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Open source carts and different admin levels

         

bleak26

10:39 pm on May 2, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Hi I am looking to find a free open source cart which is good, skinable and supports restricted admin accounts. This would be my dream.

I would like a cart which has say two or three levels of Administration.
Level 1
superuser can do anything
level 2
can add and remove products and not break anything important

I have tried x cart and it seems very good, but it is currently too expensive for my needs.

Once again Webmaster world peeps thank you for your help

Morgenhund

11:39 am on May 3, 2006 (gmt 0)

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osCommerce is skinnable (add-on) and has several leveles of admin access (add-on):
Level 1
Can do anything

Level 2
Has access to specific administrative files assigned by Level 1 admin.

For example, Level 1 'root' can grant permission to:
Level 2 'bernie' add/remove products
Level 2 'foxie' view/process orders
Level 2 'jack' send newsletters

Worked perfectly for me.

However, many here will agree that quality of osCommerce code is questionnable. But this is only importan to you if you wish to re-program osCommerce the exact way you want it.

digicam

2:47 pm on May 3, 2006 (gmt 0)



I hate to say this but if $200 is too much for you then you are probably in the wrong business.

Spending $ is part of the course with ecommerce, ssl certs, merchant accounts, quality hosting, seo, buyinglinks, the list goes on.

If you believe your project will reap even modest rewards - and if you don't then why bother? then you should think about a development budget of say $1000 perhaps, allocate it carefully and then dont be afraid to spend it.

Saikou

3:43 am on May 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

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You could also try csCommerce, as I find it to be better than osC, but that's my opinion.

It does offer multiple levels of administration, and templates are controlled by CSS. It is open source and owned only by a few people I believe, so you have to take time to learn it.

bleak26

12:34 pm on May 17, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Ok, ive installed OSCommerce but i cannot find any of the facilities to assign user levels.
Could you point me to where i should be looking.

Peter Cornstalk

12:22 am on May 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



It's an add-on, everything you want for osCommerce is some buggy add-on or it is just a buggy clone with all the buggy ad-ons in it. :)

It has security issues too.