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e-commerce

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:48 pm
by Elvis Parsley
Hi, I am gathering information about PHP. I am a complete beginner of PHP and mySql.

I use HTML and CSS for web design. A new customer wants to make a web shop with SSL, shopping cart facility, and a home page which changes regularly its product contents.

I bought a book to start PHP and Mysql, but I need more guidance where I should start.
Could you suggest best shopping cart software and how I can do to change the home page (is it a dynamic page? right?)? :roll:

Any resources websites or books will be appreciate it as well.
Thanks. :wink:

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:40 pm
by alex.barylski
Elvis Parsley...thats hilarious :lol:

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:44 am
by Chalks
osCommerce - an open source e-commerce solution.

The people I've spoken to who used osCommerce really like it. I personally haven't used it, but... I've heard good things.

As for a dynamic front page, I'm currently developing something along those lines myself. I'm new to php and it's taking me a little while, but I've come pretty far in just a couple days. The only tutorial I've read on php was w3schools. Other than that, I've just been reading the php docs and mysql docs when I've had a question about a particular function. When I'm trying to do something, I typically google it, then search this forum, then check the docs, then post here if I'm completely stumped (usually a 2-3 hour process).

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:21 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I have heard nothing but bad about osCommerce. In fact, a group of regulars here have formed an alliance to redevelop osCommerce because it sucks so bad.

As for learning, I learned PHP initially from Kevin Yank's book on Sitepoint. I'd recommend that to anyone.

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:15 pm
by Chalks
Everah wrote:I have heard nothing but bad about osCommerce. In fact, a group of regulars here have formed an alliance to redevelop osCommerce because it sucks so bad.
Well, considering the people I've talked to about it aren't programmers... I guess that doesn't surprise me.

To OP then... forget osCommerce, I guess. ;)

Re: e-commerce

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:34 am
by olivware
Elvis Parsley wrote:Hi, I am gathering information about PHP. I am a complete beginner of PHP and mySql.

I use HTML and CSS for web design. A new customer wants to make a web shop with SSL, shopping cart facility, and a home page which changes regularly its product contents.

I bought a book to start PHP and Mysql, but I need more guidance where I should start.
Could you suggest best shopping cart software and how I can do to change the home page (is it a dynamic page? right?)? :roll:

Any resources websites or books will be appreciate it as well.
Thanks. :wink:
osCommerce is widely used. Many shopping carts were based on osCommerce.
Like other applications, it has it's own downsides but I like it though.
Go ahead for it. We'll help you along the way. :wink: