a good CMS for my shop?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by madkad, Oct 31, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi

    Can you help, I am after a good possible free or really low cost CMS for my selling website.

    I need to be able to add different cart options (ie. Credit card, paypal, others)
    Add my own style (full template change)
    Lots of extras on it that can be added
    Extra pages
    User accounts
    Shipping options
    + more

    I have a host, credit card system and other websites, I am getting mine built, but I need this site up with most of my options, its needed as a temporary thing why I finish my full site off.

    What is the best out there as its been a while since I looked into it and things have changed a lot since.

    Can you help?

    Thanks
     
    madkad, Oct 31, 2008 IP
  2. dura_killer

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    Drupal + eCommerce would be good or Ubercart is another option.
     
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  3. Artimmi

    Artimmi Active Member

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    I recommend you osCommerce. This is secure, flexible and very rich on features E-commerce system.
    The on;y thing I don't like about it is template structure - it's realy sometimes difficult to work with.
    Anyway it has lots of listing, shipping and payment processing options (included, and addon ones) and it's absolutely free.

    http://www.oscommerce.com
     
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    frankcow Well-Known Member

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    Joomla with Virtuemart addon is pretty much the best solution for you
     
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    in my point of vew oscommerce under gnu will be helpful it low cost quick and have no limitations.
     
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  6. Nigel Lew

    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    #6
    Oscommerce and anything joomla related sucks. Period! Neither one is a professional solution.

    Use one of the two following free apps.

    http://www.prestashop.com/ easy to install easy to use
    http://www.magentocommerce.com/ Coolest thing since sliced cheese if you need to deploy something huge. Requires, at the very least, having a friend who knows a bit of php.

    In 3....2..... come the oscommerce fan boys.

    Nigel
     
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    Magento hands down.
     
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    jharrvis Well-Known Member

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    joomla virtuemart and oscommerce is too complicated
    try magento
     
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    Longin Jonman Banned

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    Mambo or Joomla Are Fine
     
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    Programming for this is a nightmare with non-existent documentation. I'd say go with Magento which seems to be easy to use and have great documentation
     
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    I agree, go with osCommerce.
     
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    Daopay seems like a good payment option
     
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    i`ve used oscommerce & i think its pretty good on what it says!!
    i`ve sen some guys r bashing it in here...don`t know why??
    anyways from my personal experience it proved quite flexible to me...so just have a look around & see whether it suits ur need.
     
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    Look at all the ones suggested. See which you like the most and go with that one. Don't judge off the design (as that's changeable) go off how easy it is to use, how intuitive it is, how easy it is to buy - things like that.
     
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    Joomlas cart is okay but has many settings,os commerce the same simply use joomla use the cart feature which is 1.5 native now and add the link and make it special permissions to access the link with the form going, to you for ordering or linking to paypal etc. i recommend you use a template and change the grpahics as it is easier for you. then you can add a gallery module to display all your images.
     
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    We use joomla or oscommerce
     
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