Hiya Zin,

What I mean is by using a non-encrypted ftp client, you are sending your username and password over the internet in the clear to upload files. If that is hijacked, then someone has complete access to your site....

Just like using SSL to keep the customers data safe, or making sure you use SSL when logging into the admin interface and making sure that your access via cpanel is via SSL connection. I look at the complete picture of access to try to mitigate the possibility of a compromise.

Zinfandel:

BTW nice place www.getcoffeecup.com
Thanks, but that is not my site... I just use the software a like it so I let others know....

See-ya
Mitch

reuben:

This is an excellent thread. Thanks to everyone who replied.

The backend logistics and fulfillment functions of eBusiness always seem to take a backseat to the technical ones on these forums, but are just as important in eCommerce.

I am really interested to include what are people's favourite tools for:

• Inventory Management
• Accounting, Finance & Forecasting
• Delivery management systems (eg: eParcel in Aus)
• Reporting and statistics

Currently we're trying to implement QuickBooks Premier to solve inventory and finances, and looking at eParcel for delivery, but neither products are perfect solutions for us.

regards,
Reuben

Dear Reuben,

Yes, I too am wondering what others are using to help with their business bookkeeping chores! What are the best zen addons for bookkeeping help?

I suspect there may be a lot of Zen users who do roughly what I do. Zen Cart does its thing; my accounting software does its thing (with the help of a book-keeper) and the meat between my ears keeps the two of them in sync, more or less. Obviously this wouldn't work for a busier store.

As our book-keeping software is on its last legs, I am VERY interested in any effort to closely tie together Zen and a good accounting program.

Rob

hi

just got across this thread that is a good idea well at least for me i am what you call newbie and i still kinda blind in what program to use for what ( especial this css/php/htm/xtml ) why the had to make it so complicate.

well i hope after u get ur list togeter i be less confuse 9 or mayby more )
lol

thank you

Hi everybody,

Recently (before my computer crashed) I was using a software that would allow me to search thru my php files. For example if I wanted to find the files that contained "TEXT_GREETING_GUEST", I would just type it, decide where to search and will show me all the files. The software was free.

I have been trying to find reference to that software everywhere but can't remember how I found it. If anyone knows, please let me know.

Thanks

bigjoed:

Hi everybody,

Recently (before my computer crashed) I was using a software that would allow me to search thru my php files. For example if I wanted to find the files that contained "TEXT_GREETING_GUEST", I would just type it, decide where to search and will show me all the files. The software was free.

I have been trying to find reference to that software everywhere but can't remember how I found it. If anyone knows, please let me know.

Thanks

Not sure which one you were using, but here's a list from the wiki.

clydejones:

Not sure which one you were using, but here's a list from the wiki.

Windows Search can do that. Also Wilbur, also UltraEdit, also Textpad, also EditPlus. Use the "Find in Files" options

Bigjoed, did you mean XFind?

Being from a Unix/Linux background I can't go anywhere without some of the most powerfull tools for file/text manipulation... The GnuWin32 tools.... Very powerfull and free... http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/

Favicon: Photoshop ico format plugin
Editor: Notepad++
Firefox extension: View Source Chart
MySQL: HeidiSQL
Color scheme 1: Kuler from Adobe
Color scheme 2: Colour Lovers

SInced you asked.

• PHP Editors, HTML Editors, CSS Editors - SciTE, great syntax highlighting and text formating. You can define the way it looks and works for any language. Available on all platforms

- Text-Search Tools -SciTE and grep as well as the Developers Tool Kit

- Graphics Editors - The Gimp

- Screenshot Tools- PRint screen key/The gimp

- Color Pickers- colorzilla (firefox plugin)

- Diff Tools - (vim, winMerge

- FTP Tools - I use FTP as litte as possible, WINSCP using SFTP or SSH access is way smother.

- Browser Addon's/Utilities- Fire fox- web dev, firefly, colorzilla

- Validators- W3,

- External Resources/Tutorials this forum, varous readme.txt files.

- Database Manipulation Tools (keep in mind, easy to use, esp for newbies) PHP my admin

- Other things?- OS-X86 in an emulator to test safari, and mac stuff

Just because Dr. Byte said in the sticky that we need to be polite i'll try to be :rolleyes:
Talking about editors i 've lost many overnights with them to discover in the end that the only editor that will have no problem at any server host is **FCK Editor
**whithout any doubt :flex:.
I dare to say that the main problem of TinyMce is because of its gzipped javascript that i guess it's difficult to be understood by some servers while appearently FCK doesn't need to use and permits also flash attaching.
I can see that the team doesn't talk about it openly but is quite strange to see that lately there is no more support about tinymce.
For irony this evening i received a private message of a girl asking me if i could help her because she was stucking with tinymce and of course i will tell her
to install FCK.
The Html editor is the core of the cart.
Zen cart wouldn't even exist i guess without a reliable and friendly editor because 70% of his users are dummies at least in the beginning as i were and i still consider me ...php programming is a steep and deep learning curve....
In my personal ranking the all times best module is **YAHOOTREEMENU **with ajax

cheers at all the buddyes in the forum!!

:cheers:

Well, here's the most important:

Adobe photoshop - pretty obvious
Adobe Illustrator - You guessed it...
Dreamweaver - php/html/css
Maguma studio - php/html/css
Kuler - online very cool color tool - http://kuler.adobe.com
Dev toolbar for explorer, and web dev for firefox
Winmerge - file comparison - can't live without it

At kuroi we have moved away from Photoshop (except for working with photos specifically and batch processing images) and Illustrator, and use Fireworks instead. For CS3, Adobe has really focussed Fireworks on web development, and once we got over the initial learning curve, it proved to be heaps faster to use.

We have also almost abandoned the Firefox Web Developer tool, because Firebug is so much quicker and easier to use (again, once we were past the initial learning curve).

Turtleman:

# - Other things?
Soft Foam Rubber to tape on the desk to beat my head on

:huh:

Padded room is the way to go.

My Tools:

• • PHP Editors: CPoint PHP Editor (shareware)
• • HTML Editors: CPoint Javascript Editor (shareware)
• • CSS Editors: CPoint Javascript Editor (shareware)
• • Text-Search Tools: Not fussy- whatever comes to hand
• • Graphics Editors: Paint Shop Pro 9 (was shareware)
• • Screenshot Tools: Paint Shop Pro 9
• • Color Pickers: Paint Shop Pro 9
• • Diff Tools: ExamDiff (freeware)
• • FTP Tools: FireFTP addon for Firefox (freeware)
• • Browser Addon's/Utilities: FireFTP, Venkman, FireBug, Web Developer (freeware)
• • Validators: Web Dev (freeware)
• • External Resources/Tutorials: Added search engines to Firefox for MySQL, Javascript and PHP manual search. (free)
• • Database Manipulation Tools (keep in mind, easy to use, esp for newbies): PHPMyAdmin when not coding directly by hand. (freeware)
• • Other things? Xampp local server for testing (freeware). JAlbum online photo album software.
    

Anyone using Paint Shop Pro X2? I have not upgraded since version 7 but I am needing more features now than before. Besides all the photo editing crap, is the core program similar to the older versions?

If not x2 what versions are you using?

Thanks
JOhn ><>

html, php, css WeBuilder 2007 been using it since WeBilder 2005 it also edits everything else, it cost a little not like dreamweaver.

graphics gimp

ftp Wsftp Pro

Webmin

How does WeBuilder 2008 compare to PSPad?

pspad.com

like night and day, you can get a trial version of 2008 at software.ivertech.com/WeBuilder2008_software21961.htm
it's worth trying.