end user stand point :) figure if I can't tell the user how to use it, it doesn't matter what kind of a rats nest the code is :) -- Jason Pruim Raoset Inc. Technology Manager MQC Specialist 3251 132nd ave Holland, MI, 49424 www.raoset.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I agree that if the end user doesn't get it, then you don't get paid... but quality matters if you have to extend/maintain/secure it. Well, I guess not. Look at how wildly popular MySpace is. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Feb 7, 2008 10:04 AM, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I helped work on that, you bastard! ;-P Congratulations. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Feb 7, 2008 9:24 AM, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I might have put my foot in my mouth, but probably not. I've used it
a few years ago and it was just a horrible mess of code. All the
end-user interfaces were pretty nasty too. At the end of the day
though it is your choice what software you use, but from my experience
it is a poor quality piece of software.
I agree. I think the problem was too many people throwing in
code, and not enough control and checking. In my opinion, osCommerce
can be equated to a cheetah: very nice, fast, and sleek when you see
it running, but tear it open and the guts are nasty.
While I agree that if the end user doesn't get it, then you don't get
paid... but quality matters if you have to extend/maintain/secure it.
Well, I guess not. Look at how wildly popular MySpace is.
Hey, I helped work on that, you bastard! ;-P
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On Feb 7, 2008 9:24 AM, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I agree that if the end user doesn't get it, then you don't get paid... but quality matters if you have to extend/maintain/secure it. Well, I guess not. Look at how wildly popular MySpace is. im guessing most people who use oscommerce or zencart dont ever look at the code, let alone extend it. a couple years back i setup a zencart install for someone and i remember looking on the forums at that time.. someone was trying to mod it a little and one of the core devs said something like 'what are you doing, mucking around in the code..'; i was somewhat shocked at that. did you see the thread that started last night about a zencart module and php arrays?? if thats indicative of the typical user (which i suspect it is) i think these guys are safe to assume not many people are going to extend their code. but thats no excuse for poor code (here i assume the code is bad, but from a cursory glance it looks like zencart has improved since i last used it [though ive not looked at the code much]). if i were going to use it id almost certainly end up maintaining some sort of forked version or perhaps just grabbing some functionality from it, like maybe integration w/ a payment gateway or something. hopefully that cant be too bad, and small enough to easily tweak in the event it needed a face-lift. -nathan
Re: [PHP] shopping carts
On Feb 7, 2008, at 9:01 AM, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 7:28 PM, Jason Pruim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple custom fields to each product? --e -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Please do not use osCommerce. Umm, Can I ask why? I just downloaded it a few days ago to play with it on my server. I don't need it myself, but something good to have in the arsenal :) I might have put my foot in my mouth, but probably not. I've used it a few years ago and it was just a horrible mess of code. All the end-user interfaces were pretty nasty too. At the end of the day though it is your choice what software you use, but from my experience it is a poor quality piece of software. I haven't looked at the code of it yet... Just downloaded it, installed it, and started playing from an end user stand point :) figure if I can't tell the user how to use it, it doesn't matter what kind of a rats nest the code is :) -- Jason Pruim Raoset Inc. Technology Manager MQC Specialist 3251 132nd ave Holland, MI, 49424 www.raoset.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Feb 6, 2008 7:28 PM, Jason Pruim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple custom fields to each product? --e -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Please do not use osCommerce. Umm, Can I ask why? I just downloaded it a few days ago to play with it on my server. I don't need it myself, but something good to have in the arsenal :) I might have put my foot in my mouth, but probably not. I've used it a few years ago and it was just a horrible mess of code. All the end-user interfaces were pretty nasty too. At the end of the day though it is your choice what software you use, but from my experience it is a poor quality piece of software. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shopping carts
On Feb 7, 2008 9:59 AM, Nathan Nobbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 7, 2008 9:24 AM, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I agree that if the end user doesn't get it, then you don't get paid... but quality matters if you have to extend/maintain/secure it. Well, I guess not. Look at how wildly popular MySpace is. im guessing most people who use oscommerce or zencart dont ever look at the code, let alone extend it. a couple years back i setup a zencart install for someone and i remember looking on the forums at that time.. someone was trying to mod it a little and one of the core devs said something like 'what are you doing, mucking around in the code..'; i was somewhat shocked at that. did you see the thread that started last night about a zencart module and php arrays?? if thats indicative of the typical user (which i suspect it is) i think these guys are safe to assume not many people are going to extend their code. but thats no excuse for poor code (here i assume the code is bad, but from a cursory glance it looks like zencart has improved since i last used it [though ive not looked at the code much]). if i were going to use it id almost certainly end up maintaining some sort of forked version or perhaps just grabbing some functionality from it, like maybe integration w/ a payment gateway or something. hopefully that cant be too bad, and small enough to easily tweak in the event it needed a face-lift. -nathan If you look at plugin architectures of projects such as drupal, phorum, or serendipity you can see there are better ways of doing things rather than messing up the source code. I recently found Magento, and the code looked really promising, but it is just too slow. Having to diff your project and upgrade changes is a horrible thing each time a security patch comes out. A big part of what I do is work on e-commerce solutitons for local stores and such. Each one has wildly different needs that just cannot be packaged up easily. So in the end I've implemented my own solution because I felt that to be able to address clients needs properly I needed a system where swapping out the hard parts were easier. Now when somebody comes to us with their fancy new payment gateway I can read the docs and integrate it fairly easy without breaking anything because I know how the other parts work and can implement accordingly. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple
custom fields to each product?
