[Hidden-tech] PHP shopping carts

[Trace Meek]

It probably depends on whether you're more comfortable working with
PERL/CGI-based programs (e.g., Agora) or those written in PHP (such as
OSCommerce). I've used Hassan Cart before, which I think is similar to
Agora. It is pretty easy to customize the look and feel, but the
technology that drives it is a bit ancient (for example, it uses a
pipe-delimited text file as the product database, instead of MySQL). I
find the opposite problem with OSCommerce: it's technically more sound,
but all of the presentation is locked down into a gazillion different
includes, so customizing the look is more difficult.

I'd recommend trying CubeCart. PHP/MySQL-based; actually generates valid
xhtml (unheard of in the shopping cart world); more customizable than
OSCommerce; less than $100 per license. (you can download and try it for
free, but paying allows you to remove their copyright line.

Trace Meek



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> Anyone have anything to say about the Agora shopping cart in comparison to
> OS Commerce?   I am looking for a modularly deseigned ecommerce package
> (free preferably) that will let me deal with the creative impulses of my
> talented designer friend.  Specifically I am looking for something that I
> can drastically change the look and feel of the front and back end, with
> out
> having to hack up the code.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ben Liyanage
> ben at smartankgroup.com
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