OSCOMMERCE

  • Apache
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • LAMP
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osCommerce is a simple and a straightforward e-commerce and online store-management software that can be installed on any website that has PHP and MySQL installed. It is available as a free platform. osCommerce is truly an open source program that is worked on continuously by thousands of developers. osCommerce’s most recent product is the Online Merchant v2, a comprehensive self-hosted online store platform that comes with both a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend which can be quickly and effortlessly installed and modified via a web-based installation process.

Niles Partners is launching a product which will configure and publish osCommerce an eCommerce platform and CMS software which is embedded pre-configured tool with LAMP on Azure image that contains osCommerce, Apache, MySQL, Linux, PHP (LAMP).

There are a number of benefits that comes with the osCommerce platform. For one, it is a robust e-commerce and online store-management software program that can be integrated on any website or web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. On top of being a very flexible e-commerce solution, osCommerce is a free software under the GNU General Public License. That means you are not paying for anything, which means quite a lot if you are small startup that does not have the funds to invest in a pricey eCommerce setup.

osCommerce features include:

  • 7,000 free add-ons
  • Massive integrations
  • Payment processing
  • Supports unlimited products and categories
  • Products-to-categories structure
  • Categories-to-categories structure
  • Add/edit/remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
  • Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products
  • Administration area secured with a username and password defined during
  • installation
  • Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
  • Easily backup and restore the database
  • Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
  • Statistics for products and customers

osCommerce other features

       1. General Functionality

  • Compatible with all PHP 4 versions
  • All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution
  • Object oriented backend (3.0)
  • Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default
  1. Design / Layout
  • Template structure implementation to:
  • Allow layout changes to be adaptive, easy, and quickly to make (3.0)
  • Allow easy integration into an existing site (3.0)
  • Support for dynamic images
  1. Administration / Backend Functionality
  • Supports unlimited products and categories
  • Products-to-categories structure
  • Categories-to-categories structure
  • Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
  • Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products
  • Administration area secured with a username and password defined during
  1. Installation
  • Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
  • Easily backup and restore the database
  • Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
  • Statistics for products and customers
  1. Multilingual support
  • Multi-currency support
  • Automatically update currency exchange rates
  • Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page
  • Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics
  1. Product Functionality
  • Dynamic product attributes relationship
  • HTML based product descriptions
  • Automated display of specials
  • Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase
  • Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters
  1. Customer / Frontend Functionality
  • All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
  • Customers can view their order history and order statuses
  • Customers can maintain their accounts
  • Address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses
  • Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
  • Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
  • Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
  • Forecasted checkout procedure
  • Secure transactions with SSL
  • Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden
  • Global and per-category bestseller lists
  • Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
  • Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation
  • Payment Functionality
  • Accept numerous offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit card processing)
  • Accept numerous online payment processing (PayPal, 2CheckOut, Authorize.net, iPayment)
  • Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis
  • Shipping Functionality
  • Weight, prices and destination based shipping modules
  • Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx)
  • Free shipping based on amount and destination
  • Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
  1. Tax Functionality
  • Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
  • Set different tax rates for different products
  • Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis
  1. Type virtual machines in the search.
  2. Under Services, select Virtual machines.
  3. In the Virtual machines page, select Add. The Create a virtual machine page opens.
  4. In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and then choose to Create new resource group. Type myResourceGroup for the name.*.
  5. Under Instance details, type myVM for the Virtual machine name, choose East US for your Region, and choose Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for your Image. Leave the other defaults.
  6. Under Administrator account, select SSH public key, type your user name, then paste in your public key. Remove any leading or trailing white space in your public key.
  7. Under Inbound port rules > Public inbound ports, choose Allow selected ports and then select SSH (22) and HTTP (80) from the drop-down.
  8. Leave the remaining defaults and then select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.
  9. On the Create a virtual machine page, you can see the details about the VM you are about to create. When you are ready, select Create.

It will take a few minutes for your VM to be deployed. When the deployment is finished, move on to the next section.

Connect to virtual machine

Create an SSH connection with the VM.

  1. Select the Connect button on the overview page for your VM.
  2. In the Connect to virtual machine page, keep the default options to connect by IP address over port 22. In Login using VM local account a connection command is shown. Select the button to copy the command. The following example shows what the SSH connection command looks like:

bashCopy

ssh azureuser@10.111.12.123

  1. Using the same bash shell you used to create your SSH key pair (you can reopen the Cloud Shell by selecting >_ again or going to https://shell.azure.com/bash), paste the SSH connection command into the shell to create an SSH session.

Usage/Deployment Instructions

Step 1: Access Oscommerce from Azure Marketplace and click ON Get it now button.

Click on continue,

 Now click on create

Step 2: Now to create a virtual machine, enter or select appropriate values for zone, machine type, resource group and so on as per your choice.

       

Click on review + create button.

Step 3:The Azure create vm Console confirms that Oscommerce was deployed when all validations are passed,

Note: You will get the Instance IP Address as shown in the screenshot below:

Step 4:Now Use the browser to access the application at http://<instance iP address>/catalog/install/index.php replace <instance ip address> with the actual IP address of the running instance.

Click on start

Step 5: Now Enter the following Database details or you can create your own database:

            Database Name: oscommerce

            Database Host: localhost

            Database User: root

            Database Password: Niles@123

Click on Continue

Step 6: Create the Site and User details as per your Choice;

Click on Continue;

Installation Complete.

Setup is finished now.  Enjoy your application.

 

 

 

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Ecommerce website owners should always keep in mind the three dimensions of security – confidentiality, integrity and availability. Business owners should develop a good strategy that can help to make the site and transactions secured. To avoid any hackers gain access to important confidential data, include encryption methods for any data transactions

No, as such there are no limits on the size. The biggest benefit of having an online store is that you can add unlimited products and catalogues and at the same time you can grow your customer base as you require.

If you are a non-tech, fully hosted solutions are ideal for you but if you want more flexibility you can opt for self hosted solutions. 

 

All online sellers need GST number for selling taxable items. Rules are strict and you should not sell without it. Penalty is heavy if you’re caught. Moreover, marketplaces won’t allow you to register as sellers without GST number for selling taxable items.

 

For selling branded products, some companies require merchants to get authorization to sell online and that  is brand authorization. But, if you have a purchase invoice, you may not require brand authorization.

Highlights

  • Compatible with all PHP 4 versions
  • All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution
  • Object oriented backend (3.0)

Application Installed