osCommerce is the Website?

[WHAnderson]

Hi Folks,

 

I was attempting to install osCommerce when I received the error "The installation can not be completed."

 

So, I came here to find a solution. However, it appears there is no solution available for me. By searching and reading the Forums I finally found a little side comment about how osCommerce requires itself to be the main website. :'(

 

When researching for my online shopping cart I do not remember reading anything which says osCommerce requires itself to be the main website. I was trying to install it as an addition or supplement to my main website, which is already designed and published.

 

If I am wrong, could someone please tell me how to install osCommerce to an existing website?

 

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

[Jack_mcs]

It is not required that it be the main website, though it is better. To use it with an existing site, instal it into a sub-directory and add a link from your home page to the index page of the shop. There are many shops that run this way.

 

Jack

[Guest]

It is not required that it be the main website, though it is better. To use it with an existing site, instal it into a sub-directory and add a link from your home page to the index page of the shop. There are many shops that run this way.

 

Jack

Mine is not the the main website. It works very well. The install trouble may be due to any problem. The information is not specific. I would try agian and be be more careful with the install process. In particular, when it comes to the database location.

[Guest]

I've completed both installs, with no such problems...

[WHAnderson]

It is not required that it be the main website, though it is better. To use it with an existing site, instal it into a sub-directory and add a link from your home page to the index page of the shop. There are many shops that run this way.

 

Jack

 

Thanks for the answer. I'll give it a shot. :^)

[WHAnderson]

I did the install to a new sub-directory called osc.

 

But when I go to: http://www.*.com/osc/admin/includes/configure.php and login all I get is a Blank Page.

 

Is there another address to use for administration od osCommerce?

 

Thanks

[Jack_mcs]

Try http://yourdomain.com/osc/admin/.

 

Jack

[MysticMerchandise.com]

I was trying to do the same thing on my website. I have a published eCommerce site and just needed a new shopping cart. I was told in a previous post that doing that is impossible. Is that correct or incorrect?

[Jack_mcs]

You can add a oscommerce shop to an existing non-oscommerce shop by just adding a link to it. If you are wanted it integrated to where only parts of the package are used, it it more difficult and maybe not possible, depending on what you are trying to do.

 

Jack

[MysticMerchandise.com]

I was really only wanting to put "Buy It Now" type buttons on my website which would take the customer to a "shopping cart" to complete the checkout procedure. I have been using Paypal, but I need to be able to charge shipping by weight and distance using UPS and USPS. Paypal can't do that. It sounds like OSCommerce, as awsome a program as it is, may not be the one for me. Maybe someone can write a contribution to separate out just the shopping cart piece.

[ozEworks]

osCommerce is an eCommerce solution NOT a shopping cart.

 

So just wanting to use it for Buy Now buttons like you would for PayPal is

 

1. Not advisable

2. Not using it to its full potential.

 

I am 100% sure you would be better off converting your entire site to osCOmmerce because there is absolutely NOTHING osCommerce be made to do.

[MysticMerchandise.com]

I am concerned about keeping the visual identity of my existing site (background, headers, etc.). Also, I don't want to have to completely re-build my entire site. I am getting ready to relaunch my site and I will have 6 categories with 50-100 products in each catorgory. That would take me days to sit down and manually re-input. Is there a contribution that I could use to input all of my data from a CSV file into the OSCommerce database? I have been selling all of my products on eBay while rebuilding my website, so I have all of my product information in TurboLister CSV file formats.

Thanks for any info you can give.

Marty

[ozEworks]

You can skin osCommerce to look like anything you like.

 

The data load feature is called EasyPopulate. You can find it in the Contributions

[MysticMerchandise.com]

You can skin osCommerce to look like anything you like.

 

The data load feature is called EasyPopulate. You can find it in the Contributions

Which version of EasyPopulate would you recommend? Will it load data from CSV files?

Thanks.

Marty

[♥FWR Media]

You can run osc outside of the osc folder but the files have to be called in a different way, I use an external index.php that calls files from an array as follows: -

		   $refArray = array(
					//requests for pages (ref=)
					'index' => array('indexmain.php'),
					'account' => array('account.php'),
					'account_edit' => array('account_edit.php'),
					'account_history' => array('account_history.php'),
					'account_history_info' => array('account_history_info.php'),
					'account_newsletters' => array('account_newsletters.php');

 

It works but needs a whole bunch of code changes in for example catalog/includes/html_output.php.