open source ecommerce in php
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Describe all the features of open source ecommerce and the recent trendsTRANSCRIPT
OpenSource Ecommerce
What are the Recent Trends?
Saidur Rahman bijonEmail :[email protected]: http://saidur.wordpress.comSr. Software Eng.
Agenda : OpenSource Ecommerce
Features in Ecommerce
Popular Open source Ecommerce
Look at a recent kick ass application
What are the Ecommerce Features?
Is Ecommerce differ from real life shopping?
Let’s see the Real life Shopping
Products display for customersProducts display for customersChoosing different productsChoosing different products
Price with productsPrice with products
Real life Shopping (continue..)
Choose products and add to basketChoose products and add to basketCheckout Baskets & paymentCheckout Baskets & payment
Payment ProcessPayment Process
Online Shopping like a Real life shopping
products display for customers products display for customers
Choosing products & add to basketChoosing products & add to basket
show basket items show basket items
Shopping Basket System
Online Shopping (continue..)
show basket items show basket items
Shopping Basket System
Online Shopping (continue..)
payment Options
Billing and Shipping InformationBilling and Shipping Information
CheckOut &Payment system
payment by 3rd party tools
Online Shopping (continue..)
How paypal work
Features OF Ecommerce
Site Management Product management Variety of payment and shipping modules Order Management User Management Report system Customize the Template Look and Feel
Features OF Ecommerce (Continue..)
Unlimited category hierarchy Entry product description Multiple images per product Multiple price plans product review system
Product Management Features
Features OF Ecommerce (Continue..)
SSL security support for orders Shipping to multiple addresses in one order Shopping basket Shopping Cart with tax and shipping
estimates Multiple payment gateway options
Shipping & Payment Features
Features OF Ecommerce (Continue..)
Coupon System Newsletter System
Product Promotion and marketing features
What are the options to build ecommerce?
IN-House
Open Source
Outsourced
Licensed Solution
Popular Open Source Solution
Google Trends Open Source ecommerce
Basic Features
OsCommerce ZenCartVirtumart Magento
License GPL V2GPL V2 GPL V2 GPL V2
First Release
2003 2005 2005 2007
Depend-encey
- - joomla -
Parent -osCommerce
phpShop -
Features of osCommerce
Code Base PHP4
PHP5 Compatibility Partial
Framework Used -
Database MySql
Technical Features
OsCommerce Features
Unlimited categories
Unlimited product options
Administration Panel
Multi-lingual
Coupon System
Tax Rate Management
Permission System Multiple Currencies
Shipping Modules
1 image per product
Oscommerce - Advantages
Has the most available number of contributions and modifications .
Recent security update brings it up to date with MySQL 5 and PHP 5
OsCommerce-Disadvantages
Difficulty to add advanced features such as group discount, configurable products,
custom payment module
No graphic template system meaning it is harder to modify the design
Unable to add multiple product image
Features of ZenCart
Code Base PHP4
PHP5 Compatibility Yes
Framework Used -
Database MySql
Technical Features
ZenCart Features
Unlimited categories
Unlimited product options
Fully Customizable Template system
Multi-lingual
Customer Group
Customer Reporting Tools
Permission System Multiple Currencies
Shipping Modules
Multiple image per product
ZenCart - Advantages
Overcome the short come of Oscommerce Many contributions from Oscommerce already
installed.
Nicer looking default designs pre-installed
ZenCart - Disadvantages
not possible to use Oscommerce contributions, they must be converted to Zen Cart.
Admin interface usability
Features of Virtumart
Code Base PHP4
PHP5 Compatibility Partial
Framework Used Joomla CMS framework
Database MySql
Technical Features
Virtumart Features
Unlimited categories
Unlimited product options
Easy Template Integration
Multi-lingual
SSL
Customer Reporting Tools
Tax CalculationMultiple Currencies
Shipping Modules
Multiple image per product
Virtuamart - Advantages
Easy to install .
Combine well with best cms joomla
Has the basic shopping cart features
Easy template switching
Use Joomla Component
Virtuamart-Disadvantages
Lacks a lot of high-end shopping cart features.
Not as many add-on modules available
Features of Magento
Code Base PHP5
PHP5 Compatibility YES
Framework Used Zend framework
Database MySql
Technical Features
Magento - Advantages
Out of the box it has the most features such as Google Checkout, Order editing
Has the cleanest coding of all of the shopping carts reviewed.
Has an excellent templating system making it easy to upgrade
Magento - Disvantages
Modifying the cart can sometimes take longer
the coding style has a steeper learning curve
Highly configurable system requirements
Significant cost to host the platform and get decent performance
The ‘Right’ Solution
First-No perfect Solution. Realize this early on.
Look for a product build or Product that fulfill your
objectives A provider you trust
The Recent Kick ass ecommerce
www.magentocommerce.com
Reviews on Magento
"Magento is going to win the eCommerce software war, hands down. I've never seen another ecommerce platform so well architected and well designed as Magento."Jack Aboutboul,
Features of Magento
Site Management
Multiple Websites And Stores
Administration Panel
Multi-lingual One-click Upgrades
Customer Groups
100% Customizable
Tax Rate Management
Roles And Users
Permission System Multiple Currencies
Localization
What maeks magento differ from others?
What are the main things to choose a better apartment ?
Magento Architecture -Background
OO Support
PHP5 Support
Zend Framework
MVC Design Pattern
Interface to Other CMS
Using Zend Framework, Magento was Built with below points
Flexibility
Upgradeable
Speed and Security
Portability
Magento Database Structure
Entity-Attribute-Value model.
heavily normalized
Products - EAV
Magento Site– Few Screen shot
Magento Site– Few Screen shot
Magento Site– Few Screen shot
Magento Site– Few Screen shot
Magento based site
Magento based popular site
Magento based site
Thank You
Saidur RahmanEmail : [email protected]
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