Elizabeth25 Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 I do not really understand Oscommerce...is it an independant web developmment software.... like Frontpage or is it a tool to be used together with sofware like Frontpage? If it is independant what are the advantages aqnd dias advantages when conpared to say Frontpage Thanks Elizabeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Frontpage is a tool used to develop web sites. Oscommerce is a web site. You cannot use FrontPage to devlelope an oscommerce site though since they are not compatibile. But more importantly, oscommerce is a shopping cart type of site. It allows you to add products to your site and has the code in place for your customers to order those products. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth25 Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 Frontpage is a tool used to develop web sites. Oscommerce is a web site. You cannot use FrontPage to devlelope an oscommerce site though since they are not compatibile. But more importantly, oscommerce is a shopping cart type of site. It allows you to add products to your site and has the code in place for your customers to order those products. Jack thank you very much...would you explain to me how to download Oscommerce..can use it on MS windows..i tried to download but cant open it? Elizabeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genxian Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 thank you very much...would you explain to me how to download Oscommerce..can use it on MS windows..i tried to download but cant open it? Elizabeth osCommerce must be installed on a web server. You can download the Apache webserver for your windows machine and run osCommerce locally, but there is not much a point in doing this. People that use osCommerce use it to sell products. They usually have a web hosting account with an web hosting company. This company will install osCommerce sometimes, or optionally the person using osCommerce will upload all of the files to his/her web hosting account, and run the install script. Then when people visit the domain name associated with the hosting account running osCommerce the osCommerce website is loaded. The osCommerce website can be configured to look differently, sell any items under the blue moon etc. If you just want to develope a personal website osCommerce is not what you are looking for. If you are looking at opening an eCommerce store to sell things on the internet osCommerce is wonderful. If you do not have any experience using web servers you should probably hire someone to help you setup your shopping cart website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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