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eCommerce

Recover your password from Interspire Shopping Cart

February 9, 2009

in Interspire, Web Development, eCommerce

Where did my Interspire password go?
I develop my websites locally, so sending Lost Password emails never works. When I forget what my password is, it’s quite the hassle.

I’m developing an Interspire Shopping Cart website, and lo and behold, I lost the password.  Read more&hellip

Here’s how to recover your password from Interspire Shopping Cart:

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Tableless, accessible, nearly validating osCommerce — Rewriting the beast

May 29, 2008

in Code, Web Design Portfolio, eCommerce

Rocky Mountain Baggers

osCommerce accessibility stinks

osCommerce default installation is a huge mess for accessibility. Every piece of code that the platform spits out has endless tables and poorly coded HTML — finding your way through the code is like trying to clear brush.

The simple solution to osCommerce accessibility is to install the Simple Template System and put together a XHTML/CSS’ed out template.  That only solves one part of the problem, however, because your wonderful template is going to be wrapping around a whole slew of undesirable code.

Over a year ago, a client of mine wanted an osCommerce website. I wanted to create a masterpiece of accessibility. I tackled osCommerce head-on and re-wrote most of the code that creates the HTML.  It was a nightmare, but I created a nearly validating eCommerce website with osCommerce.

The experience was so scarring that I haven’t yet written about it :-) Nearly every file was affected, so upgrading it would be a nightmare, but it’s truly an effort of love.  Read more&hellip

KWD presents: a nearly validating, tableless osCommerce website

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Standards-Compliant Shopping Cart with XHTML & CSS!

May 22, 2008

in eCommerce

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I’ve been looking for a shopping cart like this for a long time

One of my clients is looking to move from osCommerce to a more user-friendly solution, and I really want to use a shopping cart that is XHTML and standards-compliant…Something that validates and looks pretty with stylesheets off, has a full feature set, and a great admin panel.

I was quite pleasantly surprised when I discovered Tradingeye. They have a well-coded shopping cart solution as well as a CMS. Very, very interesting.  Looks like a pleasure to develop for; like WordPress for eCommerce. Check out their Shopping cart demo.  Read more&hellip

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Amazon Marketplace to the rescue

February 12, 2008

in KWS, eCommerce

I have lots of DVDs that have only watched once.   I have many books that I will never read again.  I wanted to sell them for money.  Should be easy, right?  Well it turns out, it is!  Amazon Marketplace is a simple solution.  Read more&hellip

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