http://www.hotscripts.com/
http://php.resourceindex.com/
http://www.sf.net/
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that does not help, none specify whether they have a custom fields
option or not.
On Feb 6, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Daniel Brown wrote:
On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple
custom fields to each product?
http://www.hotscripts.com/
http://php.resourceindex.com/
http://www.sf.net/
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Re: [PHP] shopping carts
On Feb 6, 2008 4:26 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
that does not help, none specify whether they have a custom fields
option or not.
Neither does a PHP mailing list. Search Google. Then, read the
description of the shopping cart software.
The best options I can think of are osCommerce, ZenCart, and
XCart. If I remember correctly, they all allow custom fields.
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On 2/6/08, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that does not help, none specify whether they have a custom fields option or not. Wah.. why won't anyone do my research for me? -- Greg Donald http://destiney.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple custom fields to each product? --e -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Please do not use osCommerce. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple custom fields to each product? --e -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Please do not use osCommerce. Umm, Can I ask why? I just downloaded it a few days ago to play with it on my server. I don't need it myself, but something good to have in the arsenal :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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zencart is giving me every possible custom field I can dream of. John Jason Pruim wrote: On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Eric Butera wrote: On Feb 6, 2008 4:18 PM, nihilism machine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a shopping cart which allows you to add multiple custom fields to each product? --e -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Please do not use osCommerce. Umm, Can I ask why? I just downloaded it a few days ago to play with it on my server. I don't need it myself, but something good to have in the arsenal :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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For what its worth, I have setup OSC a few times in the past (around a yaer or two ago and it was a breeze) The thing that i didnt like about OSC was that it had too many DB calls...that might have changed now. Support via the community forums was fantastic. ZC was a bit more of a hassle to setup than OSC but still pretty easy, i found the same complaint of too many DB calls in that too...might have changed now in newer versions. I really liked ZC, cant really remember why but i preferred it over OSC. Agora was pretty good but didnt get around to testing all the bells and whistles, of which it has a LOAD. For me it came under bloatware as there was s much I wouldnt ever be using. shamless list-pal plug Theres a guy named Tedd on the list, he sets up/sells carts, his services are not free but if you are willing to pay you instead of going 100% free you might want to contact him. Going free and buying both have their pros cons. /shamless list-pal plug Note: I dont get a cent for the above plug or any incentives in a material way Cheers! Ryan --- Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael B Allen wrote: Any ideas? I plan on using this one for my next shopping-cart project: http://www.cubecart.com/site/home/ CubeCart is an eCommerce script written with PHP MySQL. With CubeCart you can setup a powerful online store as long as you have hosting supporting PHP and one MySQL database Looks pretty good to me... A plus for me is the base template - layout looks mostly CSS-based (tables used only where needed.) Also is free if you keep the logo/link back to CubeCart website (~60$ otherwise.) Another, that I have used, is: http://www.zen-cart.com/ Zen Cart� truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. The software is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think e-commerce could be and should be done differently. I have not used ZC for a few versions, so I am sure it has improved... I did not think it was the greatest at templating and customizing the backend was a bit of a chore... but the community support is really good. Hth, Cheers, Micky -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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hi, http://www.cubecart.com/site/home/ CubeCart is an eCommerce script written with PHP MySQL. With CubeCart you can setup a powerful online store as long as you have hosting supporting PHP and one MySQL database. To edit or remove copyright thay charge $69.95 per domain* and you will be issued with a License Key I used it two years back and it works excellent Shafiq Rehman Sr. Web Engineer http://www.phpgurru.com
