Re: Magento shopping cart

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Skip Evans <skip@bigskypenguin.com> wrote: > I'm not totally opposed to using Magento, though I can see my comments, > especially if it's what the client wants. > > I have been looking over the site and it does have a lot of features so I > can see it saving some serious time, especially given the extras he wants. > > So Nathan, having used it, do you have any tips for a Magento newbie when > it comes to integrating it with a custom site? > I havent used it yet, but we are considering using it as a second-gen platform at my new place of biz. initial glimpses are promising, but it appears to be a somewhat complex offering compared to say wordpress w/ an e-commerce plugin. i imagine there may be other tradeoffs as well, like a number of general purpose plugins and probly more look & feel options in wordpress than magento. > I haven't found any integration documentation for programmers yet. > google for magento extension and it looks like you may have to hit the appropriate mailing list for more details. fwiw, afaik, x-cart is one of those older e-commerce platforms circa os-commerce / zencart days. the code is ass, but frankly that damn thing has installations up all over the net (or did once upon a time, lol). -nathan