Moving from a homebrew site to Zen Cart

[nathant]

Hi all,

Sorry if this is a double post, but I've searched the archives and all I can find is info for people moving from OSC to Zen Cart.

I'm looking at moving from a homebrew site built in the mid 90s to Zen Cart in rather short order. Before I do so, I want to make sure I'm not jumping into more problems than I'm leaving.

I guess what I'd like to know is what have been your individual experiences with Zen Cart? How hard has it been to, say, show 'in stock' rather than 5 in stock, and make little code modifications like that? It seems like the support is top-notch as every time I google something, the first answer that pops up is the right one.

What challenges have people run into? Is it difficult to get the checkout to talk to a different merchant accounts than the ones which are supported?

Again, sorry if it's a double post (because it seems like a common question), but would like to hear about your experiences.

Nathan

[stevesh]

Obviously, it would depend on your programming skill level. I don't program at all, so I rely on the available mods to do the things I want to do that aren't in the core code.

There are a lot of payment modules available other than the ones built in. Personally, I chose my payment processor because they were supported in Zencart. I haven't seen one that offers advantages over the others sufficient to make me want to try to write (or have written) a new mod.

Since Zencart is pretty easy to install and configure, I'd suggest you install it in a subdirectory of your site and give it a try.

My experience with Zencart has been all positive, and, as you mentioned, this is the best support forum on the Web, bar none.

[nathant]

Thanks for your quick reply, Steve.

I've been doing some testing with Zencart and even got somebody to import my database, and it seems like a very clean and straightforward program... well-built.

I as well have no programming experience but have done some custom work and got the front end to look half decent.

I hope to go forward with this thing as soon as possible. Great professional results, regardless of the price.