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On Saturday 08 July 2006 18:31, Michael B Allen wrote: I need a (free) shopping cart. The simpler the better. This one is what I'm looking for: http://www.zend.com/codex.php?id=112single=1 but it doesn't use current session handling, needs validation, etc. Any ideas? Thanks, Mike -- Michael B Allen PHP Extension for SSO w/ Windows Group Authorization http://www.ioplex.com/ http://www.oscommerce.com built with PHP and is free. -- Jack Gates http://www.jlgates.com/ http://www.myenergyproducts.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Michael B Allen wrote: Any ideas? I plan on using this one for my next shopping-cart project: http://www.cubecart.com/site/home/ CubeCart is an eCommerce script written with PHP MySQL. With CubeCart you can setup a powerful online store as long as you have hosting supporting PHP and one MySQL database Looks pretty good to me... A plus for me is the base template - layout looks mostly CSS-based (tables used only where needed.) Also is free if you keep the logo/link back to CubeCart website (~60$ otherwise.) Another, that I have used, is: http://www.zen-cart.com/ Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. The software is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think e-commerce could be and should be done differently. I have not used ZC for a few versions, so I am sure it has improved... I did not think it was the greatest at templating and customizing the backend was a bit of a chore... but the community support is really good. Hth, Cheers, Micky -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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PURISTS READRS SHOULD DELETE THIS NOW!!! On Mon, April 24, 2006 2:31 am, Jochem Maas wrote: cheers Richard! you brightened up my monday morning. the badger reference will keep me going till wednesday ;-) badger? Where do you do your shopping?... :-) While we're on the topic... What's the difference between a dozen eggs and an elephant... Remind me NEVER to send you to the store for a dozen eggs! -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Richard Lynch wrote: PURISTS READRS SHOULD DELETE THIS NOW!!! On Mon, April 24, 2006 2:31 am, Jochem Maas wrote: cheers Richard! you brightened up my monday morning. the badger reference will keep me going till wednesday ;-) badger? you wrote 'baggers', I read 'badgers' - where I grew up all good jokes included a badger ;-) put it down to filtered perception. Where do you do your shopping?... :-) farmers market, middle-of-bloody-no-where, some where in england, long time ago - (that makes as much sense to me as it does to you) While we're on the topic... What's the difference between a dozen eggs and an elephant... er? 2 metrics tons? no? put me out of my misery then :-) Remind me NEVER to send you to the store for a dozen eggs! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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While we're on the topic... What's the difference between a dozen eggs and an elephant... er? 2 metrics tons? no? put me out of my misery then :-) If you dont know I am not going to send you to the store for a dozen eggs... Didnt know we had elephant joke fans here...heres a few: 1) Why can't you get an Elephant to screw in a lightbulb? 2)What the difference between a herd of Elephants and a bunch af grapes? 3)What did the peanut say to the elephant? 4)Why did the elephant fall out of the tree? 5)Why did the second elephant fall out of the tree? 6)Why did the third elephant fall from of the tree? 7)What is gray and has four legs and a trunk? Cheers! -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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I am anxiously awaiting the answers!.g0g0g0g0g0!! On Apr 25, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Ryan A wrote: 1) Why can't you get an Elephant to screw in a lightbulb? 2)What the difference between a herd of Elephants and a bunch af grapes? 3)What did the peanut say to the elephant? 4)Why did the elephant fall out of the tree? 5)Why did the second elephant fall out of the tree? 6)Why did the third elephant fall from of the tree? 7)What is gray and has four legs and a trunk? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Ryan A wrote: snip 1) Why can't you get an Elephant to screw in a lightbulb? Because it's an elephant 2)What the difference between a herd of Elephants and a bunch af grapes? The grapes are purple. 3)What did the peanut say to the elephant? Nothing. Peanuts can't talk. 4)Why did the elephant fall out of the tree? Because he was dead 5)Why did the second elephant fall out of the tree? Because he was glued to the first elephant 6)Why did the third elephant fall from of the tree? He thought it was some sort of a game 7)What is gray and has four legs and a trunk? A mouse going on vacation. *showing my age -- John C. Nichel IV Programmer/System Admin (ÜberGeek) Dot Com Holdings of Buffalo 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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At 1:19 PM -0500 4/24/06, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? [/snip] We discarded this terminology in favor of 'order fulfillment system' or OFS Or perhaps, Shipping and Handling Internet Technology -- the acronym I leave to you. tedd -- http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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At 11:18 AM -0700 4/24/06, Ryan A wrote: Hey. That ain't a shopping cart That's a friggin' store. LOL You're absolutely right -- tho, it sounds like good stuff for a comedy routine. Pity it would fly over the heads of most people though, only us geeks (term used loosely) would get it Geek, a term first used to describe a circus performer who bites the heads off chickens and other such stuff. Yep, that's about right. :-) Like only Geeks would get this: /world tedd -- http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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cheers Richard! you brightened up my monday morning. the badger reference will keep me going till wednesday ;-) Richard Lynch wrote: On Sun, April 23, 2006 9:01 am, tedd wrote: ... Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? Look, a shopping cart is a goddam big basket on wheels. What we call a shopping cart on-line is actually, your entire stock catalog, fulfillment, cash register, check-out, delivery, stock management, and internal accounting system, with credit card POS widgets. And baggers. Hey. That ain't a shopping cart That's a friggin' store. [shrug] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Have you checked out oscommerce? www.oscommerce.com? It does what I think you need. And I think it might even be free, that is, if your time doesn't cost anything. As for it being simpleyou'll need to define that term. Simple for me could be rather complicated for you or vice versa. Tom On 4/22/06, Lisa A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone suggest someone to write a simple client side shopping cart I can use? I need to install something that my client can update the merchandise themselves. Something inxepensive please. thanks, -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? Look, a shopping cart is a goddam big basket on wheels. What we call a shopping cart on-line is actually, your entire stock catalog, fulfillment, cash register, check-out, delivery, stock management, and internal accounting system, with credit card POS widgets. And baggers. Hey. That ain't a shopping cart That's a friggin' store. LOL You're absolutely right -- tho, it sounds like good stuff for a comedy routine. tedd -- http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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--- tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, Hey. That ain't a shopping cart That's a friggin' store. LOL You're absolutely right -- tho, it sounds like good stuff for a comedy routine. Pity it would fly over the heads of most people though, only us geeks (term used loosely) would get it, maybe at the next PHP/programming con? -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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[snip] Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? [/snip] We discarded this terminology in favor of 'order fulfillment system' or OFS -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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--- Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? [/snip] We discarded this terminology in favor of 'order fulfillment system' or OFS Man, I knew this girl some time back, she had a really good OFS... Oops, this might be a little off topic...hope nobody minds ;-) -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Waaait a second. You actually knew a girl who took orders? On 4/24/06, Ryan A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? [/snip] We discarded this terminology in favor of 'order fulfillment system' or OFS Man, I knew this girl some time back, she had a really good OFS... Oops, this might be a little off topic...hope nobody minds ;-) -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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--- Tom Cruickshank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Waaait a second. You actually knew a girl who took orders? What do you tell a girl with two black eyes? Nothing, coz told the b***h twice! -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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For those of you who are making a joke out of my question, glad to have given you all a laugh. I want to thank everyone else for being so nice and helpful to beginners. Everyone has to start somewhere and can't afford a $1000 to spend and sorry I'm not the geek you are and can write and manipulate the script. I've learned so much from these newsgroups, but for some reason, a few of you shouldn't be so opinionated. Don't bother to respond if you don't like the question. Again, thanks to everyone else! Lisa Tom Cruickshank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you checked out oscommerce? www.oscommerce.com? It does what I think you need. And I think it might even be free, that is, if your time doesn't cost anything. As for it being simpleyou'll need to define that term. Simple for me could be rather complicated for you or vice versa. Tom On 4/22/06, Lisa A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone suggest someone to write a simple client side shopping cart I can use? I need to install something that my client can update the merchandise themselves. Something inxepensive please. thanks, -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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At 9:04 PM -0400 4/22/06, Lisa A wrote: Do you have any suggestions? Right now I use the one through Paypal, but it would be too difficult for my client to add their own merchandise. I could pay more, but not much more. Do you recommend any good ones or someone that could write one. OScommerce was way too hard and offer too many options. I don't need a powerful one like that. Just a good basic shopping cart, but good for client side. and Well I have no idea. I can't spend $100's but hope that there would be something out there affordable. This apparently is a common theme -- I want a good basic shopping cart that works AND I don't want to pay over $100 for it. Well... I want a good basic car and not pay over $100 for it too. But, everyone knows that those two wants are mutually exclusives. My question is, why aren't shopping carts viewed in the same common sense