evenflow

Does anyone use OsCommerce to sell online?

I tried it once, and my site got hacked after 1 week!
I hear its very insecure unless you know how to completely secure it yourself.

Max

I have used OSCommerce. It's a fairly secure program. I wouldn't suggest it.

You should have a look at Zen-Cart. I believe it's based on OSCommerce, although I'm not 100% sure. It's a nice free eCommerce solution.

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I've never tried OSCommerce, so I don't know what I can tell you. Is it not secure?

Scott

I've used OsCommerce before. It's a pretty good piece of software. I've never heard anything about it being insecure. When I used it last year, I never had any problem with security.

stevo

Im sure it isnt secure compared to other software.
Ive also read about being having their shop hacked.

I think if you take measures and add patches and mods, you can make it secure.

But why bother when Zen Cart has it out of the box?

stef686

No not really - the admin section is not password protected and it is so bloated I would guess theres holes in it all over the place.

On the flip side though the community support is very good - busy forums where you'll get answers to your questions in minutes on posting, plus hundreds of hacks and mods to make it securer.

Of the two zen-cart is miles better than osCommerce as it has taken osCommerce, opened it up and shook most of the rubbish out.

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stevo

I couldn't believe that about the Admin section when I first got it.
So from the start you need to know how to code to make that admin part secure. I got lost right there and then.

Im tired of seeing OSCommerce sites, particularly for computer stores who fail to customize it so they all look the same.

Avix

Seriously? so you enter the url and your in, you can see peoples orders etc?

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Granger

I agree. They all look the same and it's rather pathetic. I think that people should start customizing their own or use some of the other software packages out there. OSCommerce just looks so bad.

anteater

Well 99% of webmasters would put a password on there, but some just leave it as is.
Obviously this leaves their shop and customer details wide open!