decent shopping cart...

ppl,

I am looking frantically for a decent PHP/DB (pref mysql) eccomerce solution which is open source (free. we like free things...) and does not have to be configured by the webserver. - usr/lib etc.

As my stupid host does not currently have any eccommerce solutions, and will not setup any software for me.

A pity. i was liking linux's open source interchange. (www.minivend.com)

Basically, anyone know of any good, free, setup by me php eccommerce solutions?

I would write my own, cept I do not have the time atm.

TIA
JD

hi,
if you ask my fav.
then its gotta be Exchange project.

check it out, you would be certainly amazed by its features !!!
jd

Yes, I have also used Exchange Project before and would recommend it. Good piece of software.

I downloaded exchange before, and i didnt look much at it, coz it needed to be installed into a dir i couldnt get into.



Ill have to take to my host with a big stick of annoyance and see if they could install it to this dir.
Dont like my chances.

And dedicated is rather expensive, well for a charity based operation...


JD

There are no special installation needs for The Exchange Project. It is actually a very simple installation. Your root directory is where all your web documents are stored.

When the installation document of the exchange project was referring to that htdocs directory it didn't literally mean that directory, that was just an example. You can put it in any directory you wish.

thnx guys,
i reread it proper this time - (install file)
always helps

I installed it aok, and setup mysql DB.

but...

it has a problem now, when the default.php is run.

problem...



its having a problem with the logs as far as i can see. The logs is defined in "/includes/application_top.php" as:

define('DIR_FS_LOGS', '/usr/local/apache/logs/');

um WHAT????

JD

I think that you should just "chmod 666" those files. Your ftp client should be able to do it.
Hope this helps!

You may want to be sure that is the correct path to your apache logs on your server. It can vary from server to server.

Why not just use the database

make your own shopping cart
table 1 = user
table 2 = item & price

Use the script at this url
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey...?tw=programming

Maybe alot of work?

ok,
my server has this thus far:

/usr/local/apache/logs


exchange seems to want:
/usr/local/apache/logs/exchange/parse_time_log

my brilliant hosting service will not let me create an exchange folder (permission denied) and create the "parse_time_log" let alone chmod666 it.

ill have a look at DB'ing it. but it sounds like alot of work.
I could try and negotiate with me server.

oh do make sure you check out the mess it makes atm! its simply brilliant. (http://www.christianholidays.org/catalog/default.php

any thoughts?
JD

Well, it's really a mess, but errors are concentrated in two files, it shouldn't be too hard to fix them ... I hope.
The page layout is also, ... ehm ... confusing?
Good luck!

Seeing such a mess made me look for alternatives, you could take a look at www.phpshop.org.
Please report about your experience, I'm also evaluating such tools.
Bye

You might not have access on your server to create this file. Here are available options:

1) Have the parse_time_log in the htdocs directory, eg:

/path/to/your/htdocs/logs/parse_time_log

You will need to change the following paramter in catalog/includes/application_top.php:

STORE_PAGE_PARSE_TIME_LOG

The webserver should automatically create the file if the directory exists (with proper user read/write permissions)

2) Disable the page_parse_time feature:

Set the following paramter in catalog/includes/application_top.php to '0':

STORE_PAGE_PARSE_TIME

This feature is disabled by default (ie, it is originally set to '0') in the download package of the project

3) Go to the support site, and ask for further help =) one of the strong points of The Exchange Project is the support given from the community. You don't have to sign up on the mailing list, you can post your message on the online forums (which is in sync with the mailing list).

Hope that helps!

PS, those errors you are receiving are not actually errors, those are warning messages. And warnings occur when there are misconfigurations in the configuration files

This is not short of becoming a modern day labrinyth.

Thanks for your post hpdl.

I changed the dir for the parse_time_log to a few diff dir's without any luck.

I disabled the page_parse_time feature, well it was default to '0'



my server, (im starting to like them even less), has enabled safe mode.

ill try the support for exchange.

Thanx for your suggestions
JD