Re: Magento shopping cart

Hey all, So I'm more comfortable all the time with using Magento, more I read, and Ryan said, "Its great, I have been using it for over 2 years very flexible platform very easy to manipulate, and the end user admin is second to none mate." ... "Mate?"... Are there Aussies on this list? ;) Anyway, what about skinning this animal. If I install it will our designer be able to put the site's custom look and feel into it? Ryan, what do you think? Skip Nathan Nobbe wrote:

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

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