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osCommerce is a flexible, and feature-rich shopping cart program written in MySQL and PHP. It is open source software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and therefore free.
osCommerce (version 2.3.1) is available from the konsoleH control panel of all Basic hosting packages and higher, from where it can be installed and managed with a click of a button.
osCommerce features list:
Customer Functionality, as of Preview Release 2.1
- Customer accounts
- Customer address books (other shipping destinations)
- Order history
- Temporary (not logged on) and permanent (logged on) shopping carts
- Search catalog for products or manufacturers
- Product reviews by customers
- E-mail notifications
- Foreseen checkout procedure
- Secure transactions with SSL
- Number of products in each category are shown
- Bestseller lists
- Display what other customers have purchased (relating to the current product displayed)
Administrative Functionality, as of Preview Release 2.1
- New design for user-friendliness
- Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
- Categories-to-categories structure
- Statistics for products and customers
- Dynamic product attributes
- Tax zones, classes, and rates
- Configuration parameters in database for remote editing
- Not tied together with the catalog module (admin module can be installed on another server)
- Payment and shipping modules
- Connection to oanda.com’s currency exchange rate servers for multi-currency shops
- Decide what to display (and the order) in the product listings
- Backup tool
General Functionality, as of Preview Release 2.1
- PHP3/PHP4 compatible
- Out-of-the-box functionality
- Becoming modular
- Localization: English, German, and Spanish; plus contributions
To learn more about osCommerce and open source software visit http://www.oscommerce.com. A demonstration of osCommerce capabilities can be viewed at http://demo.oscommerce.com.
Note:
The osCommerce installation is provided for your ease of administration. Ongoing maintenance including regular security updates or upgrades to your existing installation remain your responsibility.
Hetzner does not accept liability should your installation be compromised due to the version of osCommerce installed.
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