[ale] open source e-store/shopping carts

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Mon Dec 9 09:11:52 EST 2002


In the mailing list, I have seen discussions of loading it up as a local
user, not root. The load/start time is uglier (it waits to get a hit on
the page as opposed to running as a process) and the database must be
user owned as well. But it can be done! 

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 08:50, John Wells wrote:
> The unfortunate thing is that it appears Interchange requires root access
> to install, which I don't have.  This is on a box I share with other users
> and pay for monthly.
> 
> Any other good opensource e-store/shopping carts out there that don't
> require root to install?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> John
> 
> James P. Kinney III said:
> > The premiere open-source e-commerce/shopping cart is Interchange,
> > formerly minivend.
> >
> > RedHat picked up Interchange and ran it for a while. It has always been
> > under the direct programing control of it's creators, even with RedHat
> > driving the process.
> >
> > It is very well written. Uses TONS of Perl. Supports multiple types of
> > database backends, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, GDB flat files. It can
> > hook directly to CC authorization and processing sites. It can use GPG
> > for strong encryption of CC numbers for emailing to an admin for offline
> > processing.
> >
> > It uses templates for basic page layout. It has tons of documentation.
> > The mailing list is quite active (think ALE on a hot politics day :).
> >
> > http://www.icdevgroup.org
> >
> > On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 11:42, John Wells wrote:
> >> What open source prepackaged e-stores or shopping carts would ale'rs
> >> recommend?  I'm looking for something to bring in and customize quite
> >> a bit, but wish *not* to reinvent the wheel in this situation.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >>
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