perspective? What's the reason? Is it because its software and people say Well.. you have already spent the time, so why not charge less for it or just give it away kind of things. They don't do that with cars, they don't say Hey, it's already built, so charge less for it. Or perhaps they don't understand that a good basic solution is NOT simple, nor trivial, nor inexpensive. Or, perhaps in their proposal to their clients they underestimated the worth of a good basic shopping cart? Or, perhaps they don't want to spend their time to take a free shopping cart and make it work for their clients because they intrinsically know that it will take their time, which has worth to them, but at the same time don't appreciate the work of others to do the same thing? I don't know what the reasons are, but it is one of those situations that begs the question why. tedd -- http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Lisa A wrote: Can anyone suggest someone to write a simple client side shopping cart I can use? I need to install something that my client can update the merchandise themselves. Something inxepensive please. thanks, http://www.zen-cart.com/ is free, and not too difficult to manage, but we have pulled our own version of it and use that in bitweaver, where there is a bitcommerce module nearing completion - http://www.bitweaver.org/ - simply because we want a commerce package that we can use with a number of database engines rather than being restricted to MySQL :) Spending time to develop your shopping cart content is different to spending time fixing problems in other peoples software. Personally I'd rather put time back into a free project, than spend money on projects that then still need you to work round their faults ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - L.S.Caine Electronic Services Treasurer - Firebird Foundation Inc. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Sun, April 23, 2006 9:01 am, tedd wrote: This apparently is a common theme -- I want a good basic shopping cart that works AND I don't want to pay over $100 for it. Well... I want a good basic car and not pay over $100 for it too. But, everyone knows that those two wants are mutually exclusives. My question is, why aren't shopping carts viewed in the same common sense perspective? What's the reason? Much good stuff deleted. I think one of the reasons goes like this: The Internet is such a huge marketplace. Shopping carts are so ubiquitous (sp?) Based on sheer volume, there oughta be a fifty dolla basic shopping cart that is easy to install and doesn't try to do everything for everybody. The problem is, that inevitably, each user needs just that one feature Maybe it's shipping costs. Maybe it's T-Shirt sizes that may or may not cost more. Maybe it's quantity discounts. Maybe it's Taxes. :-^ Maybe it's... And, next thing you know, you've got this nasty MONSTER on your hands of a shopping cart that nobody without a Ph.D. can figure out how to work the damn thing. Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? Look, a shopping cart is a goddam big basket on wheels. What we call a shopping cart on-line is actually, your entire stock catalog, fulfillment, cash register, check-out, delivery, stock management, and internal accounting system, with credit card POS widgets. And baggers. Hey. That ain't a shopping cart That's a friggin' store. [shrug] -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 23:20, Richard Lynch wrote: Another aspect is this: Why do we call it a shopping cart? Look, a shopping cart is a goddam big basket on wheels. What we call a shopping cart on-line is actually, your entire stock catalog, fulfillment, cash register, check-out, delivery, stock management, and internal accounting system, with credit card POS widgets. And baggers. Hey. That ain't a shopping cart That's a friggin' store. [shrug] *lol* Thanks for the Sunday night comedy :) Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 20:08, Lisa A wrote: Can anyone suggest someone to write a simple client side shopping cart I can use? I need to install something that my client can update the merchandise themselves. Something inxepensive please. By inexpensive do you mean slave labour? $5? 100$? 1000$ 1? Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Well I have no idea. I can't spend $100's but hope that there would be something out there affordable. Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 20:08, Lisa A wrote: Can anyone suggest someone to write a simple client side shopping cart I can use? I need to install something that my client can update the merchandise themselves. Something inxepensive please. By inexpensive do you mean slave labour? $5? 100$? 1000$ 1? Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 20:47, Lisa A wrote: Well I have no idea. I can't spend $100's but hope that there would be something out there affordable. I'm pretty sure there's lots out there for under $100, but almost none will be exactly what you want, and almost all will require you to invest hours of your own time to make them work the way you want... which will most certainly equate to $100s of dollars. Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Do you have any suggestions? Right now I use the one through Paypal, but it would be too difficult for my client to add their own merchandise. I could pay more, but not much more. Do you recommend any good ones or someone that could write one. OScommerce was way too hard and offer too many options. I don't need a powerful one like that. Just a good basic shopping cart, but good for client side. thanks, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 20:47, Lisa A wrote: Well I have no idea. I can't spend $100's but hope that there would be something out there affordable. I'm pretty sure there's lots out there for under $100, but almost none will be exactly what you want, and almost all will require you to invest hours of your own time to make them work the way you want... which will most certainly equate to $100s of dollars. Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Costs $349, but it's worth every penny and includes user support! http://digishop3.sumeffect.com/ David Ellsworth yourwebdna.com On 4/22/06 9:04 PM, Lisa A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have any suggestions? Right now I use the one through Paypal, but it would be too difficult for my client to add their own merchandise. I could pay more, but not much more. Do you recommend any good ones or someone that could write one. OScommerce was way too hard and offer too many options. I don't need a powerful one like that. Just a good basic shopping cart, but good for client side. thanks, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 20:47, Lisa A wrote: Well I have no idea. I can't spend $100's but hope that there would be something out there affordable. I'm pretty sure there's lots out there for under $100, but almost none will be exactly what you want, and almost all will require you to invest hours of your own time to make them work the way you want... which will most certainly equate to $100s of dollars. Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Thanks, I'll check it out. David Ellsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Costs $349, but it's worth every penny and includes user support! http://digishop3.sumeffect.com/ David Ellsworth yourwebdna.com On 4/22/06 9:04 PM, Lisa A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have any suggestions? Right now I use the one through Paypal, but it would be too difficult for my client to add their own merchandise. I could pay more, but not much more. Do you recommend any good ones or someone that could write one. OScommerce was way too hard and offer too many options. I don't need a powerful one like that. Just a good basic shopping cart, but good for client side. thanks, Robert Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 20:47, Lisa A wrote: Well I have no idea. I can't spend $100's but hope that there would be something out there affordable. I'm pretty sure there's lots out there for under $100, but almost none will be exactly what you want, and almost all will require you to invest hours of your own time to make them work the way you want... which will most certainly equate to $100s of dollars. Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 00:13, John Nichel wrote: Hi List, I'm looking for people who have experience with the carts listed below to solicit your opinion on said cart. My boss is looking to put something in place, and while I am evaluating these carts, I'm hoping y'all can point out some pluses and minuses that I'm not going to see by not running them in a day to day production environment. osCommerce (http://www.oscommerce.com)- Boss likes this one, but I have issues with it's possible security bugs, and the overall design (lack of) of the code Forget this. It's a total piece of S%T! -- Brian V Bonini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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John Nichel mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:14 PM said: osCommerce (http://www.oscommerce.com)- Boss likes this one, but I have issues with it's possible security bugs, and the overall design (lack of) of the code i'd like to put another voice in the just-say-no-to-oscommerce movement.. it's probably a good cart for someone that doesn't plan to modify it at all... i spent about a week with it and then decided it was best if i rolled my own. chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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(like osCommerce requiring register_globals to be turned on) wouldnt suprise me, its highly uncusotmisable off the shelf, u need to spend a long time and write modules for it. My best advice is to go and build it yourself. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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I will do that Henry, Dan -Original Message- From: Henry Grech-Cini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: PHP shopping carts Hi, Please let me know if you find one thats any good? Henry Dan Sabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, What I'm looking for is either an open source or commercial solution which is supported by either commercial or OS add on modules. I've looked at OS commerce and X cart so far, wanted to look at a few more. I'm hoping to find one which has a hotel booking or reservation system either as a standard or as an add on mod, and am doing some comparisons. Thanks, Dan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Hi, Please let me know if you find one thats any good? Henry Dan Sabo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, What I'm looking for is either an open source or commercial solution which is supported by either commercial or OS add on modules. I've looked at OS commerce and X cart so far, wanted to look at a few more. I'm hoping to find one which has a hotel booking or reservation system either as a standard or as an add on mod, and am doing some comparisons. Thanks, Dan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: PHP Shopping Carts ??
