Re: Shopping Carts/Checkout Software

Am 2008-09-08 11:17:16, schrieb Dan Joseph: > 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. I have installed osCommerce and it is crap. Since there is NO mailinglist and I can not access the crappy forums I can not submit a singel bugreport o one of the arround 160 bug I found. osCommerce is 100% based on HTML tables which are the last crap specialy for handicaped peoples. osCommerce double my works, since I need a ledger and then have to copy all stuff into osCommerce. Design can not be changed (colors, look and feel) since it is HTML table fixed. Also the boxes left and in the middle have broken "headings" (Titles) which I have tried to solv, but since the sourcecode is not realy clear it is hopeless to do something with it. Also it does not fit the need for european law in sales... since if you sale for the netto price, you must indicate to each product the Sales Tax in % for the country, where the OnlineStore is located. If I sell a product, e.g, Debian CD's I can set a flavour, speak, the customer select "Debian CD" and then later in the schoping cart, he/she can choose which architecture for example. So I have added +3Euro for rarely used architecture because I have downloaded the CD/DVD images from the Debian Servers and stock them on my fileserver which COST money but now, I can not add a note, to inform the users WHY it cost 3 Euro more and thats not all, I like to see those +3Euro as seperated item with an explanation. Also if customers want to donate to Debian/SPI and such, I like to see a donate item and for the previosly thing, I like to see, that for example the additional fee of +3Euro is donate to the Debian Project/SPI... And there are more things.... If I setup an Item and it is running out of stock, I like to give the customers the possibilitiy to reserve an item if I receive a new stock. User should made partial payments for such case. However, I can hack down arround 200 kByte of text here about laking features but it is easier, if I take the idea of osCommerce and code my own OnlineStore. Oh yes, before I forget it, osCommerce is fixed to use mySQL which is crap. Good software should never relay on a singel database. My Ledger and OnlineStore will definitive havve support for PostgreSQL and if someone has better knowledge about mySQL as me, he/she can take the template with the skeleton of the functions and fill it with the appropriated mySQL command/Functions or even Microsoft SQL or Oracle if you feel happier with it. Note: A test installation is on <http://onlinestore.tamay-dogan.net/> and will be removed in some days since I can not see it anymore. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)