ecommerce advice
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- instantok
hello all...
i am beginning research for my final senior thesis project which involves an online store...i was wondering if anyone had experience with prefabbed backend solutions or has some good links for tutorials...i am familiar with php and can maneuver in it pretty well but am by no means fluent...if anyone has any advice / resources it would be greatly appreciated...
thanks :)
- instantok0
thats hot...thanks phirschybar
:)
- instantok0
thanks laurus...very informative
- letgo™0
Seems like you can't customize OS Commerce very well and the backend UI looks a bit clunky.
Depending on how sophisticated you need to get; do you need to do payment processing, etc. If you just need "shopping Cart" functionality it is easy and you can probably find a free dreamweaver extension that will help you along.
- JazX0
check out what Miva does at http://www.miva.com
- instantok0
we will need a shopping cart, payment processing, shipment tracking, and stock lists at a minimum...i would like to include user profiles to track what they have purchased, keep tabs on most frequently purchased items, related items, and keep users informed of new products similar to ones they have purchased...i am sure there are tons of things i am missing...
i havent done this before and the budget is really at zero as it is a school project and my partner and i are poor...so open source things are perfect...are there certain things i should be focusing on when researching things like free dreamweaver extensions?...stuff to absolutely avoid?...absolutely must have?
does anyone have experience using paypal or ccnow?...are there advantages / disadvantages to those?
thanks for your help...i know i am pretty ignorant to all this stuff
:)