http://l-i-e.com/compare/ -- WARNING [EMAIL PROTECTED] address is an endangered species -- Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm - Original Message - From: Christopher Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: php.general To: PHP List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:22 PM Subject: PHP Shopping Carts ?? Could anyone point me in the direction of some PHP shopping cart scripts? Thanks, Christopher Raymond -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts and Sessions
In a message dated 3/16/01 9:39:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought Search engines couldnt spyder dynamic pages such as "1.php?foo=bar" True - but with the magic of Apache's mod_rewrite -- you can make a URL appear to a browser as: http://www.yourdomain.com/bar -- but on your server, it can be rewritten as: http://www.yourdomain.com/1.php?foo=bar. mod_rewrite is extremely cool. you can read more about it at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html don
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts and Sessions
or you can use Apache to ForceType bar to use PHP. then just write a generic URL parsing script and you're done. if you want it for all of your URL's, make DocumentRoot a PHP script. you might tricky problems with images and other non-script files, but that's ok because you can just check for the file extensions, echo he mie tpye and readfile() it. -aaron At 1:15 PM -0500 3/16/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/16/01 9:39:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought Search engines couldnt spyder dynamic pages such as "1.php?foo=bar" True - but with the magic of Apache's mod_rewrite -- you can make a URL appear to a browser as: http://www.yourdomain.com/bar -- but on your server, it can be rewritten as: http://www.yourdomain.com/1.php?foo=bar. mod_rewrite is extremely cool. you can read more about it at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html don -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Can this be used via .htaccess in a shared hosting situation? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts and Sessions In a message dated 3/16/01 9:39:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought Search engines couldnt spyder dynamic pages such as "1.php?foo=bar" True - but with the magic of Apache's mod_rewrite -- you can make a URL appear to a browser as: http://www.yourdomain.com/bar -- but on your server, it can be rewritten as: http://www.yourdomain.com/1.php?foo=bar. mod_rewrite is extremely cool. you can read more about it at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html don -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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In a message dated 3/16/01 2:02:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can this be used via .htaccess in a shared hosting situation? I believe it can -- never done it personally though... don
Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
I use sessions combinded with utc
function mtime()
{
$mtime = microtime();
$mtime = ereg_replace('\.', '', $mtime);
$mtime = explode(' ', $mtime);
$mtime = $mtime[1] . $mtime[0];
return($mtime);
}
will ALLWAYS return a unique number, store this number in a session, each
user gets assigned a sessionID now each user has their own number, 100%
unique to themselves. this is how I seperate my users. Ive built quite a few
cart systems with this aproch. I store the cart right in the sessions, but I
have also set systems up where the cart is right in the db. I did the later
because a client wanted to have a way to see the % of users that put things
in their cart and never purchased, and % of products purchased to %
abandonded in their cart.
Your right on the IP system, here in the office I share the same IP with 12
people throught a NAT.
I dont know if you need to use an IP at all, if this is just for a cart...
then big deal, some script kiddy could try 36^32 possible combinations of a
PHPSESSID to try and hijack their cart ! haha. maybe for a something a
little more secure.
Chris Lee
Mediawaveonline.com
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Hello,
I am making a shopping cart. I am wondering on how I should separate each
user. I though the I.P. would be good but there can be a couple people on
one I.P. so if someone is sharing an I.P. it will mess things up.. Anyone
got a better way to do it?
Thank you,
Brandon Orther
WebIntellects Design/Development Manager
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800-994-6364
www.webintellects.com
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Re: [PHP] Shopping Carts
hi Brandon, we use php's session handing functions to set cookies, they are obviously hashed, etc before the values are sent. as part of the authentication system, we check to see that the user's client matches the last access with that session id, if not, we request a sign in. if you're not talking about authenticated pages, (which you probably aren't for a basic shopping cart app), we handle all of that stuff transparently. _alex -- Alex Black, Head Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Turing Studio, Inc. http://www.turingstudio.com vox+510.666.0074 fax+510.666.0093 Saul Zaentz Film Center 2600 Tenth St Suite 433 Berkeley, CA 94710-2522 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brandon Orther) Newsgroups: php.general Date: 10 Jan 2001 08:12:07 -0800 Subject: [PHP] Shopping Carts Hello, I am making a shopping cart. I am wondering on how I should separate each user. I though the I.P. would be good but there can be a couple people on one I.P. so if someone is sharing an I.P. it will mess things up.. Anyone got a better way to do it? Thank you, Brandon Orther WebIntellects Design/Development Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-994-6364 www.webintellects.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
