Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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sally_in_wales
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Which web shop?My old/current webshop was oscommerce, which is now horribly out of date and with some lingering problems from a hacking episode ages ago. Its time for a new one.
Any recommendations for something that isn't too expensive (don't mind paying a bit for the service, just not the 'your entire income per month' fees some seem to demand). It can be pretty straightforwards, but it does have to allow for shipping options based both on weight and different end countries. Being able to have different colour or size options on some products will be important too.
Mustn't be too scary to install either, I can probably get some help configuring it initially if it needs more than my feeble abilities, but if it needs a degree in coding its probably not realistic for me.
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vegplot
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I've already DM'ed you. As you're using Wordpress I highly recommend Woo Commerce. It's free and has really good 3rd party support.
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sally_in_wales
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Just looking at that now, the postage options may be the sticking point there but I'm looking at their add-on options and its looks like the Royal mail add-on at $79 a year(!) is the most likely to work. Still if thats the main cost to make it work, thats probably not too horrible.
Will explore further, thanks for suggesting it!
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vegplot
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You can often get around the add-ons by entering the lookup data yourself. It's flexible.
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sally_in_wales
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You can often get around the add-ons by entering the lookup data yourself. It's flexible. |
thats sounding very sensible. Ok, I'll read up on all that during tea breaks, then after the weekend when I've got a few spare minutes and you've had a chance to finish your rescue mission on the site and we've decided whether its all going to a new host or not, I'll have a bash at installing it with the most often bought items initially, then if all goes well, when we move to a new hosting plan we can completely scrap the old shop at the same time and hopefully do away with some of the problems
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henchard
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I still highly rate Mals Shopping cart for simplicity
https://www.mals-e.com
very easy to set up for small businesses and has been around for years. The free model is all that many small businesses need and you can set variable postage rates and discounts etc.
I've integrated it for a friend on this site if you want to see a working example (click through to the cart by all means but obviously don't buy anything as it is live!)
http://marymacnamara.net/shop.html
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sally_in_wales
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I still highly rate Mals Shopping cart for simplicity
https://www.mals-e.com
very easy to set up for small businesses and has been around for years. The free model is all that many small businesses need and you can set variable postage rates and discounts etc.
I've integrated it for a friend on this site if you want to see a working example (click through to the cart by all means but obviously don't buy anything as it is live!)
http://marymacnamara.net/shop.html |
And the point of that would be exactly what? As any small business is going to check each order it is never going to be a problem. In probably 15 years of using Mals I've never had an issue.
If anyone is seriously concerned you can use an encrypted key
https://www.mals-e.com/tpv.php?tp=27
It fails to implement even basic HTTP encryption and allows a 3rd party to post variable information. It's lax about security that's good enough for me to avoid and I certainly wouldn't recommend it.
henchard
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Mals doesn't look very secure. The item price is an attribute and the post method is to an external site and there's no anti-forgery token set. If you know the user id (which you can get simply by examining the HTML) you can place order for items using any price you like from any source.
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And the point of that would be exactly what? As any small business is going to check each order it is never going to be a problem. In probably 15 years of using Mals I've never had an issue.
If anyone is seriously concerned you can use an encrypted key
https://www.mals-e.com/tpv.php?tp=27
It fails to implement even basic HTTP encryption and allows a 3rd party to post variable information. It's lax about security that's good enough for me to avoid and I certainly wouldn't recommend it.
I pointed out that you can encrypt it if you feel you need to. However, the OP as I understand it was looking for a solution that is fairly easy to get up and running. Mals cart does just that.
As I said changing the price or description is not an issue for a small business where the proprietor will check each order. There is no point anyone doing that; so no need to over complicate (but you can if you wish)
After many years of using Mals I can highly recomend it for small businesses who want to get a simple online shop up and running with very little coding knowledge. The fact that it has been around so long (since around 1998) in a world of 'here today and gone tomorrow' internet products is testament to what a good simple product it is.
vegplot
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It's a security risk. You're not doing them any favours.
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