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Old April 11th, 2008, 09:46 PM   #1
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Question Is it easy to manually script e-commerce?

Ive been researching for weeks trying to find a decent shopping cart software that I can fully customise, have customer accounts etc but I just cant seem to get my head around them - any recommendations are welcome!

So I'm considering scripting my own, i have some php books that have scripts but I'm not all that good with understanding how databases work, they never seem to link to the script when i have a go.

Need urgent help!!

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Old April 13th, 2008, 07:55 AM   #2
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Re: Is it easy to manually script e-commerce?

Personally, I'd stick with a ready made application. Most popular systems have support forums and detailed documentation, and you can be assured that it's a well-coded, efficient piece of kit from experienced developers.

That's not to say you shouldn't code your own, but judging by your experience I would not recommend it.

These things can take a lot of time and trial and error. And being e-commerce, you really do need to know what you're doing, since you'll be dealing with secure data transfer at risk from hackers.
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Old April 13th, 2008, 08:03 AM   #3
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Re: Is it easy to manually script e-commerce?

As Aso said if you code it yourself security would be an issue.

However if you were to use paypal for transactions all transactions would be completed on their secure servers.

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Re: Is it easy to manually script e-commerce?

Are there any software where I can integrate my own design and layout? Most of the ones Ive looked at seem to have standard layouts
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Re: Is it easy to manually script e-commerce?

Not that I am aware of.

But most are customisable to a certain degree.

I think I heard that Mals cart might allow you to integrate but im not sure

The shopping cart is complex application which can be bolted onto an existing website

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Re: Is it easy to manually script e-commerce?

As the others have said, to code your own e-commerce software is no easy task. I would recommend you used a pre-made software like os-commerce, they have very good support forums, rather easy to intergrate or you can use something called STS (simple template System) where you can make your own themes, by just using html and some certain words to call the functions.
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Re: Is it easy to manually script e-commerce?

You may use good e-commerce scripts from A2hosting.com. They offer them a lot and you may choose what you need from them.
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