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[joshmccormack at travelersdiary.com]

Has anyone ever seen a really nice catalog/front end done with oscommerce? 

Josh

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Andrew Yochum wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 07:54:19AM -0400, jon baer wrote:
> > 2 questions ...
> > 
> > * have there been any *bad* experiences with using the package?
> 
> You have to be very aware of versions of OS Commerce & contributions, some
> contributions are modules/plugins and some are patches/hacks.  You'll have to
> be carefull of matching versions for your modules and patches and then be extra
> careful not to overwrite your own customizations w/ patches.  Before you plunge
> into adding in some contribution, RTFM fully and understand just what kind of
> contribution it is and what you're getting yourself into.
> 
> The reason for this is that some parts of OS Commerce were made  to allow for
> modules (shipping, payment, taxation, etc) ... while some were not (product
> fields, non-product content, etc).  Keep in mind that this also affects your
> own modifications to it... some things were designed to be easily modified,
> while others were not.
> 
> > * can the admin be locked down or be used only offsite with say a tunneled
> > p'keyd mysql connection ...
> 
> Shouldn't be a problem at all.  The admin and the store are basically two
> entirely separate apps, with separate config files and all, so piping the mysql
> connection for the admin over a tunnel should be easy.
>  
> Andrew
> 
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