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May 20, 2008 7:46pm
Subscribe [2]#1 / May 20, 2008 7:46pm
😉 since i recently posted in the lounge about how much i hate x-cart (oh, i still hate it, but after some help from you guys—thank you matt in particular—i am paying someone else to confirm how much i hate it) i thought i would post something positive: i love jquery! playing with it for the first time for a shopping cart application (this post immediately to be followed with another ‘i hate x-cart’ post…). !!! so fun!!! !!! !!! !!!
#2 / May 21, 2008 9:51am
I used and liked x-cart at one time. However, x-cart is the e-commerce platform of yesterday. It had a huge hole blown right through it with the release of the free and open source Magento. Magento sets a new standard for open source e-commerce. In fact, IMHO, nothing comes remotely close.
#3 / May 21, 2008 10:22am
i haven’t been over to magento in a loooong time. is it not beta and stable for a real shop now? 😉
#4 / May 21, 2008 10:48am
i haven’t been over to magento in a loooong time. is it not beta and stable for a real shop now? 😉
Yup. Magento 1.0 released at the end of March, I believe. I’ve played around with it a bit and quite like it. It’s better than any other e-commerce solution I’ve used so far (and I’ve used most of them 😛).
Haven’t used it on any client sites, yet. But I have one lined up later in the year where I plan to.
There might even be a Magento-EE tie in down the line considering that Magento’s site it EE-powered. Plus I think one of the people involved with Magento posted in these forums that they would consider an EE module for Magento if there was enough interest.
#5 / May 21, 2008 10:59am
well heck. i have an ecommerce client dumping oscommerce and given the latest debacle with x-cart (oh, we’re moving hosts today, fun fun) i’m NOT going to use that ... eeenie meenie minie mo ... i was going to use cubecart because i used that once back in the day and had a much easier time with it. thanks for your input, i really appreciate it. wow, shopping cart discussions have a way of hijacking threads, huh. 😛
#6 / May 21, 2008 12:04pm
Whoa! Magento site is powered by EE? Sweet! I didn’t know that.
Also… I’m throwing in my vote for an EE and Magento tie-in.