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by Eric Larson

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osCommerce

I am working on creating a template for an osCommerce site. I have never actually gotten the chance to work with osCommerce yet so this is a good experience... except for the fact that it is the most un-documented project I have ever seen! It is mind boggling to me that they have never taken the time to document how to create templates or alter the system. There are plenty of forums for the many different modded versions but each has its own differences and tweaks. I really think that most people do not write documentation and say that the project sucks because if they did they may not be able to make money off doing custom solutions. It is a never ending cycle that is pretty gross. At the very least I will be able to gouge folks too so that is a plus.
UPDATE!
Just to be clear I was venting above. I do think osCommerce is a very feature rich system that seems to be the most developed open source solution today. With that said I still get the impression that they are not about writing good code as much as they are making a bunch of money making custom solutions. Of course, I can't blame anyone for trying to make a buck so kudos to the osCommerce team for making me want to just spend the $50 to make me a stylesheet :)

Posted Wed Jun 2 02:33:46 2004 by Eric Larson
Created using Python, jQuery and Emacs