Re: [PHP] Magento shopping cart

[email protected] (Skip Evans)
Newsgroups php.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hey all,

So I'm more comfortable all the time with using Magento, more 
I read, and Ryan said, "Its great, I have been using it for 
over 2 years very flexible platform very easy to manipulate, 
and the end user admin is second to none mate." ... "Mate?"...

Are there Aussies on this list? ;)

Anyway, what about skinning this animal. If I install it will 
our designer be able to put the site's custom look and feel 
into it?

Ryan, what do you think?

Skip

Nathan Nobbe wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Skip Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not totally opposed to using Magento, though I can see my comments,
>> especially if it's what the client wants.
>>
>> I have been looking over the site and it does have a lot of features so I
>> can see it saving some serious time, especially given the extras he wants.
>>
>> So Nathan, having used it, do you have any tips for a Magento newbie when
>> it comes to integrating it with a custom site?
>>
> 
> I havent used it yet, but we are considering using it as a second-gen
> platform at my new place of biz.  initial glimpses are promising, but it
> appears to be a somewhat complex offering compared to say wordpress w/ an
> e-commerce plugin.
> 
> i imagine there may be other tradeoffs as well, like a number of general
> purpose plugins and probly more look & feel options in wordpress than
> magento.
> 
> 
>> I haven't found any integration documentation for programmers yet.
>>
> 
> google for magento extension and it looks like you may have to hit the
> appropriate mailing list for more details.
> 
> fwiw, afaik, x-cart is one of those older e-commerce platforms circa
> os-commerce / zencart days.  the code is ass, but frankly that damn thing
> has installations up all over the net (or did once upon a time, lol).
> 
> -nathan
> 

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