dpatrick Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Just curious as to what the difference is between the two contribs? Does BTS come with pre-build templates that can be modified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash3903 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 sts is simpler to make changes but bts is more powerful (I think - Never used them but thta is how I understand it) Regards Regards Mark A Reynolds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatrick Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 sts is simpler to make changes but bts is more powerful (I think - Never used them but thta is how I understand it) Regards <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay... But what do they DO? Do they come with prebuilt templates to modify? Or do you have to build a template from scratch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Okay... But what do they DO? Do they come with prebuilt templates to modify?Or do you have to build a template from scratch? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Likely build it from scratch (or buy one) as the free templates aren't that far from stock osC. STS basically takes the individual functions of osC (boxes, content, header, footer) and wraps them in a hunk of code that can be called from 1 or more template files. PHP can not be added to the template file. BTS does it kind of differently and preserves the ability to add code to it's template files but is more complicated to install and use. There's some folks who say not to use either (and especially STS) as they add unwanted database calls. I haven't had a problem as of yet and suspect you really have to be doing A LOT of business (something in excess of a few hundred thousand page views per month which is the busiest store I've worked on) or have A LOT of products and categories. Either or will do the trick but STS is MUCH easier to implement and modify, IMHO. There are some threads on the efficacy of of either for a given purpose on the boards. Hunt around. You'll find them. Hope that helps! Iggy Everything's funny but nothing's a joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpatrick Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 That DOES help. Thanks, Iggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burt Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 http://blogs.oscommerce.com/burt/index.php...owentry&eid=106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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