Re: FN-FORUM: OsCommerce vs CRELoaded

date posted 26th February 2008 19:47

Again, kind of a loaded question as it really depends on what the
clients wants.
Are they prepared for a fairly basic template look (cre) or totally
customised look (osc)

On the other hand, if the budget is low and the clients wants a load of
contribs installed then perhaps cre would be the way to go.

On the other, other hand, there are also a lot of free osc templates
around, (we've got a load), so, again, depends on what the client wants.
If you do choose the cre route be prepared for a lot of sleepless nights
working late to correct buggy, insecure code.

If I really had to I would install OSC with the STS contrib. This wil
allow you to change the design fairly easily.

Lee Rickler
Director Point and Stare - pointandstare.com
Web Design and Development for over 11 years

Chris Asher wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advise regarding open
> source e-commerce solutions. I'm looking to develop an online bookstore for
> a client, and am debating between OsCommerce and CRELoaded as the best way
> to go.. does anyone have any experience with the two or suggestions which
> would be best, or a better alternative please?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.. CRE looked like it had a richer
> feature list, but requires register_globals to be on (or off.. can't
> remember off the top of my head, but the less secure setting that most
> decent hosts don't use these days).. This is putting me off using it, and I
> want to try and make an informed decision before beginning modding templates
> and finding a host that the software can run on.
>
> Thanks loads in advance, thanks for any replies, and have a nice day! ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Chris Asher
> www.discordia-design.co.uk
>
>