I’ve been doing lots of research into running an online store because we want a better ordering solution than a pile of paypal buttons. Happily I’ve found lots of possibilities and I’m currently testing them to see which fits us best. Also very happy was discovering that one of my teenage friends has her own online store. It’s called Just Another Sunset and it is full of fairy/fantasy things that I wish I could buy for Kiki and Gleek because they would love them. Maybe for Christmas after we’ve managed the launch of Schlock book II. In the meantime all of you can go take a look and see the pretty things.
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Just keep asking questions, and I’ll do my best to help 🙂
Just keep asking questions, and I’ll do my best to help 🙂
Just be sure it works with browsers other than Internet Explorer.
I’ve run into way too many that break if you are running Firefox.
Just be sure it works with browsers other than Internet Explorer.
I’ve run into way too many that break if you are running Firefox.
Since I use firefox that shouldn’t be an issue.
Since I use firefox that shouldn’t be an issue.
Recommendation
I’m sure you got a lot of recommendations on online shops already, but I’ll nevertheless add my own:
If you have someone at hand that has coding experience in PHP and you’re going to use a linux webserver, I’d recommend you take a look at osCommerce (www.oscommerce.com), a Open Source Shop Solution. With this, you’ll invest into human resources(for installation and customization) rather than the product itself. But, as I said, you should have someone with coding experience at hand.
That’s my two eurocent.
M*
Recommendation
I’m sure you got a lot of recommendations on online shops already, but I’ll nevertheless add my own:
If you have someone at hand that has coding experience in PHP and you’re going to use a linux webserver, I’d recommend you take a look at osCommerce (www.oscommerce.com), a Open Source Shop Solution. With this, you’ll invest into human resources(for installation and customization) rather than the product itself. But, as I said, you should have someone with coding experience at hand.
That’s my two eurocent.
M*
Re: Recommendation
And I have PHP coding experience, you could say. I HOPE you’d say that, anyway, since that is what I do for a living. Lemme know if you want m’help!
Re: Recommendation
And I have PHP coding experience, you could say. I HOPE you’d say that, anyway, since that is what I do for a living. Lemme know if you want m’help!
Re: Recommendation
That was one of the two that I looked at for BLC and Schlock initially. (OSCommerce and ZenCart).
OSCommerce has a huge flaw.
It requires register_globals() be turned on in PHP, unless you patch the source code. This is considered a Bad Idea(TM).
So, I dropped that one from consideration immediately. None of my servers have register_globals().
Re: Recommendation
That was one of the two that I looked at for BLC and Schlock initially. (OSCommerce and ZenCart).
OSCommerce has a huge flaw.
It requires register_globals() be turned on in PHP, unless you patch the source code. This is considered a Bad Idea(TM).
So, I dropped that one from consideration immediately. None of my servers have register_globals().
Re: Recommendation
Ok, I wasn’t aware of the requirement for register_globals, which is definitely a bad idea. Actually, we are usually working with XTCommerce, which is a german spin-off of OSCommerce. But I ‘m not really sure if it’s available in english and it costs about 100 Euros, as you have to become a sponsor of the project to get the latest versions (older versions might still be available for free, though). If you’d like to take a look, you’ll find it at http://www.xtcommerce.com
M*
Re: Recommendation
Ok, I wasn’t aware of the requirement for register_globals, which is definitely a bad idea. Actually, we are usually working with XTCommerce, which is a german spin-off of OSCommerce. But I ‘m not really sure if it’s available in english and it costs about 100 Euros, as you have to become a sponsor of the project to get the latest versions (older versions might still be available for free, though). If you’d like to take a look, you’ll find it at http://www.xtcommerce.com
M*