WRD will be running the first of the "thematic week" series (that will be published once in a few months) next week which is "E-Commerce Week".
5 posts will be published which will be handy for anyone building their own e-commerce system or prefers a ready-to-use one (& for jQuery fans). Here they are:
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ecommr is a website presenting interface & design elements of e-commerce websites in a well-categorized way.
Besides the element categories, designs can be reached by retailer names too ( for ex: you can simply focus on the design elements of Apple Shop).
It has a growing collection of elements like:
- add to cart buttons
- banners
- product detail pages
- shopping carts & much more..
ecommr is definitely a handy inspiration resource for anyone into e-commerce related design.
PrestaShop, although it is in beta, is a complicated open source e-commerce solution.
Having a very powerful back-end, store admins can manage the inventory, orders, customers & payments easily. System never limits you as it supports unlimited categories, sub-categories & image pictures. Sub-admin users can be created with different permissions so when someone can only track the inventory another admin can be limited to processing the orders.
PrestaShop is a multilingual e-commerce software that any number of languages can be added to the system. As it is in beta status, there are exciting upcoming features like product comparison, wishlist or multiple websites.
This PHP shopping cart offers very nice features in the"front-end" like:
- Special deals (price reductions, gift vouchers)
- Text-message alerts
- Featured products on homepage
- Free shipping offers
- Cross-selling (Accessories)
- Order out-of-stock items
- Unlimited payment methods
- Multiple-recipient contact form
- Product tagging & tag cloud
- Offer gift-wrapping & recycled packaging
- PDF customer invoice
- Sale of services & virtual goods
- RSS feed
- Newsletter opt-in
- Pick up in-store option
Requirements: Apache Web Server, PHP 5.0+, MySQL 5.0+
Magento is an e-commerce software which is still in the beta version. On the other hand there are already many users loving it because of the way it works and its features.
I had known Oscommerce as the most popular open source e-commerce software since today but it seems like Magento may be the new one.
This is really a smart software which is standards-compliant, has templating, multilanguage features and many more. One of the features amazed the most is "you can manage more than 1 e-shops" from the same admin.
There is already an active community using the product where you can find for support too.
And, here is the admin screenshot. See how nice it is:
Requirements: PHP 5.2.0+, MySQL 4.1+
