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TomDenver
10-10-2003, 04:20 PM
I'm in the market for a new shopping cart for the website I work on. We have approximately 5,000 items available to order online, and will eventually be adding tons more. I've reviewed several shopping carts so far. I prefer one that does not use ASP or ColdFusion (PHP is great).
So far the one I like best is Sun Shop, which you can see here: http://www.turnkeywebtools.com/index.php?location=products&product=sunshop
Can anyone recommend other carts to take a look at? Preferably ones you have personally used. We do not sell downloadable products, so that's not a requirement I need in a cart, though most seem to offer it. We sell supplies for churches in the US, so shipping features in the cart are required. I'd like one that allows customers to sign up (though not required for them to order anything), and a mass mailing feature for past customers so we can send out promos and special offers to them.
PeOfEo
10-11-2003, 01:29 AM
5,000 items eh. What kind of data base are you looking for? What does your server support? MySql is the natural choice for php, but It can be access with asp.net (yes, you can create my.ini which will allow mysql to run a sort of unix emulation for a windows os, its quite neat) or you can use Mssql server (which blows mysql out of the water in speed from what I have seen, but it is more pricy and you can not accuratly judge the data bases speed due to the emulation facor if its on the same server or the server lag factor if its on another one). But 5,000 records, if you are really interested in security and reliability from what I have heard oracle is the best.
TomDenver
10-11-2003, 11:43 AM
Since I'd prefer to go with a PHP cart, mySQL should be fine. We are also going to change hosting when we get a new cart, so that's not really an issue. Our current host only supports Cold Fusion, no ASP or PHP.
PeOfEo
10-11-2003, 12:21 PM
What is wrong with using cf? It seems to be perfectly capable for server side applications from what I have seen.
Originally posted by PeOfEo
What is wrong with using cf? Maybe you should ask what is right about it... :D
PeOfEo
10-11-2003, 12:30 PM
lol, Yea asp.net does put it to shame doesn't it :D
Along with pretty much every other server-side language... I guess CF would have a few positives, such as ease of use for simple things, but it loses out when things get complex...
PeOfEo
10-11-2003, 12:39 PM
This is all I ever hear said about cf... It is easy to use, very little time needed to create apps. Great for simple server side applications. Great for acheiving limited server side functionality etc etc. I do not have any first hand experience with it though to form my own opinions of it.
Umm... that's pretty much what I just said. But yes, that is also from second hand sources, I never have used it, nor have a desired to...
PeOfEo
10-12-2003, 01:55 AM
Originally posted by pyro
Umm... that's pretty much what I just said. But yes, that is also from second hand sources, I never have used it, nor have a desired to... I know thats what you said, I was stating thats all I have ever heard about it. But not just from you of cource. I have seen that at other places too.