Magento Cart - I’m in Love!
I wanted to share what I believe is the best solution for an eCommerce site, bar none, and it’s FREE!
Magento is an opensource shopping cart application from Varien, and it beats all other solutions that I’ve tried, to hell and back!
One thing, though, the skinning is a pretty steep learning curve. If you don’t know html and css well, and at least know your way around a php file, then you’ll probably want to hire a designer - not me though, I’m still learning!
Check it out - I think you’ll agree that it’s worth the struggle! I finally got a little more comfortable with the files and have succeeded in replacing a logo and adjusting some widths.
Out of the box, it validates to XHTML 1.0 Strict - another plus for an obsessive-compulsive like me!
I give Magento 5 flowers, but it deserves 10!
ClementN
I totally agree.
Magento is way ahead of anything else built for ecommerce.
And yes.. The learning curve is pretty important.
I have experience (years) in templating and modifying osCommerce.
Still a lot of time needed to learn the Magento inside
Anyway, I encourage you all to use it for your projects.
Web Wench
I will - I am going to use it for this one, but throw up some quickie CSS changes for the time being, then I’ll roll up my sleeves and figure out the steps to skinning this baby!
They are very light on documentation…
Matt
I already use it for my personal online shop: I love .
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