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Source Programming > Customizing
osCommerce |
osCommerce is one of
the most fully featured and versatile ecommerce
shopping cart solutions available. Add to
this the fact that it is open source and
it's easy to see why it has become so popular.
With a huge list of features it is also
very easy to customize. Xpansion UK
will gladly help you make the most of
osCommerce and offer several possibilities
from installation to large scale customization
and design templates.
OsCommerce features :
Although osCommerce is still in its
development stage, the available Milestone
releases are considered to be stable with
the following features:
General Functionality
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Compatible with
all PHP 4 versions
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All features enabled
by default for a complete out-of-the-box
solution
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Object oriented
backend (MS3)
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Completely multilingual
with English, German, and Spanish provided
by default
Setup / Installation
Automatic web-browser based installation
and upgrade procedure
Design / Layout
Template struture implementation to:
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allow layout changes
to be adaptive, easy, and quickly to
make (MS3)
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allow easy integration
into an existing site (MS3)
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Support for dynamic
images
Administration / Backend Functionality
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Supports unlimited
products and categories
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Products-to-categories
structure
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Categories-to-categories
structure
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Add/Edit/Remove
categories, products, manufacturers,
customers, and reviews
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Support for physical
(shippable) and virtual (downloadable)
products
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Administration area
secured with a username and password
defined during
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installation (MS3)
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Contact customers
directly via email or newsletters
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Easily backup and
restore the database
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Print invoices and
packaging lists from the order screen
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Statistics for products
and customers
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Multilingual support
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Multicurrency support
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Automatically update
currency exchange rates
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Select what to display,
and in what order, in the product listing
page
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Support for static
and dynamic banners with full statistics
Customer / Frontend
Functionality
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All orders stored
in the database for fast and efficient
retrieval
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Customers can view
their order history and order statuses
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Customers can maintain
their accounts
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Addressbook for
multiple shipping and billing addresses
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Temporary shopping
cart for guests and permanent shopping
cart for customers
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Fast and friendly
quick search and advanced search features
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Product reviews
for an interactive shopping experience
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Forseen checkout
procedure
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Secure transactions
with SSL
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Number of products
in each category can be shown or hidden
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Global and per-category
bestseller lists
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Display what other
customers have ordered with the current
product shown
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Breadcrumb trail
for easy site navigation
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Dynamic product
attributes relationship
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HTML based product
descriptions
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Automated display
of specials
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Control if out of
stock products can still be shown and
are available for purchase
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Customers can subscribe
to products to receive related emails/newsletters
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Accept numerous
offline payment processing (cheque,
money orders, offline credit care processing,
..)
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Accept numerous
online payment processing (2CheckOut,
PayPal, Authorize.net, iPayment, ..)
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Disable certain
payment services based on a zone basis
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Weight, price, and
destination based shipping modules
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Real-time quotes
available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, ..)
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Free shipping based
on amount and destination
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Disable certain
shipping services based on a zone basis
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Flexible tax implementation
on a state and country basis
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Set different tax
rates for different products
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Charge tax on shipping
on a per shipping service basis
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